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Fairy bedtime stories

Fairy stories with a quiet dragon, a runaway star, and apple seeds

Fenn wants Nell to remember her wonderful dragon story, but Nell’s ears are tired. Pippa has dressed as a dragon for Halloween, and her stuffed tail has ideas of its own. Vesper tries a growing charm on the old picnic tree; one leaf stirs and falls. A softer voice, a homemade costume, and patient care give these fairy stories three different turns.

Two upright rabbits, a spoon wand, and a seedling by the bench

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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When a softer story or a different sort of help fits tonight

Fenn’s five-page story suits a listener around five. Nell remembers the dragon’s warm stone, and helps find a quilt-hill where he can curl up. Fenn’s voice grows soft enough for the stuffed rabbits to stay upright. Pippa and Ember’s nine-page Halloween story suits read-aloud time around six. Pippa wears a dragon hood and tail while her dragon friend carries a fairy wand. They help each other through the collar, leaf, and star mishaps without giving up their chosen costumes. The parade ends with trick-or-treating and another clang. Vesper and Garnet’s ten-page story suits listeners around nine. Her magic cannot mend their storm-felled tree. Garnet waits while she remembers it, then saves the wood; Vesper tends apple seeds through winter. Their spring picnic keeps a familiar knot close and leaves space for the seedling’s branches. The first story grows sleepy, the parade stays lively, and the last ends with a quiet picnic after a real loss.

If you feel like talking about it
  • Why did Fenn try telling the dragon story more softly?
  • When did Pippa’s tail become part of the music?
  • Why did Garnet leave the old roots until Vesper was ready?

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A fairy’s growing charm cannot mend a fallen picnic tree, so she and her dragon friend save its seeds and wood in two different ways.

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