SIR LITTLE FOOL AND THE SKEPTICAL PRINCESS
Once upon a time there lived a skeptical princess. She was so skeptical, in fact, that she didn’t believe in fairy tales! “I’m too grown-up for such nonsense,” she would sniff with her haughty little nose in the air.
PRINCE BEAUREGARD AND THE BEAST BABY
In a faraway kingdom in a long-ago time, a baby was born—with a lock of yellow hair and eyes like bluebells—a boy so fair, he could only have been a prince. And since that is what he was…
SOMEBODY GRAB THAT DOG
There I was, whistling loud,
Swinging up to kick a cloud,
When suddenly I heard a shout,
A big and hairy thing jumped out—
Somebody grab that dog!
SPOT
THE ADVENTURES OF JIX
(ee & some ea words – long e sound) Jix’s pal Pog is free on the weekend, so they agree to meet by the creek to play hide-and-seek. Jix greets Pog with a belly bump. Jix is a jeek, and that is what they do. Then Jix hides in the weeds between the trees and...
THE LION WITH NO NAME
Once upon a time there was a lion with no name—he didn’t have one yet because he was brand-new. He still had tags on him when Collin Coats ripped off the birthday wrapping paper and said crabbily, “A stuffed lion? Doesn’t Grandma know I’m ten years old...