SHORT! A Book of Very Short Stories
Product ID: 49347188
⏳Perfect for quick reading sessions
👻Diverse themes: ghosts to adventures
📚Under 2 pages per story
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📖 Short stories, big impact – read more, stress less!
SHORT! A Book of Very Short Stories by award-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland offers a curated collection of ultra-brief tales, each under two pages. With themes ranging from ghosts to everyday adventures, this book is perfect for quick reading sessions, classroom use, and sparking creative writing. Highly rated and beloved by educators, it’s a must-have for anyone seeking impactful stories in minimal time.
| Best Sellers Rank | 175,999 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 773 in Short Story Collections for Children |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 258 Reviews |
H**L
Just what I needed for my classroom
The kids in my class love these stories. They are short enough to do a whole class session on reading and comprehension skills in an hour.
A**R
Great stories
My class loved these stories and we got some great writing based on them/inspired by them.
A**K
Great length for encouraging reading
Great length for motivating my 7 yr old to read small print in a proper book. Haven't read them all but seems that many have ghost and scary themes, which is a shame since they are pre-bed time reading for us.
S**S
Well worth a read
A brilliant book for older children (year 4 and up) Great way to show how to write a great story in less than 1 page.
T**R
Hit and Miss
I could recommend about 10 of the stories as having substance. The others are just bad (apologies to the author, who has undoubtedly worked at them). Random ending, nonsensical endings and some that really don't even end, they just ...stop. Bought this to accompany some teaching planning and wondered if I could do better just trawling and downloading. Buy at your own risk.
J**E
Love
Buy again
S**L
Bought as a school text
Interesting collection of short stories
H**H
A great book!
I would recommend this product to anyone interested in reading. Great for use in the classroom. It came as described and in good time. Would purchase from this user again.
S**N
keine short stories
Die Geschichten sind zwar kurz, aber keine Kurzgeschichten. Da sind Witze und Märchen und Geschichten aller Art dabei, die nichts mit klassischen short stories zu tun haben. Für mich: Irreführender Titel.
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