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Solar Girl and Lunar Boy    by Gabriel Constans
Price: $4.00 USD. 4810 words. Published on November 16, 2009. .

Solar Girl and Lunar Boy is a delightful collection of children stories that taps into their personal inner light to vanquish fear of the unknown (Solar Girl); humorously transforms a common experience from sadness to joy (No Smiling On Wednesdays); breaks stereotypes and teaches earthquake safety in Quake, Shake and Roll; and explores the world of ants and the environment, in As Precious As Gold.
The Royal Bank of Stories    by Philip Bradbury
Price: $2.99 USD. 51620 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

Short stories that would be true had the world been more sane (or insane). These stories tell of our past and future with a bit of humour and fantasy thrown in. They are guaranteed to touch your emotionally somehow - you'll laugh, cry (maybe), chuckle, sigh, yell 'Eureka!' and you may even realise just how amazing you are, which is the whole point of the stories. Oh, yes, you may even enjoy them!
By Sheer Pluck    by Roger Kean
Price: $2.99 USD. 86700 words. Published on April 21, 2010. .

In 1873, orphaned at 15 and penniless, Frank Hargate, too proud to accept help from others, determines to make his own way in life and joins an explorer's expedition to darkest West Africa. Among new friends, he struggles against staggering odds to survive hostile nature, cannibals, disease and the bloody Ashanti war. From the horrors, a man aspiring to help others toward a better life is forged.
Thomas & the Christmas Orange: Storybook Advent Calendar Singles    by Lewis Brech
Price: Free! 4060 words. Published by Laura Dawn Lewis  on October 30, 2010. .

A charming story about giving and the simple things in life was inspired by a folktale about that orange that seems to appear in Christmas stockings each year.
True Tails    by J. H. Soeder
Price: $7.95 USD. 59840 words. Published on May 20, 2011. .

Winner of 2 National Book Awards, its the never-before-told story of a boy who discovers he can “hear” the thoughts of birds and animals—tiny insects to the largest living creatures today, whales—and “speak” back to them with his mind. Its “tails” describe the miracle that is life, as the animals’ clearly sentient behavior in response to him and as witnessed by others.