A Magazine of Children’s and Young Adult Literature
She noticed a movement in the canopy and she could hear all sorts of beautiful and intriguing sounds from inside the forest. She took a step inside and a magical place opened up: thousands of flowers in all the colours of the rainbow, sparkling insects with shiny wings and all sorts of amazing animals she had never seen before appeared. Lyria stood there transfixed for like an eternity: a beautiful girl in Paradise. Read on …
I have been listening to stories about my tribe. I can still hear the eagle cry over the battle, I can still see the bloody water of the lake and the tearful sunset.
I have heard of a medicine woman who had been living in the Arbuckles mountains since the beginning of time. I was told she had
i saw them 3 days later hanging on the tree again. boring creatures. today I want to go clubbing, it’s not like what you think.. we just go by the lake when some campers make a campfire and we dance. guess what? We do this by hanging on the trees Read on …
When we return here, in March, they wave at us and they are glad as they see in us, storks, a sign of prosperity and of good luck! They also say – or they used to say – that we bring them the babies. No, we don’t bring them such things, but we bring… Read on …
Humans are not aware that each animal keeps the memory of its ancestor alive. Even if people have named species, these animals already had a primeval appellation. Wolves call themselves Cánaalah after their ancestor, the Canid. Cánaalian legends say that Cernunnos… Read on …
The day my parents first saw me, they were very excited. I was their first child and their last one as I found out later. My own life begins with me in a dark chamber, being surrounded by plenty of delicious food and no one around to bother me. For a long time, all I did was eat and sleep. My life was a dream, some would say. Read on …
The Little Albatross was raised with love. When he had just hatched from the egg and opened his eyes for the first time, he did not first see the light, or the eyes of his mother, but pure and eternal love. That love was in everything, everywhere, every time. Read on …
Though my mind and stomach were full of those eggs, after a moment I realized that what I was doing was wrong.
“I am not a thief or a murderer,” I told myself, for I knew that there was more to life. I began to feel something rolling out of my eyes — it was water. Read on …
Purple cabbage is the best, as well as beetroot leaves, but inexperienced kids sometimes get fooled by the bright yellow dandelions along the fence and it’s always a funny sight to see them taking a bitter mouthful of them. Read on …
From a distance, he looked like a spear thrown from Valhalla. His feathers were as dark as a cloudy night when the moon is hidden. His eyes were as glassy as the water surface, and his claws were big enough to catch a baby from its mother’s arms. Read on …