Theresa Tomlinson - Children’s Author

Short Stories

 

Stories for younger readers.

 

 

Fritha's Grain

 

 

Fritha and her young brother Wulf are forced to flee their home, when William the Conqueror sends his men to punish Earl Waltheof.

 

Watercress

 

 

Jack hated the job of minding his younger sister - until the night he nearly lost her.

 

The Sheffield Thwitel

 

 

The Black Death has killed both the parents of Annie and William. How will they survive now, without their father's skill as a knife maker?

 

Stories for young adults.

 

 

The Oakum Room

 

 

Life is very harsh in the workhouse - but an unusual opportunity comes along for just one of the young women to escape.

 

 

Steel Dust

 

 

Hilda longs to meet a nice young man - one who'd be a proper gentleman.

 

 

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Stories and illustration copyright Theresa Tomlinson.

 

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