EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Molly jumped high, and looked from him to the woods in front of her and back to him again. How did he circle around her ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. “It’s settled then,” Mayor Gingerman said. “We will move forward with Operation Ginger Quest! Numbers may have dipped ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. Far, far away on Gingerbread Island, where all the Christmas gingerbread in the world was made, the Gingerpeople were hard at ...

I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor. I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered. Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other candidate in the city’s history. Minneapolis may also elect a socialist ...

Just as they’d planned, Gabby and her family took the drive to Merrywood Falls on Christmas morning to visit their friends there. But as they stood at the very spot where they parked their car last year on Main Street, they were left speechless. There was no town. No people. No Emily Frost ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth chapter in a 12-chapter fictional tale that will run through Christmas Day. Parents are encouraged to read aloud to their children. “You want us to do what now?” Dad asked as a tall, lanky man dressed in red pants and a green Grinch sweater explained the ...