Isla Wanted a Kind Word
Isla wanted to say one kind word to the man with the wheelbarrow, before the bell rang. He had come late to the greenhouse, when everyone else was packing up.…
Friendship and kindness bedtime stories
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Poppy and the Far Lily Pad
The pond had lily pads big enough to stand on. Poppy hopped across them every morning in her yellow boots, hop, hop, hop. Today a stranger sat on the very last…
The Kettle That Sang Hello
Amelia found a trail of tiny blue crumbs on the park path. She wanted to know who had dropped them, so she followed. Crumb, crumb, crumb, all the way past the…
The Rope Swing in the Hayloft
"My turn now," said Alfie from the ladder, but Poppy pretended not to hear and kicked off again. Poppy loved the rope swing in the hayloft more than anything.…
Red Swing, Blue Swing
"Wait your turn, Emma!" called a voice from the line, and Emma stopped running. She had been racing to the swing. She loved the swing more than anything at the…
Ivy and the Squeaky Swing
"Whee! Higher!" Ivy heard someone shout, and she ran down the hill to the harbour swing as fast as her trainers would go. Theo was already on it. His feet…
Isabella and the Singing Swing
"My turn next!" said Isabella, hopping from one foot to the other. She stood by the big tree at the edge of the playground. A red swing hung from its branch.…
Theo and the Blue Swing
Theo was pumping his legs on the swing, up and up, when he saw the girl waiting by the fence. "Is it my turn yet?" she asked. "Nearly," said Theo. He wanted…
Sorry on the Bench
Liam wanted to say sorry to Pip, and he did not know how to start. Pip was his best friend, a small brown rabbit who lived under the big oak. This morning Liam…
The Cushion Fort and the Kettle
"Don't come in," said Ned. "You broke it." Ned was Isla's little brother, and he was sitting in the middle of the living room with his arms around a cushion.…
Pip and the Muddy Boot
Theo was stamping in puddles by the harbour, splash, splash, splash, with his new red boots on. Dozens of little boats bobbed at anchor beside him, and Theo…
The Night Candle
"Not yet, not yet," says a small voice in the long grass, and Ivy tiptoes closer to see who is talking. It is her first night in the new house by the meadow.…
Mia and the Bell Birds
"Mia, you've got to say sorry to Otto," said Mama. "Right now." Mia heard it. She hugged her red backpack and said nothing. This morning, Mia had been in a…
Moss and the Blue Bucket
At the bottom of the hillside, a stream ran past a patch of soft green moss. Charlotte sat on a flat stone with her blue bucket. She wanted a friend to play…
Poppy and the Lost Kite
Poppy was running down the hill with her red kite, and the kite would not fly. "Up, up, up!" she said. But the kite only flopped in the grass. Poppy wanted a…
Mason Wants a Friend
Mason wanted a friend to play with, and he had one plan. He would find one at the greenhouse. The greenhouse was warm and green and full of tiny seedlings.…
Pip and the Loud Spoon
Pip was a very small badger with a very loud spoon. Whenever she tapped it on anything, it went CLANG-A-LANG, so loud that the whole burrow heard. Pip lived in…
The Long Train
"Mine," said Noah. "All the tracks are mine." He sat in the treehouse, built into the widest branch of the leaning tree. Around him lay every piece of his…
The Old Garden Gate
In the quiet village of Brindlemark, where the afternoon sun warmed the stone walls and the sound of bees filled the air, a little girl named Kate sat on a…