Looking for good bedtime adventure story plots for kids, know where I can find some?
I have kids ages 7 and 4 and I struggle to come up with clever bedtime stories to tell them from my head. Is anyone familiar with a site that just contains plot abstracts that I can embellish on my own? They like adventure and mystery stories—you know, stories about kids that travel to a magical island and encounter pirates and animals and whales with magical powers. Is there like a Hardy Boys equivalent for young kids? Any suggestions?
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I’ve been reading The Jungle Book but changing the language a bit so that it’s more modern. He loves it.
There’s an English author by the name of Enid Blyton and she wrote a series of books called ‘The Famous Five’... so many of her books are great, though, and she was prolific.
Since I cannot answer this directly, as a librarian I will refer you to your local library’s childrens’ desk for proper advisory. :)
I used to love the Magic Tree House books. The were always full of adventure and mystery. They should have some at any public library. Or here’s a link to a book set on amazon #1–4.
I’m not sure if this is what you mean, @noelleptc, but when I read your answer I thought of The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. There are 14 pictures, each with a caption, and the book is often used as a story-starter. It’s pretty cool!
There’s also the Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey. Of course it’ll depend on your kids; whether they’ll be able to handle this one. It’s an alphabet book, and for each letter there’s a line about a child whose name begins with that letter, and how they died. For example, A is for Amy who fell down the stairs; B is for Basil, assaulted by bears.
You can also just Google “story starters” and see if you like anything that comes up.
The Magic Tree house Series was a great great time reading with the kids! They couldn’t wait to read the next chapter! You can go to the website link here but takes FOREVER to load and go to Wiki here for a quick overview. I highly recommend these books!
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If you’re looking for something interactive my kids loved (at those ages) the Chose Your Own Adventure books.
At the bottom of nearly each page is a choice: “Do you follow Professor Nemo and board his ship?” or “Do you decide to check the beach for clues.” that affects how the story progresses/ends.
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