Welcome to Sparkling Stories, the home of short stories for children!
Sparkling Stories is a place where short stories for children can be bought and sold online. So if you're looking for new stories to fire a child's imagination, take a look around.
The stories are split into different categories such as fantasy, adventure and nonsense, so you can easily find the type of tales you want. Or you can use the search facility if you need something specific - 'Daddy, I want a new princess story!'
Keeping up with children’s appetite for exciting stories doesn’t have to cost the world. Use this site to introduce your children to new stories, give feedback to up and coming authors, exchange views with others and personalise stories to include your children’s names!
To learn more about Sparkling Stories, take a look at About Us. If you’re a budding writer, please visit our Writers page.
Jack’s father had given him a new cow bell. He took it outside where the spring sunshine glinted on the bronze metal. Jack shook the bell and its sound was sweet and high. Just right for a new calf which would soon...
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Once upon a time there were two children called Olivia and Jack, and the thing they loved most in the world were dinosaur sweets. Dinosaur sweets were yummy gummy sweets in the shape of different dinosaurs, and Olivia and Jack loved...
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ONCE there was a girl named Diana. She was a very beautiful young lady with big brown eyes and dark curly hair. She lived in a big house and had everything she wanted except for one thing - a smile. Diana had lost her smile when...
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Once upon a time, deep, deep in the jungle, there lived a monkey. His fur was reddy-brown. He had long arms, long legs and a very, very long tail. If you looked at him from the side you would say that he looked just the way you’d expect...
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This is the story of the brothers Tickle and Pickle, two cheeky little fieldmice who are always getting themselves into a spot of bother. They love exploring and are always on an adventure! In this story Tickle and Pickle are on a trip to Cornwall… ‘Are...
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