Selected Short Story Collections for Children & Teens
Livingston Lord Library
Minnesota State University Moorhead

Alexander, Lloyd.  The Foundling, and Other Tales of Prydain.  Dell, 1982.  Grades 6-8.  Curric. A376fo2

Allen, Paula Gunn, ed.  Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature, 1974-1994.  Ballantine, 1996.  Grades 9-12.  PS 508 .I5 S62 1996

---.  Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women.  Beacon, 1989.  Grades 9-12.  PS 508 .I5 S64 1989 

Appelt, Kathi.  Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance.  Harcourt, 2000.  Grades 7-9.  Available at Concordia Library

Armstrong, Jennifer, ed.  Shattered: Stories of Children and War.  Knopf, 2002.  Grades 6-12.  Curric. S533

Asher, Sandy, ed.  With All My Heart, With All My Mind.  Simon, 1999.  Grades 5-9.  Available at Concordia Library

Austin, Doris Jean and Martin Simmons.  Streetlights: Illuminating Tales of the Urban Black Experience. Penguin,1996.  Grades 9-12.  PS 648 .C5 S77 1996

Avi.  What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? And Other Stories.  Candlewick, 1997.  Grade 4 and up.  Curric. A957wha

Bauer, Marion Dane, ed.  Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.  HarperCollins, 1994.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. A479  

Bezmozgis, David.  Natasha and Other Stories.  Farrar, 2004.  Grades 9-12.  PR 9199.4 .B495 N38 2004

Block, Francesca.  The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold.  HarperCollins, 2000.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. B6513r

Blume, Judy, ed.  Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers.  Atheneum, 1999.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Brooks, Martha.  Paradise Café and Other Stories.  Little, Brown, 1990.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. B8734p 

Byars, Betsy.  My Dog, My Hero.  Holt, 2000.  Grades 3-6.  Available at Concordia Library 

Carlson, Lori M., ed.  American Eyes; New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults.  Holt, 1994.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. A5121

Carlson, Lori M. and Cynthia Ventura, eds.  Where Angels Glide at Dawn; New Stories from Latin America.  Lippincott, 1990.  Grades 5 and up.  Curric. W5675

Cart, Michael, compiler/editor.  Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are.  HarperTempest, 2003.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. C322n

---.  Tomorrowland:  Ten Stories about the Future.  Scholastic, 1999.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. T661

Cisneros, Sandra.  Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.  Random House, 1991.  Grades 9-12.  PS 3553 .I78 W66 1992

Conrad, Pam.  Our House: The Stories of Levittown.  Scholastic, 1995.  Grades 4-6.  Curric. C7543o

Crutcher, Chris.  Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories.  Greenwillow, 1991.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. C957a

Danticat, Edwidge.  Krik? Krak!  Soho Press, 1995.  Grades 9-12.  PS3554.A5815 K75 1995

Dickinson, Peter.  The Lion-Tamer’s Daughter and Other Stories.  Delacorte, 1997.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. D553L

Duncan, Lois, ed.  On the Edge: Stories at the Brink.  Simon, 2000.  Grades 7-12.  Available at Concordia Library  

---.  Night Terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance.  Simon & Schuster, 1996.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. N687

---.  Trapped! Cages of Mind and Body.  Simon & Schuster, 1998.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Durrell, Ann and Marilyn Sachs.  The Big Book for Peace. Dutton, 1990.  Grades 4-6.  Curric. 810.8 B592

Ellis, Sarah.  Back of Beyond: Stories of the Supernatural.  Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1997.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. E476b 

Evans, Douglas.  Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales.  Front Street, 2000.  Grades 2-4.  Available at Concordia Library

Flake, Sharon.  Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives.  Hyperion, 2004.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. F576w

Fleishman, Paul.  Coming-and-Going Men: Four Tales.  Harper & Row, 1985.  Grades 6 and up.  Available at Concordia Library

---.  Graven Images: 3 Stories.  Harper & Row, 1982.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. F5958

Frausch, Mary, ed.  Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology.  New Press, 1994.  Grades 9-12.  PS 509 .M5 C66 1994

Fraustino, Lisa Rowe, ed.  Dirty Laundry: Stories about Family Secrets.  Viking, 1998.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Gallo, Donald R., ed.  Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices.  Delacorte, 1997.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

---.  Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte, 1993.  Grades 5-9.  Available at Concordia Library  

---.  On the Fringe.  Dial, 2001.  Grades 7-10.  Available at Concordia Library

---.  Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte, 1984.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. S625

---.  Time Capsule: Short Stories about Teenagers Throughout the Twentieth Century.  Delacorte, 1999.  Grades 7-12.  Available at Concordia Library

