Do You Get Excited for Summer Vacation? The school year was coming to an end and all of the students in Mr. Ostrich's class were extremely excited for summer vacation to start. Shawna Sheep had plans to go to the pool every day. Kimmie Koala had plans to go away to summer camp. Zach Zebra had plans to play with his friends whenever he could. Then Mr. Ostrich announced that there would be a big end of the year test. Who would do what it takes to pass? Fun and interesting short stories with lessons on: Respect Diversity Patience Kindness Honesty Forgiveness Teamwork Karma for Kids Books We once...

Peppy Penguin's Many Adventures Peppy Penguin has lots and lots of waterproof feathers and a nice chubby layer of fat around her middle to help keep her warm. When she grows up she will be about the size of a six-year-old. But she's much littler now. The Emperor penguins have a special way of keeping warm called huddling. Peppy Penguin was in that huddle right now, and she noticed two naughty penguins cut in line. What would you do? Six fun and interesting stories with lessons on: Respect Diversity Patience Kindness Honesty Forgiveness Teamwork Karma for Kids Books We once knew a beautiful...

Mathlo the Meerkat had very good eyes. His friends called him Matt for short. Matt could spot danger from far away. Some said he was the best guard in the whole clan. Therefore, he was given a lot of guard duties. He never fell asleep on duty. He never left his post. He was an excellent guard. Matt knew he wasn't supposed to leave his guard duty that day. But his replacement never showed and as the sun began to dip down, his impatience got the better of him. He got tired of waiting and decided to leave his guard post. Almost all of the meerkats had already returned to the burrow. He figured...

Help When You Least Expect It Wild Wallaby and Kind Koala decided it might be a good thing to have this crocodile along for the journey after all, even if she was a little cranky. They approached her and asked if she'd like to stick together for a while. She gave a full-toothed smirk. "It might not be a bad idea to always have a couple of plump snacks nearby." Wild Wallaby laughed and hopped off. "You'd have to catch me first." The Cranky Crocodile snapped her jaws at him. "Don't tempt me." Kind Koala couldn't tell whether or not she was joking. Six fun and interesting stories with lessons...

Families Stick Together and Tell Stories Way up in the highest, most private part of the forest, a small family of giant pandas made their home. This panda family loved to tell stories to each other. Sometimes the stories were true. Sometimes they weren't. That was part of the fun--guessing which stories were true and which weren't. The pandas sat together all day long, munching on bamboo and competing with each other to see who could tell the best story. It was their way of keeping their mind off a big problem they had. The family had eaten their way through almost all of the bamboo in the...