It was Sunday! John groaned as he rolled over in bed trying vainly to avoid early morning sun rays creeping into his room through an open window by the bed. But soon the room was a blaze of the sun’s dominating rays and he sat up grumbling. He’d been up until the wee hours of…
Category: Stories – For Children
Stories I’ve written for my Grandkids
Lachlan’s Lesson
Lachlan remembered clapping hands when his Dad made an announcement they’d be heading for the coast to join cousins on their traditional Christmas family get together. He remembered the excitement of that announcement. Ever since he could remember it was a custom for family to enjoy Easter on the coast, but to share this holiday…
Mandy’s Christmas Present
Mandy walked barefoot down the cinder track leading to Aunt Muriel’s farm cottage. The sharpness of that path hurt her feet, but she determined to be just like the other kids who removed their shoes as soon as they left school running as fast as they could to homes scattered around this rural village….
Oriental Jewel – Chapter 1
Andy Andy sat looking out the upper floor bedroom window at Holland Park. He attended an international school in Singapore. Both parents worked, his Mom as a teacher at the international school and his Dad for a multinational banking corporation. They’d been in Singapore almost ten years and to Andy Singapore was the norm. He…
Catstronaut
“Mom, there’s a cat outside trying to get into the house and acting funny!” Betty Ann looked down at her wildly gesticulating children and smiled. They had this tremendous capacity to exaggerate things so their concern didn’t generate the usual fight or flight mechanism women feel when their children appear breathless and stressed. She quietened…
A Home for Tilly
Robyn looked out the window of their bedroom to check on her two children playing in the front yard. It was a school holiday. She sighed as she remembered her childhood. No need for fences or locked gates in that era. She didn’t like those kind of restrictions. No need for them in her day…
Patsy
Little Johnny sat on his tricycle deep in thought. Mother had promised him a big surprise today and no amount of coaxing could convince her to reveal the secret. He’d wandered the corridor between his play veranda and kitchen more times than he could remember trying to coax the secret out of Mom. And it…
Sausage Dog Goes to Hawaii
This is another in my children’s series written for my Grand Daughter Winter. Remember that the series is based on the imagined experiences of her toy dogs. Sausage of course is a Sausage Dog. Lisa is a white French Poodle and Spots is what we call a “Bitsa” or a bit of this and a…
Big Surprise on the Hiking Trail. – A Children’s Story
Molly blinked as she opened her eyes; then looked at the clock on her bedside table. It was 8 O’clock! She jumped out of bed quickly and stumbled into the bathroom to wash her face. She’d completely forgotten her appointment with Wilf at 9 O’clock. She smiled as she thought of the first time she…
Jac’s First Vacation
Jac stared in amazement at the blue expanse in front of him as the bus reached the crest of the hill and began its descent. He’d heard of the ocean in that tiny school tucked away in the rolling hills of interior farmlands. The teacher, Mr Radford, had been posted there after finishing teacher training,…
Running Away
Jean stood by the window peeping from the side of the curtains. “She’s actually doing it! Should we run out and stop her?” Her husband Tom opened a corner of the curtains on the other side of the window and looked out over the front driveway. His little four years old was struggling down the…
Grand Night Adventure
The above painting is by my daughter Gina Kuest, Winter’s Mother, who specializes in animal paintings. Find her on her “paws to create” Facebook page. This is another of the toy adventure series for those of you who like to read these to your own children. It was written for my Granddaughter Winter who lives…
