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Marbles from the Sky

  "Mariah!" Pippa exclaimed from the window. "Come look! Marbles are falling from the sky!" Mariah came to the window to look. Pippa was rig...

Does your little one call out after lights-out every single night? 😔 You're not alone — fear of the dark is one of the most common (and exhausting) parts of early childhood.
The good news? It's actually a sign their imagination is growing. 🌙

https://brightpathprints.com/blog/child-afraid-of-the-dark

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The May newsletter is out! Come by for short stories, reading resources, book releases, essays, and the Kids' Corner!

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The Island of Almosts has a new audiobook! Check it out at https://thrd.me/island.

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The Island of Almosts

Book 1 of the Elsebeneath series

This week on Underground Bookshelf:

Resource: Fiction Books About ICE, Deportation, and Undocumented Immigration
Free Story: "The Nightmare" (Chapter 8)

Kids' Corner
Read-along: Women Who Broke the Rules: Sonia Sotomayor (Chapter 2)
Books for Children that Center Homelessness
YA Books About ICE, Deportation and Immigration in the United States

https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/

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Underground Bookshelf

The Kidz wonder about, if the earth is mostly covered with water, why do we have a water shortage? Mandy to the rescue with a lab exercise that explains it. Here’s “Sunshine in the Rain.” From #TheDollsStorybook #dolls #KidsLit #writingcommunity thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2026/05/ther...

There's Sunshine in the Rain!
There's Sunshine in the Rain!

Billy and Charlotte had to walk Freckles and Pierre early, because it was supposed to rain soon. "I wish it wouldn't rain," Billy said when ...

Pippa is disappointed that they can't go to the beach because of the thunderstorm, but Mandy explains thunder and lightning to her, and they find a way to have fun anyway, in this story from #TheDollsStorybook #kidslit #writingcommunity ✍️ #dolls thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2026/05/ligh...

Lightning!
Lightning!

"Why can't we go to the beach, Mandy?" Pippa whined. "You promised me we would go today!" She stamped her tiny vinyl foot on the windowsill,...

In this story from #thedollsstorybook, Jolena worries that she might have to give up being on the Doll Ski Team because of her impact on the environment. #EarthDay #kidslit #writingcommunity #dolls thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2026/04/eart...

Earth Day 2026
Earth Day 2026

Jolena threw her books and backpack up on the wicker trunk the dolls used for a coffee table in front of the daybed in the workroom. Her stu...

The dolls from #TheDollsStorybook watch a small plane take off from the landing strip near their home. They start to wonder how planes can fly. Mandy can explain that planes fly because of the Four Superheroes? #dolls #KidsLit #WritingCommunity ✍️ thedollsstorybook.blogspot.com/2026/04/why-...

Why Don't Airplanes Flap Their...
Why Don't Airplanes Flap Their Wings?

"Come on, Emil!" Billy said to his brother excitedly. "We have to go watch them take off this morning!"  Emil looked up from his book. Billy...