Monthly Writing Prompt: February
I promised you a writing prompt every month, and a writing prompt you shall have. I have three, self published writing prompt books in my catalogue, so each month I will share a prompt from one of them to expand.
This month is a prompt from my book, Creative Writing Prompts for Kids.
February’s Prompt:The librarian told me that the books talk when they think no one is listening.
Mrs Crabbe is known for being a little eccentric. She wears bottle-top earrings, carries her lunch in an empty biscuit tin, and may be well over one hundred years old. My gran swears she was the school librarian when she was at the school, but then again, Gran gets confused sometimes.
As usual, I’m the last child to be collected from homework club because Mum can never get her car to start on the first try, and she has to wrangle my brother into his car seat. Mrs Crabbe always let’s me into her office to sit by the heater as she potters about.
I hear voices outside the office, so I sling my rucksack over my shoulder and head into the library to find Mum. Mum isn’t here… I peer down the rows of book laden shelves… nothing.
“PSST!”
I swivel on my heel at the sound. “Mrs Crabbe?”
A giggle at the end of the aisle draws my attention. “Max, stop playing around!” I call out, running down the row to catch the prankster. My brother is at that annoying toddler age and thinks hide and seek is the best game ever invented. “Max, are you in here? Where is Mum?”
“PSST!” comes a voice from right beside me. Just rows of musty, old books for as far as the eye can see. “My goodness, you can’t see further than the end of your nose. Over here, boy.”
I follow the voice to the tatty, battered leather-bound book tucked in the very corner of the shelf.
“I’m going mad,” I mutter, rubbing at my temples.
The book flies off the shelf at my words, hitting me in the stomach with force and sending me sprawling backward. “Mad? No. On the adventure of your life? You bet!”
I hope you enjoyed my five minute extension of the writing prompt. Come back on the 14th of every month for more.
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