Category: CHILDREN’S STORYBOOK
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Can an Overactive Imagination Be a Good Thing, Or Not?
What Do You Do When Meeting a Movie Star in Your Hometown? Make a good impression. Give her a key to the city. Don’t fumble your words during your speech. Julie tried as hard as she could to remember all the rules and her lines. Her cousin Ellen sat beside her on the stage, so […]
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Children’s Storybook
These stories were written as assignments for a course in Children’s Literature from the Institute of Children’s Literature, Redding Ridge, Connecticut. Each story was critiqued by a published author. I wrote them during my mother’s illness and after her death in the time frame 1981- 1984. Since that time, other stories were written and added […]
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Gonzo, Mysterious Disappearing Cat
As I drove my car out of the garage one morning, in the tree beside the driveway I saw a familiar tabby cat. “Good morning, Gonzo,” I said aloud. Gonzo, a cat who belongs to a family down the street, looked at me with sleepy eyes, and turned away. “He has no interest in me […]
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A Bird’s Eye View
Some days, I don’t understand these rabbits. They do not make any sense to me. But then, what do I know? I’m only a bird, a little brown bird. All I can do is chirp. I chirp high. I chirp low. I chirp loud. I chirp soft. I chirp pretty songs. There are times when […]
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Snoopy’s Doghouse
Snoopy’s always been a down-to-earth type of guy, er…dog, to me. His exploits gave me much happy reading for many years. It’s easy to tell how much he loves people and other critters. Entering the wrought iron gate, hidden by the false front doghouse door, a curlicue flanked by two lanterns. Swinging open the gate, […]
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Hopper-Grass In A Jar
Knowing that I abhor and am terrified of yucky crawling critters (bugs for short,) my sweetheart husband agreed to help me by collecting one. He teased me that it would be a palmetto bug or a roach. I prepared myself for the unpleasant task. Happily, he has an aversion to smelling Raid. He knows I […]
Judith Norris 