10 Ideas for Titles for Stories for Small Children

Older children and teenagers do not really mind too much about what the title of a story for children is, as long as the title relates to what sort of story they like to read, or that the story is by their favorite author. Smaller children usually need to also see pictures to help carry the story along, and to keep them interested in reading or listening to the whole story right through to the happy ending. The story also usually needs a good title to get small children intested in the story in the first place.

Here are 10 ideas for titles for stories for small children, that we thought of:

The Boy Who Had a Balloon that Never Popped!
How you make that balloon never pop is up to you, the writer.

What Happened to the Girl who Swallowed her Bubblegum?
Use your imagination:
Did she bounce around?
Did too much wind blow into her mouth and she became all round like a bubblegum bubble?

The Talking Ant that Lived in Peter's Head
How did that ant get into Peter's head?
What did the ant say?
Did Peter talk back to the ant?

The Adventures of Kathy Kite
What happened when Kathy Kite got caught in a tree?
What happened when Kathy Kite landed on the roof?
What happened when Kathy Kite got scratched by a cat?

The Day Mary and Jane Rode on the Foot of a Giant
Were Mary and Jane tied onto the shoe of the giant?
Did they do something nice for the giant and he thanked them by giving them a ride?
Did the giant even know they were on his foot at all?

How Brave Barry Bumble Bee got his Bumble Back
What on earth is a bumble? Make it up!
How did Barry Bumble Bee lose his bumble in the first place?

The Dog that said Meeow and the Cat that said Woof
Were they born like that, or did something happen?
Were they ever going to get their own voices back? How?
Were they friends or didn't they like each other?

The Princess Who Had No Hair
Her hair either never comes back but she still ends up happy,
or,
what made her hair grow again?

The very long slippery slide in Uncle Jake's Garden
Have fun with this one:
Perhaps the slippery slide comes alive and flies off on an adventure taking two children with it;
Perhaps all the moles in the garden celebrate a birthday by having fun on the slippery slide;
Perhaps a story on how the slippery slide stretched and got so long

The Bear Family visit the People Zoo
Use your imagination!