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FREE Childrens Stories             Free Story Access                 Established Authors         Sheila Helliwell's Stories       Sheila Helliwell's Free Stories          New Writers            New Writer's Stories             New Writer's Free Stories           Amateur Writers    Amateur Writer's Free Stories		Free Fun Stories for Children   Our free stories are specialy written to help children develop, a very brief summary of the aims are: By stimulating children's imagination their creative abilities develop. The carefully selected use of words and language develops understanding. Fun short stories fit within a childs initial attention span and stimulates the desire for more. Gradualy increasing story length develops children's attention span. Enjoyment of stories stimulates the desire in children to read for themselves. We provide around one new free story every fortnight and full access to our Amateur Writer's section which contains some high quality fully illustrated stories.   You can   click here   to register and receive access to each new story automatically.      "The Bedtime Reading Route To The Top Of The Class"   Ed Balls (UK Education Minister) is urging all parents to share a betime story with their children...   Best selling author Philip Pullman thinks "...parents should start by reading nursery rhymes to babies... ...it is about fun."   Former Children's laureate Anne Fine says "Children pick up on the magic of reading during these periods."   To read the full article   click here        click for Cached Copy       The Declining Art of Reading   The declining art of reading is a major concern to Teachers, Parents, Government and society as a whole.   Reading ability brings a wide range of important skills children are not able to recognize for themselves at an early age, which is why we must all encourage and help children enjoy stories which leads to a desire to read.   Reading seems old, uncool and out of date to many children, especialy when TV soaps are the rage, however reading skills bring great benefits, these include: Improving the use of language and understanding Enabling access to daily information (eg: notices, internet, printed news, leaflets) Helping indivuduals be more self reliant (eg: self teaching from how to manuals) Improving employment prospects and success   Childrens-Stories.net in association with leading childrens authors is doing all it can to promote childrens reading by providing free childrens stories.   Please provide a link to Childrens-Stories.net and tell others about us and help us help children enjoy reading.