Children's Modern and Contemporary Fiction Books

What made Dylan's life so difficult to cope with? Like so many other insecure, sensitive fourteen-year-olds, Dylan confronts the usual series of problems, but his seem more stressful than most. Firstly, he needs to adapt to a new, large city school in...

The tree stands majestically upon this street. This book is about a good start in life with all the neighbourhood children playing in a nice setting, getting to know one another early in their life.The parents come to check on them and find that...

A ghost, time travel, and unusual friendships await Kean in Walhachin. Kean feels displaced at his home in Seattle since his mother recently re-married and has chosen to spend the summer in the small desert town with his aunt and younger cousin. Not long...

How would you react if your new neighbour was a dragon? Even a friendly one? What would you do? Philomena is such a harmless dragon  looking for a new home. And she too is asking herself that question.   Read her story and find...

Angela Souliven is just a regular twelve-year-old girl with rainbow eyes. People from her village started to disappear, and Angela's best friend Mia was one of them. Angela had to go on a life-or-death adventure to save her kingdom from the monsters...

"Mosey, Mosey, where are you?" Lulu cries out, as she shuffles her feet down the sidewalk. Lulu walks a square block calling for Mosey. On each street, Lulu passes a neighbor that asks "Who's Mosey?" Lulu gives clues to each...

"Jayce," I said. "It's kind of a wonderful thing. You're a survivor too. As for being immortal, well, that just means you get to live forever. Most people only wish they could do such a thing.He kept his stance firm and spoke more hesitantly than before...

Charlie The Duck. This is a true story of my experience as a young girl. I learned some very important skills at an early age. Charlie did change my life. I wouldn't be the same without her. This is a story of a lonely young girl who found a good friend...

Pink is an octopus who is delightful and smart but has a worry in her heart. She struggles with eczema and it distracts her everyday, she has a choice to enjoy her life or to let this get in her way. Stella the shrimp is loving and caring, teaching Pink...

Could it be that as we live one life, so we are also living another?Could we be unaware that part of our essence is split, somewhere beyond our current "world", in a hidden parallel universe?Is it possible to discover this parallel existence...

Will and Jake are best buds. They have a lot of fun together, and like a lot of the same things.  They are different in some ways though. Jake was born with an extra chromosome.  This means he has Down syndrome, and he learns some things...

This is the story of a young boy faced with a mystery. In solving this mystery James pushes through his fears and perceived limitations and saves a village. His life is never the same again. The story was so enjoyable that Janet told it to him on...

Bumble's Works of Imagination is a reflection of stories I have written concerning morale challenges, mysteries and relational quirks in complex families. I have also included some poems, which I felt needed to be shared. In all of my musings I want...

A collection of stories from published children's books written by Daria Kathleen Sherman PhD are featured in these pages.Each story addresses life situations that most children will encounter. Guidance and comfort is provided in topics such as divorce,...

Dr. Simpson and his family travel to Ghana on a humanitarian medical mission. He is helping to establish a clinic that will be handed over to the local community. While treasure hunting, T.J. and Blake discover a mysterious object buried in a farmer's...

T.J. and Blake have started their new business?Treasure Finders. Their first client, Mildred Russell, contacts them after seeing their poster at the local grocery store. Mildred has guarded a letter from Private Bernie Winslow dated 1951. The letter...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Children can enjoy learning to count, recognise colours, and learn the seasons with these three Celtic-themed books featuring 'Sham-Rock' characters.This is the first book, Counting, which teaches children numbers 1 through 10. Includes colouring-in...

Mia is a fun loving, social media influencer. Zack is a gamer, with a true sense of right and wrong.A new law, in the year 2099, means that all thirteen-year-olds will have to spend four weeks at school, on an island. But not just any island. An island...

The Alien in the Plant Pot"In a galaxy far, far away, the largest spaceship the planet Lomas had ever seen shot towards the enemy race. Through the pockets of space debris the Lomasians flew, dusting the madness from their exoskeletons. Blinded by suns...

When Penny's mother is left a cottage in the heart of the country by a mysterious aunt, the family visit for a holiday. But within a short period, Penny finds herself called upon by the inhabitants of the garden in an extraordinary fight.As time passes,...

It's one week until Christmas and everyone's in the Christmas spirit...But then a mysterious noise occurs in the enchanted forest and something is eating all the carrots from Meadowlea stables.It's a race against time as Christmas gets nearer and there...

Un libro per muovere i primi passi nella cultura del costume contemporaneo e incontrare tanti stili diversi insieme alle donne che li rappresentano nell'immaginario collettivo. Un manuale delle tendenze per imparare a "leggere" i look ed interpretare la...

