Short Stories for Kids
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The Boy – A Christian Short Story For Children
Today I’m sharing another short story for children. If you’re new here on the Unique Mums blog, my name’s Anna and I write articles for mothers on homemaking and Christian faith, as well as short stories for children. Some of these short stories are general stories with Christian principles, and some are Christian stories with references to God, prayer, and other Biblical truths. This short story falls into this second category, and it’s for children ages 7 to 10. This story is about a girl called Sarah, who found a boy in a field one day, and her life and his changed forever. The themes in this story are evangelism,…
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Fluffy Goes Out
This is a short story for children ages 4-7 about a cat called Fluffy, who did not want to visit the vet but had no choice in the matter. If you’re new here on the blog, just to let you know that I’m an author and I write non-fiction Christian books for women and short stories for children. Some of these short stories have obvious Christian themes woven into the stories, while others do not. However, all my stories teach Biblical principles, which I always describe in the introductory note for the parents. The story I’m sharing with you today falls into this category. It’s a short children’s story that…
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Matilda’s Lesson
Hello, mama! Today I’m sharing a short story about a little girl called Matilda, who thought rest was the answer to life until the day she had too much of it! This short story contains the following Biblical principles: – both work and rest are part of God’s creation design (Genesis 2:1-3) -work is important to bless others (Galatians 6:9, 10) So without further ado, here goes today’s story: Matilda’s Lesson Matilda sat at the kitchen table one sunny morning eating her porridge. Today was Thursday, which meant she would have gymnastics at school in the afternoon, as well as the usual routines of crafts, reading and joint games. As…
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Bushy – The Squirrel
Ok, so today I’m sharing a new short story for children! If you’re new to my short stories, basically I write stories for children, and I share them here on the blog. 🙂 Some of these stories are have obvious Christian elements like prayer, while others are general stories based on Biblical principles. Today’s story is about a squirrel called Bushy, who found that sometimes appearances are deceptive and friendship and sharing is an important part of life in community. This story is aimed at children ages 5-8. The Biblical principles in this story are the following: – Think about others, not just your own well-being (Philippians 2:4); – Don’t…
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Fluffy – The Cheeky Cat – A Short Story For Children
As you maybe know, as well as writing non-fiction Christian books for women (based on Biblical truth), I also write short stories for children. Some of these short stories have obvious Christian themes woven into the stories, while others do not. However, all my stories teach Biblical principles, which I always describe in the introductory note for the parents. The story, I’m sharing with you today, falls into this category. It’s a short children’s story, for kids ages 5-8 that does not contain an explicit Christian theme, but it does teach the following points from the Bible: – Not imagining the worst about others, but hoping for the best (1…
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Sandy And The Easter Egg Hunt
If you’re new here at Unique Mums, just a quick heads up. This blog is for Christian mommas, so I share homemaking, motherhood and faith resources, and among these, I include short children’s stories, which I write, and sometimes my children illustrate. The short stories are either overtly Christian in theme, or they’re general stories for children, which contain Biblical teaching points. Today’s story is about a bunny rabbit called Sandy, who is worried about doing Easter Egg Hunts because of his experience in losing games, and being laughed at by others. This story is aimed at children ages 4-6. In this short story, the main Biblical teaching points are: – not…
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The Escape – A Christian Story for Children
Today I’m sharing a story about a boy called George, who lived in London with his parents and in September 1939 was sent away as an evacuee to the countryside due to the World War 2 and possible threats on Great Britain. This story is fictional but is is based on true facts that occurred in Great Britain in the wake of World War 2. The government created an evacuation initiative called Pied Piper in which children were relocated out of urban centres to locations where the risk of bombing attacks was low or non-existent. In this story, George is evacuated to a village in Kent called Harrietsham but he…
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The Visitor – A Short Story For Children
Today I’m sharing a heart-warming short story about a boy who had an unexpected visitor in his garden one day. If you’re new here on the blog, just a quick heads up. This blog is tailored to Christian mamas, so I share homemaking, motherhood and faith resources, and among these, I include short children’s stories, which I write and my children illustrate. 🙂 All these short stories have teaching points that are based on Biblical teaching. Today, I’m sharing a short story about a little boy called Ken, who found a little girl in his garden one day and discovered she was running away from home. In this short story,…
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Loss And Hope – A Christian Children’s Story
Today I’m sharing a short Christian Children’s Story about a little girl called Alice, who needed to learn to console her friend, Joanna when she experienced the loss of a family member. In this story, Alice learnt how to bring Joanna true hope by talking to her about Jesus and Heaven. The teaching points in this story are as follows: – Death is a natural part of life in this broken world (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2) – God is close to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18) – For those who accept God’s salvation through Jesus there is the hope of eternal joy where there will be no weeping or sorrow (Romans 8:18, Revelation…
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The Robin – A Short Story For Children
Today I’m sharing a short story about a little boy called Mark who struggled to find friends at school and so he made friends with an animal. Later on, though he was encouraged by a teacher to seek human friendships too. This short story aims to teach children the following point: God created us for human relationships (Genesis 2) So here goes today’s short story: The Robin – A Short Story for Children Mark walked to school with his mum one snowy day in January. He loved school at this time of year as the teachers let the kids play in the snow during the breaks. When they arrived at…