The Children's Library

The Nancy Drew books available on the website are divided into the following three sections: The 'Mystery Stories', published from 1930 to 1979 The 'Files', published from 1986 to 1997. HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES THE GREAT AIRPORT MYSTERY By FRANKLIN W. DIXON Hardy Boys no. 9 This is the original 1930 version, not one of the inferior “updated” versions. The Hardy Boys thwart a mail robbery attempt by their enemy, drunken mail pilot Giles Ducroy. The 1965 version is completely different.

Children's stories bless us twice. The first time they are read to us. The second time, we read them to a child.

Favorite Fairy Tales

Mystery Stories The Creative Archive Browse

Recommended by age group, enjoy!

Useful Idioms

Over six hundred figurative phrases English students should know.

Hans Christian Andersen

The magical author of The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, and The Brave Tin Soldier, also wrote poignant short stories enjoyed by readers of all ages, including The Last Dream of Old Oak and the tender, bittersweet Christmas classic The Little Matchstick Girl.

American Biographies

Stories and background about authors you love, for kids & adults.

Halloween Stories

A collection of great stories, especially about ghosts-- scary stories to lift your spirits for Halloween! Enjoy not-scary Halloween Stories for Children.

Pre-K Read-Aloud Stories

Wonderful stories to read with your beginner reader so they will become confident, life-long readers!

Lullabies

Favorite Lullabies from around the world to relax children & parents!

Short Story Collections

Short Story of the Day
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Civil War Stories

Short Stories, poems, novels, letters, by authors who were there.

Japanese Fairy Tales

A fanciful collection of Fairy Tales collected and translated by Grace James. These imaginative and original fables are interesting reading for grown-ups rather than children.

The Brothers Grimm

wrote some of the most famous children's stories and fairy-tales of all time, including; The Brave Little Tailor, Little Briar-Rose (aka Sleeping Beauty), Rapunzel, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Rumplestiltskin, & more See our Favorite Fairy Tales by Age.

Ghost, Gothic & Horror

A collection of great stories featuring ghosts, ghouls, vampires, and other supernatural phenomena.

World War I Stories

Short Stories, poetry, novels, and interesting propaganda conveying the cruel realities of a new kind of war.

75 Short Short Stories

Great stories to enjoy when you have five minutes: witty, introspective, morality tales, sci-fi, feel-good, drama, and farce.

Short Story Authors

Here is an abbreviated list of short story writers that you can find at this site:

Yeah, there's more . . . All Authors

Mystery Stories

Great mystery stories by Poe, Doyle, Rinehart, Christie, Glaspell, Harvey.

Pulitzer Prize Winners

Pulitzer Prize winning novels, poetry, drama, and biographies in the public domain and author profiles.

Dystopian Stories

Science Fiction stories where everything goes wrong: bad technology, lost freedom, environmental destruction.

Russian Writers

True Mystery Stories

Enjoy some of the best stories by great Russian writers, and author anecdotes.

Mystery Stories The Creative Archive Book

Short Story of The Day

Mystery Stories The Creative Archive

We select a new short story to feature every day of the year -- well, almost every day!
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Christmas Stories

Favorite Christmas stories for you and your family to enjoy during the holidays.

Looking for more great stories?

Find what you are looking for in our Short Story Library

Free Short Stories Mysteries