The Adventures of Crimson
and the Guardian
Crime Stopper Kids Mysteries
Short Bedtime Stories and Classroom Read Alouds
FREE Printable PDF reading worksheets & book report templates
Karen Cossey writes short stories, fantasy books and mystery stories to help you entertain, educate and connect with your children.
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About Karen
I’ve always enjoyed stories and books. I loved to read curled up on my favourite chair by the window when I was a child. When my two children were young, I home-schooled them, and the best time of day was always story-time. Nowadays, I like to write stories that capture the fun of family and friendship mixed with a good mystery that keeps the reader guessing. I live in New Zealand, near the beach, with my husband and like all good authors, I have a pet (actually I have two: my cats, Louie and Mikey). If you would like to keep up-to-date with my news (and my cat news), please subscribe to my newsletter here.
Choose a free online classroom read-aloud and bedtime short story to read now to your 5-9-year-olds here
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Try a chapter from the popular unicorn and dragon fantasy series: The Adventures of Crimson and the Guardian
for 9-12-year-olds here
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Read a fun chapter from the bestselling Mystery Series “The Crimestopper Kids Mysteries“
for 9-13-year-olds here
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Download Free Printable Worksheets—find Language Arts Worksheets and Book Report Templates
for 5-13-year-olds here
What Readers Are Saying:
This is a great book. It is different from some other middle grade adventure books as the characters are as strong as the plot. The characters are fresh and well developed. ~David Lloyd
This adventurous kids story had me hooked from the very beginning and I really didn’t want to put it down. It was more exciting than some of the adult fiction I usually read. I certainly plan to read it to my class this year! ~ Marion Kirby
What a feel good, great read! It has a bit of everything; family, friendship, action, suspense, laugh-out-loud wit, fight scenes, racing cars and more. The story is believable and heart-warming. ~Mike Jansen
I tossed aside a 5 book series which was highly recommended, excellent plot, world building etc, and grabbed this one out of curiosity. Fun Fun Fun! No spoilers here. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment. ~ Amazon Customer
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