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On this page we are including writing intended for children. Of course, that isn't to say that adult readers won't find it worth reading, too - we're certainly enjoying compiling it!
At the moment we've mostly got classics here, but we do want to include more modern work, so if you'd like to submit your own writing or suggest work which should be included, please contact us.
Some of the writing has to be extracts, as it's impossible to reproduce longer texts, but we hope to whet your appetites. And don't forget that you will find some poetry suitable for children over on the anthology pages.
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The First Chrysanthemum |
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Gwyneth Box |
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A retelling of a traditional Chinese tale about the origin of the Chrysanthemum. |
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The Wise Woman |
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George MacDonald |
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This is an excerpt from a lesser known classic written in the true tradition of fairy stories. |
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A Little Princess |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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An excerpt from early on in this classic novel. |
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Kidnapped |
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
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Set in the Scottish Highlands after the Jacobean rebellion, this book tells the story of young David Balfour.
Here is an extract from later on in the book when David is in hiding from the redcoat soldiers. |
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The Selfish Giant |
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Oscar Wilde |
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A complete story by one of the world's greatest story tellers. |
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The Secret Garden |
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Frances Hodgson Burnett |
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An excerpt from the classic story of Mary Lennox. |
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Publishers and authors seem to think that the smaller the child, the larger the book must be - for what reason, since their arms are short and their eyesight usually at its best, it is hard to imagine.
Penelope Mortimer |
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.
William Wordsworth |
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