Six Short Stories

Most parents start reading books to the children around two years of age, for the most part, the characters in the books are imaginary or fanciful to encourage good behavior such as sharing and tolerance. As I have seen in my grandchildren with improvement in reading skill, there is a tendency to move on to more advanced complicated fiction readings, supernatural mystical and space stories, less attention given to writing about our environment and its real inhabitants. Stories about real characters that they can see, communicate, and interact with. In writing these six short stories, I hope I can bridge the imaginary reading of early age into young adult reading habits. All through the years of my pediatric practice, I was, as I am now, convinced that the proper content of reading material plays an important role in children's education and development.