Six Short Stories

Name: Six Short Stories
Author: Manoochehr Agah, M.D.

Most parents start reading books to the children around two years of age, for the most part, the characters in the books are imaginary or fanciful to encourage good behavior such as sharing and tolerance. As I have seen in my grandchildren with improvement in reading skill, there is a tendency to move on to more advanced complicated fiction readings, supernatural mystical and space stories, less attention given to writing about our environment and its real inhabitants. Stories about real characters that they can see, communicate, and interact with. In writing these six short stories, I hope I can bridge the imaginary reading of early age into young adult reading habits. All through the years of my pediatric practice, I was ,as I am now, convinced that the proper content of reading material plays an important role in children’s education and development.

Manoochehr Agah, M.D.

Manoochehr Agah, M.D. was born in Shiraz, Iran. He went to the United States for higher education in 1958 where he studied pediatrics in the University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan. He, later on, worked as the chairman of pediatrics department, Providence Hospital, Michigan. He married Virginia L. Renard in 1962. Most of his writings are not published. He writes most of his stories, such as, Where did Papa Manny Come From, for his grandchildren.