Discover free fiction ebooks from the authors and publishers at Smashwords!
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Dognapped | by Michael Wenberg May 17, 2011 | 2552 words | Read a sample |
| Nothing was more fascinating to Native Americans than the big Newfoundland dog named Seaman accompanying the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When he disappears, his master, Captain Lewis, immediately fears that their fascination has turned into something much more serious. | ||||
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Alicia Saves The Day | by Bonita Herold May 17, 2011 | 1768 words | Read a sample |
| Bi-Lingual Spanish/English. Alicia the porcupine and her friends, Linda the skunk and Carlos the raccoon, think the cave on the side of the hill is very scary! What could possibly make Alicia go inside one day? | ||||
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Lenny Smiles | by Jeffrey Reames May 17, 2011 | 876 words | Read a sample |
| There is more to the little league pennant race than just winning and losing. | ||||
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Cheesecake, Jr. in the Future | by Warren Peas May 16, 2011 | 2599 words | Read a sample |
| Travel back and forth in time with me- Cheesecake Jr., your new Dinosaur-Person friend. I am heading into the future so come along with me! *This short story was written by my 12 year old son, Devin, who has Asperger's Syndrome. It Is the 2nd book in his series. | ||||
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Jonah: Texas Ranger | by Enrique Collazo May 16, 2011 | 705 words | Read a sample |
| This is a short story about a boy that is imagining himself as a Texas Ranger. I hope it is something you wish to share with your kids. | ||||
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Captain Lewis's Dog | by Michael Wenberg May 15, 2011 | 2823 words | Read a sample |
| While making preparations for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis saves a big black Newfoundland dog's life when he buys him from the dog's cruel master. Little does he know that his dog will get a chance to return the favor. If you like this story, you might also be interested in reading the sequel, "Dognapped," another Smashwords ebook. | ||||
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Patch Pirates Princess | by Dean Derkson May 15, 2011 | 1630 words | Read a sample |
| A lady claiming to be a princess is found floating in a boat at sea. The Pirates test her to find out for sure. | ||||
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Oops | by Michael Wenberg May 12, 2011 | 2021 words | Read a sample |
| Olympia Octavia Penelope Smith hates her name. Of course, changing it to something else is out of the question, but no one said anything about nicknames. So one morning, Olivia sets out to find a nickname. What she ends up with and who provides it is the most surprising thing of all. | ||||
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Warhorse and Donkey | by Tora Tyler May 11, 2011 | 918 words | Read a sample |
| A short Aesop-like story about a warhorse and a donkey and what they learn about their personal burdens. | ||||
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Snow and Teeth | by Dulcinea Norton-Smith May 11, 2011 | 1394 words | Read a sample |
| A fun little short story for 3 - 6 year olds before a trip to the dentist. | ||||
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The Spirit Tree | by Jacqueline Kirk May 10, 2011 | 27446 words | Read a sample |
| The Spirit Tree cleanses the souls of the newly dead but an evil soul has tainted it and its Guardians, twisting them into something evil. When Michael's mother becomes a restless spirit, he and his friend James are determined to heal the Tree any way they can! With the help of Billy Blin, a Guardian who escaped the taint, they battle their way to the Tree even when the forest itself fights them! | ||||
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The M and M Who Lost His Way | by Valerie Schmack May 08, 2011 | 330 words | Read a sample |
| this is a children's book, parent splease explain to your children this will never happen in real life. m and m findes a little freind to play ball with. m and m meeting people. | ||||
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Those Amazing Dogs Book 5: On the Coral Island | by Edwin Fenne May 06, 2011 | 12944 words | Read a sample |
| In their fifth installment, Those Amazing Dogs and their human companions follow a navigational chart discovered in an ancient Mexican pyramid that leads them to a mysterious island in the South Pacific ocean. Shipwrecked and stranded, the Lhasa Apso, Yorkshire Terrier and Pit Bull find pieces to the puzzle that will get them all off the island—with help from their most unlikely new friends yet. | ||||
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Those Amazing Dogs Book 4: At the Pirate Bay | by Edwin Fenne May 04, 2011 | 10731 words | Read a sample |
| In their fourth installment, Those Amazing Dogs (Max, Molly and Oddie) find themselves lost inside a Mexican pyramid where they discover very surprising connections between two lost civilizations. Assisted by a local Chihuahua, the dogs help Felix and Erica uncover a new mystery on their quest to follow the ancient Viking map. | ||||
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Tiger Lilly and the Princess | by Graeme Ingham May 03, 2011 | 47633 words | Read a sample |
| Children's fantasy... | ||||
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Eric | by Jamie Turner May 03, 2011 | 237 words | Read a sample |
| Meet Eric. He is who he is. | ||||
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Patch Pirates Mermaid | by Dean Derkson May 03, 2011 | 1263 words | Read a sample |
| Swab feels outcast because has met someone the crew does not believe in. He has to stand up for his rights and have the pirate code read out for his shipmates. | ||||
