Forest bedtime stories
Lark makes so much noise trying to hurry the morning that Tansy has to cover her ears. Orson builds a leaf bed, but his last blackberry keeps rolling into the wrong place. Moss loves his baby sister and misses the stories that were just his. Choose first birds, a very small tail wall, or a bedtime promise kept.
Recorded narration 3:08
Lark returns to her listening place voluntarily and begins hearing small sounds before the birds.
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“Lark had never heard the first birds of morning. By breakfast, everyone was always saying, "…”
Recorded narration 1:31
A blackberry keeps finding its way into Orson’s leaf bed. Before his first winter sleep, the little bear invents a pillow, a wall, and one last place to look.
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“For his first winter sleep, Orson piled leaves into a bed. Pat, pat. Fluff, fluff. His round…”
Recorded narration 2:52
Moss loves his baby sister, Dottie, and misses the bedtime stories that were just his. Mama keeps a promise, and a peculiar lullaby makes room for both feelings.
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“Dottie hiccuped. Mama clapped her paws. "What a clever little sound!" Moss watched his baby…”
Lark’s first bird-listening trip suits seven. Its noisy middle ends in a nap and a whispered mushroom joke. Orson’s leaf-bed story suits a listener around four; he finally eats the rolling berry and tucks himself in with one last tummy gurgle. Moss’s family story suits six and seven. Mama keeps her promised story time, while he makes room for loving Dottie and missing their old routine.
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