Bug: The Journey Forward

Maddy, a young ladybug, has just learned how to fly! After being grounded for so long, she decides it's time to find out the secrets lying just beyond Thick Leaves Forest and Chocolate Mountain.

"But how can this be?" Maddy discovers a crystal with wings one day. "Rocks don't fly, especially not where I'm from. Such a thing is only possible through...magic..."

"Will you help us find her?" a crystal asks, wallowing below. For he, too, would like wings of his own.

Approximately 2,800 words. For children ages 6 to 8.

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