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Patch Pirates No Cat | by Dean Derkson May 03, 2011 | 940 words | Read a sample |
| Where did the cat go? And in the middle of a storm. Everyone's gone a bit superstitious. | ||||
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Zombies Don't Study: A FREE Short Story by Rusty Fischer | by Rusty Fischer April 30, 2011 | 3464 words | Read a sample |
| Homework?!? Zombies don't need no stinkin' homework... | ||||
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Patch Pirates Ketchup | by Dean Derkson April 29, 2011 | 965 words | Read a sample |
| The crew need some supplies and stop on the wrong Island. Lucky for them there is no ketchup to be found. | ||||
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Patch Pirates Cookie's Bad Day | by Dean Derkson April 29, 2011 | 1189 words | Read a sample |
| Cookie has a bad day, almost buys the farm, and learns some first aid. | ||||
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Patch Pirates Bilge | by Dean Derkson April 28, 2011 | 1012 words | Read a sample |
| The Captain has an important job for someone but ends up it in a game of hide and seek. Someone's gotta do this job and it isn't going to be him. | ||||
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Zombies Don't BBQ: A FREE Living Dead 4th of July Poem by Rusty Fischer | by Rusty Fischer April 25, 2011 | 931 words | Read a sample |
| And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting with.... aaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!! | ||||
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Melba's Slide Trombone | by Michael Wenberg April 25, 2011 | 2374 words | Read a sample |
| Melba has always wanted to play the trombone, but she's too small. Tired of waiting around until she's big enough, she decides to take matters into her own hands with humorous and unexpected results. | ||||
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The Friday Special (Snippets) | by David Elvar April 24, 2011 | 1035 words | Read a sample |
| It stops at the station every Friday...and no one knows why... | ||||
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The Wizard Lizard | by Gerard Labrecque April 23, 2011 | 2149 words | Read a sample |
| Lawrence the lizard is in over his head! Lawrence never thought his dreams of adventure would come true, but as an accidental stowaway on a long-distance journey, Lawrence must find his own kind of magic in order to find his way home. | ||||
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Tubby the Forgotten Tugboat | by Michael Wenberg April 21, 2011 | 1691 words | Read a sample |
| Over the years, Tubby the Tugboat has gotten used to spending his days forgotten in Backwater Bay. But that's changing. One way or another, Tubby is about to become useful once again-and that's why he and his friends are worried. Is Tubby on his way to the scrap yard? Or is there still a place in the world for an undersized tugboat like Tubby? Read the story and find out! | ||||
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'I want ice cream!' (Snippets) | by David Elvar April 21, 2011 | 1011 words | Read a sample |
| Sometimes, you can have too much of a good thing... | ||||
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Zachary Zombie and the Lost Boy, A Story for Demented Children | by John H. Carroll April 19, 2011 | 5024 words | Read a sample |
| Zachary Zombie is searching for newts in the forest. He finds a lost boy instead. When the boy asks nicely for help getting to his home in the village, Zachary agrees. Things are bound to go wrong when a magical stag, a pretty woman at the edge of a cliff, a party in the cemetery and villagers with torches and pitchforks are mixed with a craving for brainsss. | ||||
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Grow Little Garden A Children's Poem | by Linda Anderson April 18, 2011 | 123 words | Read a sample |
| Lets put the fun in a poem, this poem has done just that. Written for young and young at heat. The pictures are delightful. This poem was donated to Linda's Free Library a non profit organization. Please enjoy this e book gift, visit lindasfreelibrary.org. | ||||
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Dreamworlds: Footprints and Pawprints | by Victory Low April 17, 2011 | 25166 words | Read a sample |
| One boy’s footprints strayed into a stray Gate and walked a forbidden path. Then he was brought to a new Dreamworld, there to begin a Journey new. One wolfcat’s pawprints stepped out for the first time to guide the steps of a lost boy, to stand in the way of all that may harm him, to keep him from walking into trouble... or at least, to try. (Cover by Caleb A. Tan) | ||||
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The Skyscraper Rocket Ship | by Pat Anderson April 17, 2011 | 40637 words | Read a sample |
| Johnny and Laura lead boring lives. They live in a block of high-rise flats and are not allowed out on their own. Their parents are too busy to take them out. The other residents are fed up too. Their lives, however, are going to change forever. Their skyscraper turns into a spaceship and takes them to the planet of Erinnea. But for what reason have they been taken there? | ||||
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A Little Orange in the Big Apple | by Valarie Vine April 15, 2011 | 37499 words | Read a sample |
| Oddly, seven year-old Ali's family all live in different places! Each night Ali says a prayer to bring her family together, "where we could all live in the same place, all week long." One day her father asks his family to come live with him in New York City where he is in a Broadway show. Has Ali's prayer come true? Will Ali, her brother, mother, and father all live in the same place now?! | ||||
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Little Comics: Where Are We? | by Gloria Lapin April 15, 2011 | 44 words | Read a sample |
