Free to read · Illustrated · Narrated
Gentle stories for the older child when a new baby arrives: a bedtime story Mama promises to finish, a pillow-mountain game with room for two, and a beloved bear brought back for a cuddle. Each one makes room for big feelings without asking love to cancel them out.
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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…”
Hollis builds a grand pillow mountain to welcome his new baby brother. Eben prefers the little blanket roof, so Hollis rebuilds the game with a place for each of them.
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“Hollis loved the last turn of his bedtime game: the great pillow mountain. Tonight his baby…”
A child lends a favorite teddy a shelf near a new baby, then asks for him back at bedtime and finds another small way to say hello.
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“The baby had a new bed beside Mum’s chair. Elsie tucked Bear under her arm and looked in. Th…”
Choosing tonight’s book
Moss’s ten-page story, for six and seven, lets him love his baby sister and still miss their old bedtimes. Hollis’s and Elsie’s five-page stories, for about four, keep it simple: a game with a place for each brother, and a bear she doesn’t have to give up. All three end with the older child feeling seen.
Make your own
Start with this idea, or swap in their name, a favorite toy, or tonight’s worry. You’ll read the story, with its first pictures, before you sign up.
Questions, answered
It can give them words for it. Stories where the older child is loved, listened to, and still has a place help them feel the same—and give you an easy way to talk about it.
Two are short five-page books for about four, and one is a longer story for six and seven. Each card shows its pages and its listening time.
Yes. Put both names in your idea—“Ava teaches baby Leo the moon song”—and choose your older child’s age. Your first illustrated, narrated Storybook is free.
Your first illustrated, narrated Storybook is free. Read it before you sign up, no credit card required.