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Cupid’s silver direction arrow vanishes on the busiest delivery morning of the year. As Valentine messages begin arriving at the wrong doors, Cupid follows the mix-ups through town to find where the arrow has lodged. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/cupids-missing-arrow As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales an...

Seven students seal drawings, jokes, and ordinary February details inside a Valentine time capsule. Five years later, they return to open it—and discover one envelope meant for a classmate who never knew it was there. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/the-valentines-day-time-capsule As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favor...

During the animal shelter’s Valentine open house, a shy dog keeps removing every decoration from his kennel. Maya discovers that the missing paper hearts are not being destroyed—they are being used for a surprising purpose. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/valentines-day-at-the-animal-shelter As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all...

Lulu the ladybug sets out across Heartwood Forest with invitations to the Valentine lantern gathering. When her satchel tears, the scattered notes lead her through a windy, obstacle-filled journey before the lanterns are lit. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/the-love-bugs-journey As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorit...

Danny, Emily, and Mia discover two sets of heart-shaped clues accidentally mixed together before the school Valentine party. To finish either hunt, they must separate the rhymes and work out which destination belongs to which trail. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/the-heart-shaped-clue-hunt As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all...

An unlabeled heart-shaped box appears in Room 7 containing seven tiny objects and no explanation. Emily and Daniel must work out who assembled it before the class Valentine display begins. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/the-heart-shaped-box-with-no-name As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Emily finds Grandma Rose searching the attic for an old Valentine from Grandpa Tom. When a winter draft sends the card slipping through the house, Emily learns its story while helping Grandma recover it before Grandpa arrives. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/valentines-day-stories/grandmas-special-valentine As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your f...

Seven painted feathers vanish from Harmonyville’s wooden Thanksgiving turkey hours before the parade. Sarah, Max, and Mia trace scraps of paint and ribbon through the busy town hall to discover where the feathers went—and why no one noticed them leaving. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-thanksgiving-feather-mystery As always, visit us at www...

Harvest Hollow’s enormous Thanksgiving cornucopia vanishes before the festival. Lily and Ben follow bent grass, purple wool, and wagon tracks across town, discovering that the missing centerpiece has taken on a completely different job. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-cornucopia-quest As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your...

When Granny Smith’s pie cart loses a wheel on Thanksgiving morning, four friends known as the Pumpkin Pie Pals must deliver six pies across town without tipping, squashing, or sampling any of them. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/pumpkin-pie-pals As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

When a silver wishbone ornament splits in two after Thanksgiving dinner, both halves come alive—and one disappears with the family dog. Tommy must reunite them before midnight so the wishbone can finally make a wish of its own. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-wishbones-wish As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite t...

A windy night scatters the forest animals’ Thanksgiving feast across the woods. By following leaves, scents, and tracks, the animals discover that the forest has rearranged their celebration rather than ruined it. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-thankful-forest As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stor...

Tilly Turkey has practiced for the Thanksgiving barn dance, but her feet keep landing between the fiddler’s beats. When the band’s drum breaks, Tilly’s unusual steps may be exactly what the dancers need. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-turkey-who-wanted-to-dance As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and sto...

Lily hears voices from Grandma’s basket of cranberries on Thanksgiving morning. When the berries bounce loose and roll through the kitchen, their overlapping instructions turn one simple recipe into a very noisy rescue. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-talking-cranberries As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tale...

Emily expects Granny’s usual Thanksgiving dinner, but the cottage holds no turkey, no tablecloth, and no pie. A trail of curious objects leads her through the orchard toward a surprise Granny has been planning all week. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/grannys-thanksgiving-surprise As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorit...

Tommy Turkey overhears that he will be “in the middle of everything” at Thanksgiving and escapes before anyone can explain. His trip across the farm becomes much more complicated when every animal offers a different route to freedom. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/tommy-turkeys-great-escape As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all y...

Toby the turkey has a story for Maplewood’s Thanksgiving storytelling night, but only Jack can understand him. When a storm scatters the pages and closes the footbridge, Toby must show the whole town what really happened. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-turkeys-tale As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and...

Willowbrook’s golden Thanksgiving pie disappears from a locked pantry before the feast. Lucy and Ben follow flour marks, sugar crystals, and a trail that seems to stop at a wall—until they realize the missing pie may never have left the building. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/thanksgiving-feast-mystery As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale....

Charlie the dog cannot say “thank you,” but he can carry, fetch, and occasionally make an enormous mess. During the Millers’ busy Thanksgiving morning, he discovers a way to show the family exactly what they mean to him. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-dog-who-learned-to-say-thank-you-%f0%9f%90%be As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com...

When Tom the turkey disappears before the Thanksgiving parade, Mia and Ben follow a trail through the orchard and into the corn maze. They soon discover that Tom is not hiding—he is trying to help someone even smaller than himself. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-turkey-rescue-mission As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your...

Emily and Daniel’s mashed potatoes bounce out of the school kitchen and follow the Thanksgiving band through the halls. To bring them back before lunch, the children must discover what the runaway dish is really following. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-runaway-mashed-potatoes As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favori...

Sophie opens Grandpa’s time-travel watch and finds three Christmases tangled together. She must return a wooden horse, a floating lantern, and a robot snowbird before midnight. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/christmas-stories-for-kids/the-holiday-time-traveler As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.

Santa’s delivery list vanishes hours before takeoff, and children’s names begin appearing on ribbons throughout the workshop. Pepper follows the misplaced names before the wrapping machine ties Christmas into one enormous knot. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/christmas-stories-for-kids/santas-missing-list As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your fav...

Mrs. Sprinkle’s gingerbread performers escape before the Christmas feast and leave a trail of frosting through Evergreen Village. Emily and Danny must discover what performance they are rehearsing. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/christmas-stories-for-kids/the-gingerbread-cookie-caper As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stori...

Jingles enters the Reindeer Games hoping to win the Midnight Flight. When wind scatters the course markers, finishing the race becomes a very different challenge. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/christmas-stories-for-kids/reindeer-games As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and stories.