If you are looking for short stories for your daughter, your son and/or yourself to read, and that also provide with universal values, this book is for all! Wrap everybody in the fantasy of the BLUE BOOK of SHORT STORIES 1 for youngsters and adults as a recommendation, with ten plots that will surprise those members of the family, created to entertain, to excite, to educate and to transform their lives through quality reading. Let everybody enjoy these highly creative stories by the style of realistic fiction, which are all inclusive and timeless themes. They are not strictly stories of juvenile content, so they can be read by grown-ups of any age. I sincerely hope that you decide for my book, that my short stories have a positive impact on the family member or yourself to give it as a gift. This book aims to contribute to making a better world by sowing universal values that leave life lessons in everybody’s minds. In this way, we will be able to reap good people in the future. Thank you very much for your choice! Stories that amuse you. Stories that make you grow. 01. TRANSLUCENT PEOPLE© A subterranean race is trapped in their habitat and a young man saves them from a flood. 02. WINE AGAINST THE KING© A despot king gets drunk and the subjugated kingdoms take the chance to free themselves. 03. THE ASSAILANT’S LAUGHTER© A mugging victim tries to recover his belongings by making his assailant laugh. 04. THE MUTE GUITAR© A sentimental guitar only wants to sound when a girl feels affection for it before. 05. THE TWO GOLDEN VEINS© Two friends find gold in a hill that jeopardizes their friendship and the life of one of them. 06. GOOD DRACULA© Count Dracula impales dummies and that scares the Ottoman invaders of Transylvania. 07. THE HARD-WORKING HEART© During the night, the heart of a body claims to work harder than the other organs. 08. THE TREE ON THE WATER© A couple sails towards a tree on the sea, but a mark on its trunk risks the love blessing. 09. THE FISH CHILDREN© A father accidentally loses his children in an accident, but recovers them in an aquarium. 10. THE LOST LOVE LETTER© A girl finds a love letter inside a bottle adrift and decides to deliver the message.

"A mysterious book of short stories circles Mr L's fifth grade class, passed from student to student, hidden from Mr L's watchful gaze. What makes this book so gripping, readable, and entertaining? Probably something sinister. Mr L takes it upon himself to read these stories and find out..."DISCLAIMER: These stories are for fifth grade boys, about fifth grade boys. If you have never been or known a fifth grade boy, please do not attempt to read this book. FURTHER DISCLAIMER: These stories won't teach lessons. There are no dead dogs or relatives. There is, however, a turtle.-"The best and only book I've ever read." - Jeffrey, fifth grade boy.

Beloved picture book creator and four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni's very first story for children, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words. Leo Lionni launched his children’s book career in 1959 with Little Blue and Little Yellow, and this 50th-anniversary edition, complete with Lionni’s own explanation of how the book came to be, is sure to resonate with children today.

Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.

High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything about themselves--inside and out. Messy hair? Beaver breath? So what Here's a little girl who knows what really matters. At once silly and serious, Karen Beaumont's joyous rhyming text and David Catrow's wild illustrations unite in a book that is sassy, soulful--and straight from the heart.

What could make a better present than a classic Beginner Book? Six of them—for less than the price of two! We've taken the complete text and art of three beloved P.D. Eastman titles: Go, Dog. Go!, Are You My Mother?, and The Best Nest; Robert Lopshire's Put Me In the Zoo (the first of his books featuring the character Spot); Marilyn Sadler and Roger Bollen's It's Not Easy Being a Bunny (the first PJ Funnybunny story); and Mike McClintock's charming, cautionary tale A Fly Went By, and bound them together in one sturdy hardcover omnibus. A perfect introduction to reading that will whet young readers appetites for additional books in the Beginner Book series.