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Stories for Children

Children Short Stories, Children's Short Story Submission, Short stories for Kids

Stories for Children

We invite stories for children written by Indian women staying in India or abroad. The stories must be your own original work and not copied from anywhere and not published elsewhere. The stories should be simple and easy to grasp.

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Children's Stories and Poems published earlier.


The Cerry Tree - By Lakshmi M.Bhat new
Achu's Bombay Aunty - By Lakshmi Menon new
30 Amazing Facts - By Lakshmi Menon
Unique Birthday Gift - By Lakshmi Menon
The Pink Hairband - By Radha Bantwal
The Buzzing Cupcake - By Radha Bantwal


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30 Amazing Facts  starstarstarstarstar
I came across some amazing facts, which I thought to share with you, and hope these will be useful to the children. I hope you too will enjoy as much as ...

A Unique Birthday Gift - continued...  starstarstarstarstar
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To her disappointment, when Nimmi saw her other friends going with beautifully packed gifts to Keerthi’...

The Strange Land of Dreams  starstarstarstarstar
The sky was overcast since morning. The clouds hung low till they almost kissed Mother Earth's brows nonchalantly. As I looked out of my window I wondered ...

Apoorva's Birthday   starstarstarstarstar
The distinguished guests, who were invited for the wedding reception, were gossiping each other about the way in which it was arranged. It was a mismanaged ...

Vanamala - Children's story - Part 3  starstarstarstarstar
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Vanamala - Part 3


Savithri thought of the plight of her helpless grandparents waiting for her ...

Flying Kites Fun or Disaster  starstarstarstarstar
There was a huge crowd gathered in front of ‘Om Shanthi’ a house located on the 3rd lane of Pavanpur, a small town on the bank of river Triveni. It was ...

Feline Fantasy  starstarstarstarstar
A Poem for the Children


It was not very long ago
If I remember correctly so
It happened to be a prickly bright day
Midsummer noon, as ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs - Chapter 7  starstarstarstarstar
Chapter 6


It's a month now that I have seen Mr. Briggs. In fact, nobody has, either. So says Mrs. Sharma, the snoopy Reuter of the Block.

The ...

Beware of Imitating Others  starstarstarstarstar

Little girl Maya was perfectly alright till yesterday. But there was a sudden change in her speech since morning. She had developed stammering, when ...

The Clever Princess  starstarstarstarstar
Raju's mother sat beside him to help with his homework. When she was helping him she saw a new eraser in his box. It looked different from the other ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs- Chapter I  starstarstarstarstar
Chapter I
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I am not exactly at daggers drawn with Mr. Briggs, my neighbour, but I don?t like him either. There is something very ...

Kuttappu and His Master  starstarstarstarstar
Every one in this house seems to busy, these days. What could be the reason? thought Kuttapu, the 8 year old parrot sitting in the cage at the backyard ...

The Beautiful Peacock  starstarstarstarstar
It was a lousy evening on a Sunday. Swetha had cold and mild fever, though she was still ready to play with her friends. As it was drizzling outside, her ...

The Strike  starstarstarstarstar
“Why are we so poor?” Suman asked dadi frequently of late.

Somewhat annoyed this time dadi shot back, “Who told you we are poor?”

“We don’t have ...

Shankar's Sons  starstarstarstarstar
There was a rich man called Shankar, who lived in a village with his wife and four sons. One day there was an outbreak of cholera, which spread out in ...

Billoo  starstarstarstarstar






Billoo was one lazy cat. If there was one thing in the world he did well it was sleeping. He slept all day long in front of the grocer’s – Shyam ...

The Mango Thieves  starstarstarstarstar








Summer holidays had begun. Which meant it was also time for mango pickles. And did Dadi know how to make them! Suman’s neighbour Biju chacha ...

Suman and the Bullies  starstarstarstarstar






Suman lived with his grandmother next to a lake. He was eight years’ old but looked younger. His grandmother, whom everybody called Dadi, used ...

