With millions of subscribers and billions of views, Mr. Beast is the most popular YouTuber on the planet. A decade ago, however, Jimmy Donaldson (Mr. Beast’s real name) was posting amateur videos of himself playing Minecraft and other video games. You might see his success today overlook how he got started. It took 137 videos…
Children's Stories
The Little Drummer Boy Story for Kids
The following story is based upon the popular Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy” by Katherine Kennicott Davis (1941). Pa-rum-pum-pum-pum! I played my drum as loud as I could. I looked down at my empty hat on the ground near the road, not a single coin inside. I had never seen our little town…
The First Thanksgiving of Oceanus Hopkins (A Pilgrim’s Story)
This is a fictional story about members of the real-life Hopkins family who came to America among the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. Oceanus Hopkins was the only child to be born during the voyage. His big sister Constance was most likely a big part of the young boy’s life. Here is a short story about…
The Legend of Jack O’Lantern (Stingy Jack): A Halloween Story for Kids
Jack-O-Lanterns on Halloween are inspired by the Irish legend of Stingy Jack. Jack was a drunkard who liked to play tricks on people and always cheated his way out of paying for anything. The devil heard about Jack’s tricks and came to take the man’s soul down with him to hell. But Jack played a…
Andrew Carnegie and the Life-changing Power of Libraries
Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in America. He also built more libraries than anyone else in history. The 19th century businessman funded the construction of more than public 2,500 libraries throughout the English-speaking world. These Carnegie Libraries made up more than half of all the public libraries in the United States at the time….