Mia se verá envuelta en una historia en la que sin querer pasará a ser la protagonista absoluta.Verá como parte de su niñez desaparece y tiene que enfrentarse a la dura realidad, un mundo regido por estirpes y crueles personajes que no dudaran en...

Luego que Juan Pablo sumido en la pobreza, robara una pieza de pan para alimentar a su familia y fuera salvado de ser linchado por un sabio árbol, su agradecimiento y amistad son puestos a prueba cuando Santiago, el árbol sabio, le pide realizar una...

This book contains sums and subtractions for children. With drawings of different colors, first we add apples, then pears, or bananas, or strawberries, and then we also subtract. A fun way for your child to start learning how to add and subtract...

Este libro contiene sumas y restas para niños. Con dibujos de distintos colores, primero sumamos manzanas, luego peras, o plátanos, o fresas, y después restamos. Una forma amena y divertida para que tu hijo empiece a aprender a sumar y restar. Interior...

Fallen Guardian, Festulantus, betrayed by his henchman Jake and captured by the three Recruits Harry, Bethany and Abigail, is now imprisoned by the Guardians. Their mentor Mrs Regnad (Arbiter second tier) is on the track of Jake who has escaped with...

Es handelt sich bei der Geschichte um einen Kinderkrimi, in dem Alina, ein Schulmädchen, die Hauptrolle spielt. Zusammen mit ihrer Freundin Stella nimmt die Geschichte Fahrt auf, als sie zusammen einen Ausflug mit der Häsin Susi unternehmen. Aus einer...

All too often, children are put off creative writing by feeling they have to do it right. Creativity comes in lots of different packages, and not just the ones marked with a red tick or a gold star!This book comes from original exercises and activities...

The Fruitineys are a lovable gang of fruit friends that like having fun and adventures, especially outdoors.On a beautiful winter's day, the Fruitineys decided to go ice skating. They were very excited and set off for the ice rink. But, they were not...

Finlay is probably the most clumsy boy in the universe so it is no surprise when he falls through a magic portal into a land that, as it happens, desperately needs a giant hero to vanquish a rampaging dragon. Now Finlay is not a giant and he is...

Join Starlett The Westie in this magically enjoyable adventure through a snowy Winter Wonderland.

You awake on Halloween night to see an old woman standing in your bedroom holding a broom. She lets out a terrifying wail and transports you to the land of the banished. Things go from bad to worse as you get caught up in a waking nightmare and come face...

This book contains Sudokus for children, with geometric figures of different colors. Each Sudoku also has its solution. A fun way to learn. The children use their logic with this book, and without realizing it, they also learn to differentiate the most...

Alice is woken in the night by some strange noises coming from the kitchen. She creeps downstairs with Henry, her brave teddy bear. They find a creature crunching his way through the breakfast cereals ...

One very cold winter's morning, on the outskirts of Windsor, lived a little boy called Ted. Ted was full of adventure and was always looking for excitement...Join Ted and his sister Chloe as they are led on a wonderful tour through India by their magical...

A book of prayers for children to help them learn the truth about God and how to relate to him.

Es handelt sich in diesem kleinen Buch um spannende Alltagsabenteuer von Anna und ihren Freunden. Im zweiten Teil des Buches kommt unser kleiner Held Arne zum Einsatz. Auch er erlebt spannende Abenteuer und auch kleine Missgeschicke, die oft nicht...

Miss Doodle was christened 'Millicent' but her friends at Hedley High School for Girls affectionately called her FlopsySo Flopsy it was.Flopsy lived with Prince Charming, her grey and white cat, and their favourite passion was to explore the world around...

Have you ever thought about just what Santa gets up to in the days leading up to Christmas day? Perhaps you've wondered how Santa met his reindeer, or even why the ones that he keeps company with seem to be able to fly - when the ones that you might have...

Henry Wyeville is small, clumsy and unhappy having moved to a new house and new school. It is the period immediately after WW 2 and there is a bomb site next door to his house that he simply must explore. An accident with an old radio results in him...

Have you ever thought... Maybe a tree doesn't want to be where he is at? Maybe he doesn't want to stay there for twenty or thirty years, planted in one spot.Join us on the journey of a little sapling who is unhappy with the way his life is going. Pay...

Read along in this heartwarming and whimsical celebration of the relationship between grandmothers and grandchildren, the special names we give them and the fun times we share that turn happy days into lasting memories.Written in rhyme, it is sure to...

Harken and hear by lending an ear to a lesson of Shakespearian ends.Ricky is a rat and Cesar is a cat.These two were the unlikeliest of best friends.While at play a bird appeared, he shares big news, and then they cheered.Not a thought of what it might...

Practicing gratitude is very important. It teaches us to focus on and be thankful for everything we have in life. So why not start with being thankful for our bodies?This book is all about gratitude for the body. By appreciating what the body does for...