---.  Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte, 1995.  Grades 7 and up.  Available at Concordia Library

Galloway, Priscilla.  Truly Grim Tales.  Delacorte, 1995.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. G174t

Grima, Tony, ed.  Not the Only One: Lesbian and Gay Fiction for Teens.  Alyson, 1995.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Hamanaka, Sheila.  On the Wings of Peace.  Clarion, 1995.  Grades 4 and up.  Curric. 810.8 O58 

Hearne, Betsy.  The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People.  McElderry, 2003.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. H4363c

Howe, James, ed.  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope.  Atheneum, 2001.  Grades 7-10.  Curric. C7194

Hughes, Langston.  Short Stories.  Hill & Wang, 1996.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library  

Hughes, Ted.  How the Whale Became, and Other Stories.  Orchard, 2000.  Grades K-3.  Available at Concordia Library  

International Board on Books for Young People.  Stories from Across the Globe.  Scholastic, 2002.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. S8846i

Jimenez, Francisco.  The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child.  University of New Mexico Press, 1997.  Grade 5 and up.  Curric. J615c

Johnson, Angela.  Gone from Home: Short Takes.  DK Ink, 1998.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. J661g

Karlin, Wayne, Le Minh Khue, and Truong Vu, eds.  The Other Side of Heaven: Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers.  Curbstone Press, 1995.  Grades 9-12.  PN 6120.95 .V46 O87 1995

Kennedy, Richard.  Richard Kennedy: Collected Stories.  Harper & Row, 1987.  Grades 3-5.  Curric. K36r

Konigsburg, E. L.  Altogether, One at a Time.  Atheneum, 1971.  Grades 4-6.  Curric. K82al

---. Throwing Shadows.  Atheneum, 1979.  Grades 5 and up.  Curric. K82t

Le Guin, Ursula K.  Four Ways to Forgiveness.  HarperPrism, 1995.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

L’Engle, Madeline, et al.  Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium.  Philomel Books, 1999.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Lesley, Craig, ed.  Talking Leaves: Contemporary Native American Short Stories.  Dell, 1991.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Lester, Julius.  Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History.  Dial, 1972.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. L642L  

Macy, Sue.  Girls Got Game: Sports Stories and Poems.  Holt, 2001.  Grades 6-10.  Curric. 810.8 G525

Mahy, Margaret.  Don't Read This: And Other Tales of the Unnatural.  Front Street, 1998.  Grades 6-10.  Curric. D688

Marshall, James.  Rats on the Range and Other Stories.  Dial Books, 1993.  Grades 2-4.  Curric. M368rr

Mazer, Harry, ed.  Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories about Guns.  Delacorte, 1997.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

McCullers, Carson. Collected Stories, Including The Member of the Wedding and The Ballad of the Sad Café.  Houghton Mifflin, 1987.  Grades 9-12.  PS 3525 .A1772 A15 1987

McKinley, Robin.  The Door in the Hedge.  Greenwillow, 1981.  Grades 6-8.  Curric. M1581d

--- .  A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories.  Greenwillow, 1994.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. M1581k

---.  Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits.  Putnam's, 2002.  Grades 6-12.  Curric. M1581w

Mohr, Nicholasa.  In Nueva York.  Dial, 1977.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. M699i 1988 

Myers, Walter Dean.  145th Street: Short Stories.  Delacorte, 2000.  Grades 6-12.  Curric. M996on

Naidoo, Beverley.  Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope.  HarperCollins, 2003.  Grades 6-10.  Available at Concordia Library

Naylor, Gloria, ed.  Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers.  Little, Brown, 1996.  Grades 9-12.  PS 647 .A35 C5 1995  

Nixon, Joan.  Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories.  Delacorte, 2000.  Grades 4-7.  Available at Concordia Library

O’Brien, Tim.  The Things They Carried.  Houghton Mifflin, 1990.  Grades 9-12.  PS 3565 .B75 T48 1990

Ortiz Cofer, Judith.  An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio.  Orchard Books, 1995.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. C674i

Paterson, Katherine.  Angels & Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories.  Crowell, 1979.  Grades 5 and up.  Curric. P296a

---.  A Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season.  Lodestar Books, 1995.  Grade 5 and up.  Curric. P296mi

Pettepiece, Thomas and Anatoly Aleksin.  Face to Face: A Collection of Stories.  Philomel, 1990.  Grades 5 and up.  Curric. F138

Peyer, Bernd C., ed.  The Singing Spirit: Early Short Stories by North American Indians.  University of Arizona Press, 1989.  Grades 9-12.  PS508.I5 S56 1989

