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Welcome to a world of the imagination brought to you here at Upstream Art. We hope you will enjoy our stories about kids and critters, robots and trolls.

These stories come from a period when we were telling stories to our grandson before he went to bed. We recorded many of these tales, which he would listen to online at bedtime. We also wrote short, silly books to read to our granddaughter, which also made it online.

Our 4 year old granddaughter Lauren drew many of the pictures in these stories, which makes them so much more special. Maybe your young ones will enjoy them.



Our selection of stories right now  is aimed for the younger kids. These include short video-stories playfully developed from silly books we wrote. These include Silly Nelly’s Jelly, Ben's Hat, and Tommy Tickle (who ate too many pickles), which are featured below.

Start here with these Tiny Stories

Silly Nelly's Jelly

  • Silly Nelly has clear preferences for the sweets she eats!

Ben's Hat

  • Ben tries on his Dad's hat and the wind blows it away.

Tommy Tickle

  • This is a cautionary tale about a little boy who wants, wants, wants pickles - but learns an important lesson, we hope.


In the future we hope to publish more stories about Strongbones and his encounters with animals and friends; the adventures of Ayatsuri Ningyo Robot and Timmy Tommy Toby, or 3T; the tale of Gustave Panier, eager ethnojournalist, and Igglyopteron Uberoperon, the Crown Prince of Jenakopolala, who crashes his space cruiser on Earth.

More stories will appear here as they are formatted for Upstream Art

Strongbones Tales

  • Cutebones in Troll Mountain
  • Fishing with Weaknees
  • Black Bears and Blueberries
  • Black Bear Honey Rescue
  • Strongbones Learns to Speak Bear
  • Apples and Racoons
  • Hoolio Hooliehoot Learns to Fly
  • Persimmon the Cat
  • Pockwatchie Palace
  • Strongbones Makes Cookies
  • The Gingerbread_Boy
  • Strongbones Retells Brer Rabbit

Ayatsuri Ningyo Robot

  • Toyshop Witch
  • The Solar Hat
  • Uncle Ki's Cafe
  • Payoff from Mr. Glub
  • Stranded on Earth

Additional Stories
  • Danny Deezil
  • Hoppy Hamster
  • Patty Potato
  • Nud & Bud
  • Professor Schpinkelink
Pixies

  • Pixie Trouble
  • Persi Pixie Finds Her Magic


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