The Bench with No Name
Posted on Jul 29, 2025 by MinStories The Bench In a quiet park at the edge of the city stood a weathered wooden bench facing a small pond. There were no plaques. No carvings. No dedication signs. But for as long as anyone could remember, people sat there when they didn’t know where else to go. The Letter […]
The Garden Behind the Clock Shop
Posted on Jul 28, 2025 by MinStories In a narrow alley of the old part of town stood a little clock repair shop, nestled between a bookstore and a soba noodle stall. Its faded wooden sign simply read: “Timekeeper.” Few people noticed it. Even fewer stepped inside. But every evening, at precisely 5:00 p.m., the shop’s bell chimed—not from […]
The Ickabog by J K Rowling
Title: The Ickabog Author: J K Rowling Format: 290 pages, Hardcover Published: November 20, 2020 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9781510202252 (ISBN10: 1510202250) ASIN: 1510202250 Language: English Genres FantasyFictionMiddle, GradeChildrensYoung, AdultAudiobookAdventureMagicBook, ClubFairy Tales My Review: ‘A captivating and mind-boggling story. Prefect for Kids and Teens.’ About the Author Although she writes under the […]
Nutcracker Story
Nutcracker Origin The Nutcracker is a 1892 two-act classical ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eveat the foot of a Christmas tree in a child’s imagination, featuring a Nutcracker doll. The plot is anadaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s 1844 short story The Nutcracker, itself a retelling of E. T. A.Hoffmann’s 1816 short story The […]
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Title: The Girl who Drank the MoonAuthor: Kelly BarnhillFormat: 388 pages, HardcoverPublished: August 9, 2016 by Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersISBN: 9781616205676 (ISBN10: 1616205679)ASIN: 1616205679Language: English My Review: “Amazing book for Kids as this book will depict your kid day to day naughtiness. Good for summer holiday.” About the Author Kelly Barnhill is an […]
Nancy Drew -1 The Secret of the Old Clock – Carolyn Keene
Title: Nancy Drew -1 The Secret of the Old ClockAuthor: Carolyn KeeneEdition: HardcoverPublished: First published January 1, 1930Genres: Mystery Classics, Young Adult Fiction, Children, Middle Grade, Mystery, Thriller Adventure, Audiobook, Juvenile My Review This book will capture your imagination for hours and days. A prefect book to spend your summer vacations. Teens and kids can […]
Your reaction matters more than what happens to you
“Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her […]
The Tale of Johnny Town mouse
by Beatrix Potter About the Author Helen Beatrix Heelis Potter; 28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck and The Tale […]
Girl By Jamaica Kincaid
Fiction: June 26, 1978 The GirlBy Jamaica Kincaid June 19, 1978 About the Author Girl’ is a short story by the Antigua-born writer Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949). In this very short story, which runs to just a couple of pages, a mother advises her teenage daughter on how to behave like a proper woman. ‘Girl’ […]
The Elves and The Shoemaker
by The Brothers Grimm Title:The Elves and The ShoemakerAuthor: by The Brothers GrimmPublication: 1812 A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So, in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the […]
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