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Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel find a house made of cake and sweets and start to eat it, but don’t realise that a wicked witch lives there.

Lucy Lastik almost jumped out of her gym shorts. The only one who remained calm was Mel Lowe. In the lunchroom, Chuck Waggen, Sue Shi, Marge Errin, Frank Furter, Roland Buter, Vinny Gerr, Mack …

Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched and twisted them, and pulled them into …

It kept looking around, seeing people talking and kids running, until it fell asleep. After a whole day of playing, eating and talking, Yana suddenly thought of Bambi and found it sleeping.

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Authors A-Z Do you write kids' stories? This could be you here - visit the Submissions Page for more information A. Joseph Black A.B.Mitford A.R. Montalba

Story about an impertinent red squirrel named Nutkin and his narrow escape from an owl called Old Brown.

Author Page for Brothers Grimm Do you write kids' stories? This could be you here - visit the Submissions Page for more information The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm …

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