Philip, Neil, compiler.  American Fairy Tales from Rip Van Winkle to the Rootabaga Stories.  Hyperion, 1996.  Grade 6 and up.  Curric. A51213

Poey, Delia and Virgil Suarez, eds.  Iguana Dreams: New Latino Fiction.  HarperCollins, 1992.  Grades 9-12.  PS 647 .H58 I38 1992

Potok, Chaim.  Zebra and Other Stories.  Knopf, 1998.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. P864z

Proysen, Alf.  Mrs. Pepperpot Stories.  Red Fox, 2000.  Grades 3-5.  Available at Concordia Library  

Rice, David.  Crazy Loco.  Dial, 2001.  Grades 7-12.  Curric. R4955c

Rochman, Hazel, compiler.  Bearing Witness: Stories of the Holocaust.  Orchard Books, 1995.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. 808.8 B368

---.  Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Southern Africa.  Harper & Row, 1988.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. S693

Rochman, Hazel and Darlene Z. McCampbell, compilers.  Leaving Home: Stories.  HarperCollins, 1997.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. L4394

---.  Who Do You Think You Are?  Stories of Friends and Enemies.  Little, Brown, 1993.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. W628

Rylant, Cynthia.  Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season.  Orchard, 1987.  Grades 4-6.  Curric. R994c

---.  A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love.  Orchard Books, 1990.  Grades 7 and up.  Curric. R994co

---.  Every Living Thing.  Bradbury Press, 1985.  Grades 5-8.  Curric. R994e

Salisbury, Graham.  Island Boyz: Short Stories.  Wendy Lamb Books, 2002.  Grades 8-12.  Available at Concordia Library  

Schulman, L.M.  The Loners: Short Stories About the Young and Alienated.  Macmillan, 1970.  Grades 9-12.  Curric. S386L

Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium.  Philomel, 1999.  Grades 7-12.  Available at Concordia Library  

Silverberg, Robert, ed.  Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy.  TOR Books, 1998.  Grades 9-12.  PS 648 .F3 L44 1998

Silvey, Anita, compiler.  Help Wanted: Short stories about Young People Working.  Little, Brown, 1997.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Singer, Isaac Bashevis.  The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.  Grades 9-12.  PJ 5129 .S49 A2 1988

---.  The Image and Other Stories.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985.  Grades 9-12.  PJ 5129 .S49 A2 1985

---.  Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus, and Other Stories.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.  Grades 4 and up.  Curric. S617n

---.  Stories for Children.  Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984.  Grades 4 and up.  Curric. S617s

Singer, Marilyn.  I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion.  HarperCollins, 2000.  Grades 7-10.  Available at Concordia Library  

Sleator, William.  Oddballs: Stories.  Dutton, 1993.  Grades 6-8.  Curric. S632o

Snell, Gordon, ed.  Thicker Than Water: Coming-of-Age Stories by Irish and Irish American Writers.  Delacorte, 2001.  Grades 7-12.  Curric. T428

Soto, Gary.  Baseball in April, and Other Stories.  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.  Grades 5 and up.  Curric. S718b

---.  Local News.  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. S718L

---.  Petty Crimes.  Harcourt Brace, 1998.  Grade 5 and up.  Curric. S718pe

Spinelli, Jerry.  The Library Card.  Scholastic, 1997.  Grade 4 and up.  Curric. S757L

Vande Velde, Vivian.  Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird.  Harcourt, 1995.  Grades 6-8.  Curric. 398.2 V225t

Velie, Alan R., ed.  The Lightning Within: An Anthology of Contemporary American Indian Fiction.  University of Nebraska Press, 1991.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Washington, Mary Helen, ed.  Invented Lives: Narratives of Black Women, 1860-1890.  Anchor Press, 1987.  Grades 9-12.  Available at Concordia Library

Wilson, Budge.  The Leaving and Other Stories.  Philomel, 1992.  Grades 9-12. Curric. W746L

Wynne-Jones, Tim.  The Book of Changes: Stories.  Orchard Books, 1995.  Grades 4 and up.  Curric. W989b

---.  Some of the Kinder Planets: Stories.  Orchard Books, 1995.  Grades 4 and up.  Curric. W989s

Yee, Paul.  Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World.  Macmillan, 1989.  Grades 5-9.  Curric. Y43t

Yolen, Jane, ed.  Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood.  Philomel, 2000.  Grades 4-9.  Curric. S5542

 

Selected by Carol H. Sibley and Sarah Smedman from Children’s Catalog, Middle & Junior High School Library Catalog, and Senior High School Library Catalog.  Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota, 6/03; 3/06.

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