One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 3-5 2nd place The Letter by Gwendolyn Lopez, Grade 4 In the 1950s, my grandfather Rubén was a young man in México. He and his twin brother Salvador were working as miners in the small town of Hostotipaquillo […]
My Family’s American Story by Andrew Smithwick
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 3-5 3rd place My Family’s American Story by Andrew Smithwick, Grade 5 My name is Hugh Henry Smithwick. It is the year 1642 and we are setting sail on the Good Ship Globe from England. I am traveling […]
Tiny Tales @ PPL: 2014 WINNING STORIES
Published on :In November, we celebrated TELLABRATION!: a week of stories and storytelling. Among the activities was a short-short story contest. Children ages 8-12 were invited to write stories of 55 words or less, and each site choose the best story from their submissions to win a Folkmanis puppet! Here are the […]
Tiny Tales @ PPL: WINNING STORIES!
Published on :We had some wonderful submissions for our Tiny Tales contest during Children’s Book Week. Here are the winning stories from each site. Read and enjoy! CENTRAL ALLENDALE HASTINGS HILL LAMANDA PARK LA PINTORESCA SAN RAFAEL SANTA CATALINA VILLA PARKE
Tiny Tales @ PPL: Honorable Mentions
Published on :We had so many wonderful entries in our Tiny Tales Contest for Children’s Book Week! We will be posting our winning entries soon, but here are some honorable mentions. To see a larger view of the story, just click on the image.