Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
A grasshopper laughs at an ant when it is working hard. Why? Doesn’t the grasshopper have any work to do? Is it lazy? Does it learn a lesson from the ant that it is important to work, and work on time? Let us find out from this story.
Genre/Topic: Mystery
Have you heard of the movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’? You must have. It is a multi-billion dollar film produced by Walt Disney Company, the same one which made Mickey Mouse famous! In this story, you will come across pirates and treasures again. Read this story and find out.
Genre/Topic: Short Stories
A king loves hearing stories, and he wants a story to be told which does not end. All who try but do not succeed are sent to prison. Will someone be able to tell such a story to the king? Or will all the people from the land be sent to prison? Is there a […]
Genre/Topic: Poetry
I love the month of June. My birthday falls in June, and I am always excited for it. Which of the months are this poet’s favorites? Does she love all the twelve months? What does she think of each one of them? Read and find out.
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Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
I was returning home one evening from school when suddenly, streaks of lightning started appearing in the sky. I heard thunders, and it started to rain. I was frightened. There was no help in sight. I did not know what to do. Fortunately, I saw my father a little ahead. He had coming searching for […]
Genre/Topic: Poetry
William Wordsworth is moved by nature. He loves nature, and he feels that he is connected to it. He knows he was connected to it even when he was an infant, and he thinks he will always remain connected to it. You can feel the poet’s connection to nature once you read this poem, My […]
Genre/Topic: Biographies
The Catholic Church opposed scientific discoveries that it felt challenged its authority and power. Therefore, a lot of scientists were punished for disobeying the church. Galileo was one of them, and he was kept under house arrest. He was not discouraged though. It was under his house arrest that he published two of his books, […]
Genre/Topic: Short Stories
The Burnell children receive a doll’s house from Mrs. Hay and they show it off to their school friends. Soon enough, the doll’s house becomes a talk for everyone in the school. Read to find out where this story, The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, takes along.
The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 men of the 637 in the charge were killed or wounded. Britain entered the war, which was […]
Genre/Topic: Fables And Folktales
It is not your size that determines how smart you are. A giant is a hundred times bigger than a goat, and yet, a goat can fool a giant. You will see how when you read this story about the three billy goats.