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  • Nightmare Soup Volume I

    Nightmare Soup Volume I

    Nightmare Soup Volume I (2024) by Jake Tri ⭐⭐⭐ I read the second edition in PDF format. Nightmare Soup was inspired by the wildly famous Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series by Alvin Schwarz. As a lover of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark franchise, I was excited about the Nightmare…

  • Hector’s Inheritance

    Hector’s Inheritance

    Hector’s Inheritance (1910)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ by Horatio Alger Jr. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5674 Hector’s Inheritance was written originally in 1885, but this is a 1910 copy. The front of the book has a picture of a young man rowing a boat, but funnily enough, this has nothing, absolutely nothing at all to do with the story. Inside the front cover…

  • Snow!

    Whether you come from a place that snows in winter or not, you may be aware that winter and Christmas is often associated with snow. I thought it would be fun to include winter-and-Christmas-centered poems and stories this month. I even have some neat children’s songs coming up! The following cute stories and poems come…

  • Mother Hubbard’s House Party Chapter III

    Mother Hubbard’s House Party Chapter III

    Chapter III Choosing the Christmas Tree Wednesday morning dawned bright and sparkling. During the night, drifts of white snow had piled high against the house and barn. “We will have to wear leggings and overshoes when we go out today,” said Mother Hubbard to the boys and girls after breakfast, “for we are going to…

  • Mother Hubbard’s House Party Chapter I

    Mother Hubbard’s House Party Chapter I

    Mother Hubbard’s House Party CHAPTER I WRITING THE INVITATIONS “Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding,” chimed the old clock on the mantel above the fireplace. “My, my,” said Mother Hubbard to her dog, “here it is six o’clock and tea time and the kettle not on yet! How this afternoon has flown!” The little old…