
The Moth Keeper's Last Lamp
Ages 8-12Every summer, moths follow the old keeper's lamp to the sea. This year the lamp is broken and the keeper's granddaughter has one night to fix it before the moths fly into the waves.
Stories that happen after the lamp is lit.
13 stories here, 9–12 minutes each — read aloud or read alone.

Every summer, moths follow the old keeper's lamp to the sea. This year the lamp is broken and the keeper's granddaughter has one night to fix it before the moths fly into the waves.

When the moon vanishes from the night sky, a girl with a jar of captured darkness sets out across the hills to bring it home, learning that courage sometimes means letting go of what you carry.

When ten suns scorch the earth, the archer Hou Yi shoots nine down and wins a herb of immortality. His wife Chang'e is left alone with it, and must choose what to do when the sky calls her name.
Retold from The Lady of the Moon

When the night market's guiding lantern vanishes, a shy girl and a talkative goat must follow a trail of strange clues through the dark to bring it home before dawn.

Mira's little brother Bo has one job: ring the bell at bedtime. Tonight the bell is gone, and Mira must track it down before their whole night routine falls apart.

When a strange bell begins ringing backward at midnight, a girl must find the courage to face what it calls out of the dark.

A wooden boy with five gold coins meets two clever strangers who promise him a fortune. All he has to do is bury his money and wait.
Retold from The Fox and the Cat

A miller's boast traps his daughter in a room of straw, and a strange little man offers help for a price. When he returns for her firstborn, she must guess his name to keep her child.
Retold from Rumpelstiltskin

When Mila moves into her grandmother's old house, she hears a strange humming at night. With her new friend Sam, she must uncover what the house wants before the sound fades forever.

When the moon fails to rise over the village of Oaksend, a girl who has always feared the dark must carry her father's last lantern up the mountain to wake it again.

When a star falls into the village well, a girl named Nia must climb down into the dark to bring back its light before the village lanterns go out forever.

Otis keeps the weather ledger for his grandfather, but one night a line appears in a hand that isn't his. A quiet, bright story about a boy, a hill, and a patient answer.

Nell and Tessa must keep the harbour light burning through a storm while their father is away. A story of courage, sisters, and the long dark hours before dawn.