Elgin High School LibGuides: Short Stories

Leeann Zouras has written for Highlights. In this short story, a girl and her family collect dandelions for a Greek dinner.

Jyoti Singh Visvanath has written for Highlights. In this retelling of a fable from India, a lion waits in a cave to eat a jackal.

"Nancy Jean Northcutt has written for Highlights. In this short story, a boy doesn’t want to receive kisses from his grandmas and aunts."

"Laura Wrang has written for Highlights. In this short story, Jess and his mother help Orry, a boy escaping slavery."

From her new collection Ninety-Nine Stories of God

By László Krasznahorkai

LIKABLE by DEB OLIN UNFERTH from NOON, issue 12

Critical Mass: when I lived alone I had all the silence I needed.

Miracles by Lucy Corin

Sticks by George Saunders

A story about a naughty rabbit who runs away from his family, only to confront numerous problems. Will he find his way home?

A long list of fables provided on the Library of Congress website.

Project Gutenberg's Andersen's Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Household Tales. Margaret Hunt, translator. London: George Bell, 1884, 1892. 2 volumes.

Andersen, Hans Christian. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Mrs. Henry H. B. Paull, translator. London: Warne & Co., [1875].

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Favorite Fairy Tales, by Logan Marshall

Click on "Read this book" and then select 1 story that you would like to illustrate.