Rain on the Bakery Roof
Mia heard a tap on the bakery window. Then another tap. She put down her little rolling pin and ran to look. "Rain!" she said. Mia loved the smell of rain more…
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Puddle Drum Elsie
"Plink," said something on the garden shed roof, and Elsie looked up from her bucket of chalk. "Was that a raindrop?" she asked. Her scarecrow, Mr Tatters,…
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The Crooked Cove
The little house sat at the edge of a beach, right where the sand turned to grass. Every evening a fog rolled in from the sea, thick as porridge. In that town,…
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Rain on the Orchard Hill
On Apple Hill, the orchard trees stood in tidy rows, and one little tree at the end always ripened early. Olivia lived in the house by the gate. She had a red…
Henry and the Toothpaste Hill
Henry wanted to brush his teeth all by himself, with the very best foam on the whole windowsill. He lived in a tiny house with a windowsill garden. Pots of…
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Poppy and the Toothbrush Nest
"I'm not brushing tonight," said Poppy, "because the tap makes a growly noise." She was right. The bathroom tap went grrrrrrunk whenever anybody turned it on.…
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Arthur and the Toothpaste Door
Arthur was squeezing the toothpaste onto his brush. A long white worm came out, and he laughed. "Time for teeth," he said. "Then bed." Arthur wanted clean…
Olivia and the Giant Achoo
Olivia had the loudest sneeze in Pebble Hollow, and she did not like it one bit. When other children sneezed, it went "tiss." When Olivia sneezed, it went…
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The Lantern on the Roof
"Shh, nobody make a sound," whispered Poppy, and she tiptoed along the rooftop garden with a match-free smile. On Poppy's roof, the lanterns lit up when…
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The Sneeze in the Lighthouse
Freddie found a feather on the lighthouse stairs. It was a very big feather, as long as his arm, and it was bright orange. "Oh!" said Freddie. "That is the…
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Henry and the Porch Sneeze
On a cabin porch, a swing creaked in the breeze. Henry sat on it with his grandpa's best hat in his lap. The hat was green, with a feather in the band. Grandpa…
Mia and the Yellow Blanket
In a little town at the bottom of a hill, the shadows walk a few steps behind everybody. They catch up at noon. Nobody minds. Mia had a soft yellow blanket. It…
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Poppy and the Soft Blanket
Poppy was the only girl in Marrow Lane who carried a blanket on her head like a hat. It was a soft yellow blanket, as soft as a duckling. She wore it to…
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Blanket Under the Bed
Isla found a blanket under her bed that was the colour of warm toast. It was soft as a kitten's ear, and it hummed a tiny hum. "Mine," said Isla. She pulled it…
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Poppy and the Reed Corner
Poppy was the librarian of a little library beside a duck pond, and she was the only librarian anywhere who hummed a song to every book before she put it on…
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Soft Blanket in the Fog
"Brrr," said the wind at the round door, and Olivia the rabbit ran outside to fetch her blanket. It was her softest blanket, pale yellow, with a worn corner…
The Corner by the Window
"Squeak, squeak," went something in the reading corner, and Mia tiptoed over to see. The corner was her favourite place in the whole library. It had a sunny…
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Pip and the Rolling Bookmark
Poppy wanted to sit in the Cosy Corner more than anything, but first she had to find her bookmark. Poppy was the librarian. The Cosy Corner was her favourite…
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Window Seat Corner
"Don't sit there, Benjamin," said Mrs. Pell, the librarian. "That's where the Quiet Mouse lives." Benjamin stopped with a book under each arm. He was five, and…
Hens Before Breakfast
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Mia heard it from her bed, and she was up before the sun. The hens were calling, and that meant one thing. The eggs were ready. Mia…
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Eggs for Elsie
"Ten eggs, and not one more to find," said Elsie, standing in the cold, bright yard. She was a farmer, a small one, with big yellow boots. Every morning she…
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Theo and the Morning Eggs
Theo was the only farmer in the whole valley who got up before the rooster. He did it on purpose, because the rooster was very loud. "Eggs first," Theo…
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The Log and the Blue Letter
The village of Little Wick sat at the bottom of a hill, and every morning its chimneys woke up one by one. Isla woke up too. She was the post girl, and she had…
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Mia Hears the Hens
"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" Mia heard it from her bed, and she was out of her pajamas and into her sneakers before the third one. Mia was the farmer, and every…