| Where Are We? is a black and white comic book written for beginning readers of all ages. The vocabulary is slightly more challenging than the Little Comics for Little Readers series. Two boys and a dog find what looks like a mirror, but it takes them on an unexpected adventure. | ||||
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Mighty Pete and The School Bully School | by Pat Anderson April 13, 2011 | 11526 words | Read a sample |
| Pete Patterson's school has got rid of all the bullies. Or has it? There is a new kind of bully around. Only Pete's newly-found super powers, which come from a toy soldier's helmet, make him brave enough to stand up to them. But is the problem bigger than everyone thought? | ||||
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The Secret in the Hidden Cave - Teacher's Guide | by Debra Chapoton April 12, 2011 | 1687 words | Read a sample |
| This is the companion teacher's guide to The Secret in the Hidden Cave, a middle grade novel for children ages 9 - 12. The questions, discussion prompts and activities were created by the author, a 30 year veteran teacher. This teacher's guide is appropriate for use in public, private and home school settings and may be reproduced or condensed as deemed necessary. | ||||
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Little Straggler | by Mark Stewart April 11, 2011 | 1146 words | Read a sample |
| Synopsis: Little Straggler is about the life of a baby elephant. He is smaller than the other babies and tires easily. His mum is constantly dropping back from the herd to find him. One wet night the whole herd is kidnapped by the humans. It’s up to Little Straggler to save them and his mum. | ||||
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Trick or Treat With Gork and Tonk | by Linda Nelson April 09, 2011 | 1519 words | Read a sample |
| Gork and Tonk venture into the human world for a night of Trick or Treating. *Short story 1,500 words | ||||
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The Sad Monkey | by Paul Love April 05, 2011 | 252 words | Read a sample |
| A short story of a sad monkey | ||||
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Cuentos y relatos breves | by Abril Mejias Romero April 02, 2011 | 14 words | Sample 20% |
| 1 cuento de hadas y 2 relatos breves de muy buena tinta (encantada) | ||||
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Space Rats | by Jacqueline Kirk April 01, 2011 | 43524 words | Read a sample |
| Orphaned and stranded on an unfamiliar planet, Troy and his brother Tristan long to be back among the stars on their ship Star Chaser. Along with some friends they make a daring escape and manage to outrun their former guardian. It soon becomes clear, however, that they have another pursuer who turns out to be the very man responsible for their parents' deaths - the dreaded space pirate Red Raven! | ||||
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The Forgotten Children of Tartarus Series One | by Clark Merchant March 29, 2011 | 25547 words | Read a sample |
| The Forgotten Children of Tartarus Series One An Epic adventure. Three girls defy all odds as they attempt to escape Tartarus and find their way home. | ||||
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TITAN | by Clark Merchant March 28, 2011 | 4439 words | Read a sample |
| Could you take on a Titan and survive? The final episode in the first series of The Forgotten Children of Tartarus. | ||||
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Oscar and Milo | by Helen Hall March 28, 2011 | 2610 words | Read a sample |
| Oscar loves his life as Conor's best friend; but what happens when he has to share his bed and best friend with a new family member? This is the first in a series of short children's story's about two mischievous dogs. | ||||
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Mary Had a Little Dagnaserub | by Kalifer Deil March 27, 2011 | 2491 words | Read a sample |
| A very short children's science fiction story: Seven year old Mary Johnson met up with a little creature that lost his spaceship. She just thought it was a cute little animal she could take home as a secret pet. Secret because grandma doesn't want pets in her house. When she realized who and what he really was she helped him retrieve his ship so he could return to his mother ship. | ||||
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The Adventure of the Willamax | by Gregory Hankins March 26, 2011 | 15281 words | Read a sample |
| The adventures of Erin, Bryn, and Sean, as they race to retrieve the Friender’s Lamp from the wicked Willamax. | ||||
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Nico and His Frog | by Natasha Balseca March 25, 2011 | 1220 words | Read a sample |
| Nico and his frog, Jack, are best friends and do everything together! Read about the things that happen when Jack goes to school with Nico one day! | ||||
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Those Amazing Dogs Book 2: In the Viking Volcano | by Edwin Fenne March 24, 2011 | 10855 words | Read a sample |
| Felix and Erica Strong get trapped inside an erupting volcano while searching for an ancient Viking map and it is up to their amazing dogs, Max, Molly and Oddie, to come to their rescue! This is the second book of the Those Amazing Dogs series created by Edwin Fenne, written by Jeffrey Poehlmann and illustrated by Carlos Morales. | ||||
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Ants Can't Talk | by Houston Suit March 23, 2011 | 444 words | Read a sample |
| A most funny rhyme for all to enjoy! So, use your silliest voice when reading to the young ones about Mr. Ant on his adventure. It's time to get to giggle with children! AND NOW WITH DRAWINGS! This book is best to read in a PDF form or reading device. | ||||
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Toon news | by Poodle tooth March 23, 2011 | 14 words | Read a sample |
| for the amused | ||||