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.