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Dragon bedtime stories

A tiny hiccup, a crooked parade, and room beneath the apples

Fenn gives her bedtime dragon a trumpet, a roar, and a pillow-bouncing hiccup. Nell remembers the quieter part: a warm stone against his cheek. Ember’s pumpkin collar keeps slipping over his eyes as he marches with Pippa. Garnet and Vesper return to their picnic tree after a storm and find it on its side. Choose a tale that grows softer, a parade that learns a new step, or friends making room for a changed place.

A quilt-hill, a crunchy crown, and a remembered knot

Cover of Fenn's Almost-Too-Good Bedtime Story

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Fenn's Almost-Too-Good Bedtime Story

Fenn thinks a memorable bedtime story must keep Nell awake. Then she hears which quiet part Nell remembers.

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“Fenn tucked Nell and two stuffed rabbits under a quilt. "Tonight's story will be so wonderfu…”

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Cover of The Parade That Wouldn't March Straight

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The Parade That Wouldn't March Straight

Ember the dragon and Pippa the fairy turn their homemade Halloween costume mishaps into a joyful parade dance, helping each other along the way before trick-or-treating together.

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“Ember was a small dragon in a pumpkin tunic. This year, he had added a fairy wand made from…”

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Cover of The Place Beneath the Apples

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The Place Beneath the Apples

A dragon and a fairy lose their favourite picnic tree in a storm, then save its wood and seeds for a bench, a seedling, and a new spring picnic.

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“Every autumn, Garnet and Vesper ate lunch beneath the old apple tree. Garnet brought a baske…”

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A softer voice, a lively parade, or a quiet spring picnic?

Fenn’s five-page bedtime tale suits read-aloud time around five. Its dragon belongs to the story she tells Nell: trumpets and thunder give way to a warm stone, a quilt-hill, and one tiny hiccup. Ember and Pippa’s nine-page Halloween story suits read-aloud time around six. A spoon wand, loose pumpkin collar, and homemade dragon tail turn their costume mishaps into a leaf dance. They finish at the houses with treat bags and the drummer’s cheerful clang. Garnet and Vesper’s ten-page apple-tree story suits listeners around nine. Neither strength nor a growing charm can restore their fallen tree. They share memories, save wood and seeds, and make a bench and a spring picnic beside new growth. The old tree remains lost. Choose Fenn’s lowering voice or Garnet and Vesper’s quiet picnic for a gentler ending; Ember’s parade keeps stepping, spinning, and stomping.

If you feel like talking about it
  • What part of Fenn’s dragon story did Nell remember?
  • How did the costume mishaps become part of the parade?
  • What did Garnet and Vesper each save from the old tree?

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A dragon and a fairy lose their favourite picnic tree in a storm, then save its wood and seeds for a bench, a seedling, and a new spring picnic.

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