Heartfelt Affection, by Jane Trenholm

Jane Trenholm enjoyed being a primary school teacher in Jersey and Hong Kong, but her favourite job was being an ‘IMPS Trainer’. Sadly, no tiny magical creatures were involved, but teaching First Aid to classes visiting an Oxford hospital was still great fun. Jane...

Paper Airplane Challenge, by Susan Andrews

I thrust my airplane upward. It nose-dived to the ground. This was my eighteenth effort. I got the plane and frowned. I bent the wingtips under and flew the plane once more. It went a little farther, then landed on the floor. Encouraged by this progress, I tried out...

Sorting Lego, by Jude Simpson

Charl and I decided it was time to sort the Lego. There was a massive, landsliding heap of it in our bedroom. First, we spent ages deciding how to sort it. By colour? Size? Number of studs? Type of set it had come from? Just thinking about that took the first hour....

Acoustic Recordings, by Elizabeth Kuelbs

  * Elizabeth Kuelbs writes for children and adults. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and you can find more of her work for young readers in What is Hope?, Things We Feel, Spider, Cricket, The Dirigible Balloon, and elsewhere. Elizabeth loves to...

The Airport Arrivals Hall, by Jennifer Thomas

I’m poking my brother and bugging my mother, ’cause waiting’s a pain and the flight’s running late. But look! The plane’s landing! My brain’s understanding that soon crowds of people will flood through the gate. My brain sends out orders that whiz past its borders and...