What is the book for?
Most people arrive knowing the occasion before they know the story - a new baby coming, a birthday, a child who has gone quiet about school. Start from that and the shelf is much shorter.
By the kind of story
What the book is about.
Adventure
The largest part of the collection, and the one children pick for themselves.
16 stories
Big Feelings
Stories where the hard part is on the inside, and your child is the one who gets through it.
18 stories
Life Milestones
The first day, the first night, the first goodbye - written before it happens, kept long after.
28 stories
Fantasy & Magic
Dragons, fairy gardens, schools of magic - with your child holding the wand.
7 stories
Celebrations
Birthdays, Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Easter, New Year - the ones with a date attached.
20 stories
Bedtime & Calm
Four stories written to slow an evening down rather than wind it up.
5 storiesBy what they are going through
The reason a parent starts looking.
bravery
The largest group in the collection, because almost every childhood first needs a bit of courage.
28 storieskindness
Stories where the brave thing and the kind thing turn out to be the same thing.
9 stories
big feelings
For anger, worry and the feelings that arrive faster than the words for them.
12 storiesbedtime fears
For the open door, the hall light, and the third glass of water.
5 stories
gratitude
Stories where noticing the good thing is the whole adventure.
5 stories
making friends
For a new school, a new street, or a party where they know nobody.
4 storiesa child who hates reading
For the child who shuts the book on page two, and the parent who has tried every reward chart going.
6 storiesa busy brain
For the child who is three questions ahead, and the parent who is tired of hearing what they struggle with.
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