Punishment - Part II  starstarstarstarstar
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Back at home, Kumar couldn't forgive his Master for making him a laughing stock before his classmates. His blood was boiling with ...

Play-Forest Drums V  starstarstarstarstar
Play - Forest Drums -Part I
Play - Forest Drums -Part II
Play - Forest Drums -Part III
Play - Forest Drums -Part IV

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The Cherry Tree  starstarstarstarstar
Tapti came running up to her mother in great excitement: there were so many little flowers in her cherry tree; they looked like little white stars.

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Achu's Bombay Aunty  starstarstarstarstar
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My Favorite Place-continued...  starstarstarstarstar
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Kitchen Garden of Spurti  starstarstarstarstar
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Choose Enjoyment or Health  starstarstarstarstar

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Indian Koel  starstarstarstarstar
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Tom and Jerry were enjoying their summer vacation.
“Where shall we go tomorrow?” asked Jerry, “I was thinking of the Red Hill. We’ll climb ...

Dial E for Emergency - Part II  starstarstarstarstar
Dial E for Emergency .. continued

Rashi got up with a jerk. Why was Mischief barking so? That too on a Sunday morning? Hadn’t that Kamala bai taken ...

The New Bicycle  starstarstarstarstar
Shashank happily came home from school and rushed to change his clothes. The final exams had at last come to an end. He washed his face and sipped on some ...

Trishna  starstarstarstar
It was terrible. There was hardly a trickle of water in the taps.
Mrs. Chandra could not believe it. Oh dear, what could have happened? She had been ...

The Pink Hairband  Not rated yet
(A Story of Invisible Imps)

On sunday evening the park on Lighthouse Hill was full of children. As soon as they entered the gate, Dan and Inu left ...

The Buzzing Cupcake  Not rated yet
(A Story for Young Kids)

Nani was busy in the kitchen. With a big wooden spoon in one hand the milk jug in the other, she stirred the batter in the ...

Mayuri and Her Art of Naming  Not rated yet
It was a ticklish problem for Mayuri, a little girl of eight years, when her mom asked,

"Raghunath's wife had delivered twins. The first born was a ...

Pragna and Her Talents  Not rated yet

A world map, which was published in a magazine, was torn into three pieces and given it to the students to arrange it in a proper manner with the ...

Little Ornithologist  Not rated yet

It was a rare situation in the special class, where a student had challenged her teacher to prove the correctness ...

Quality Time With the Children  Not rated yet

“Sarita, it is already 6 pm and you are lying on the bed. Please get up and be ready. There is no point in making further delay to attend first birth ...

Little Boy Lost in the Crowd  Not rated yet
A four year old boy was searching for his parents in the annual fair of Pavanpur, a small town on the bank of river Triveni. He was separated from his ...

Children and the Food Habits  Not rated yet

There was a pin drop silence for sometime in the 3rd standard class room. The students were busy in silent prayer for three minutes, closing their ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs - Chapter 6  Not rated yet
Chapter 5

Chapter 6

The yellow cat is up to mischief again! The freshly bought packet of fish left on the kitchen slab is missing!

Of course ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs- Chapter 5  Not rated yet
Chapter 4

Chapter 5

The yellow cat is having a merry fest around the Block. He is omnipresent. Wherever I go, he is there. On the park ...

Proverb A Day  Not rated yet
In schools, offices and banks you will find a board ‘Word a day’ and beneath its meaning. It is for the improvement of vocabulary. How many people look ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs - Chapter 4  Not rated yet
On Tuesdays I make it a point to visit the temple in the evening. The temple is situated just outside the Block connected by a stretch of cemented alley ...

The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs- Chapter 2  Not rated yet
Chapter 1

Chapter 2
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Lately, a cat has come to prowl in the vicinity. A dirty yellow cat with black stripes!

The other day I was working ...

Dial E for Emergency  Not rated yet
The cleaning woman Kamala cleaned out the basement and peeped into the rainwater sump. It was 3/4ths full. Madam always wanted it dry. Oh, heck, she would ...

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