Selected Stories:
Grade range in parentheses with age target (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+ A) (All Adults Too)
Original Stories created by Ben:
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The Troll and I: a young boy’s encounter with a troll (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A )
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I’m Not Cool: emergence from self-doubt (7-9, 10-12 +A)
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The Bike: Two wheeler with malicious intent. (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Bran and Sceolan (7-9, 10-12 +A )
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The Chain Gang (3-6, 7-9, 10-12 +A).
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Crushed (10-12 A)
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Dexter the Wonder Dog (3-6, 7-9, 10-12, +A)
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Kidnapped by Clowns (7-9, 10-12, +A)
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Folktales
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Straighten Up and Fly Right (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Rice Balls (PK, K-2, 3-6)
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The Hairy Man (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Prinderella and the Pransom Cince (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Stromboli Boboli (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Hunting Trip --A Jack Tale (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Brer Rabbit and the Fox (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9)
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Philamandre (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Tam Lin (7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Ferryman and the Treasure (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Merman and the Farmer (7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Skin Flap (3-6, 7-9)
Other stories from around the world
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Sir Gawain, the Green Knight and the Hag ( 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Great Granny Green (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Tortoise and the Hare (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Bird Who Speaks (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Debate in Sign Language (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Hungry Coat (PK, K-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Bellybutton Monster (PK, K-2,)
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The Viper Comes (PK, K-2)
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God Mother Death ( 3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Death of Baldur (10-12+A)
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Fenrir (10-12 +A)
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Old Joe and the Carpenter (7-9,10-12 +A)
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The Inn Keeper and the Iron Winter (3-6, 7-9,10-12+A)
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Jacobi and the Shammas (7-9,10-12 +A)
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The Salmon of Knowledge (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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The Selkie (10-12, +A)
Original Stories to help history come alive:
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History from the Ashes (Idaho’s Big Burn of 1910) (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Sink or Swim: Salmon and the River of Life (7-9, 10-12+A).
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The Trojan War (an entertaining history lesson) (, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Boise Gem of the Mountains (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)
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Early Boise Stories (3-6, 7-9, 10-12+A)

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