Ages 6–7
Longer arcs, richer vocabulary and more to wonder about — for children ready to hold a whole story in their head.
15 books
8 spreadsThe Cloud Who Could Not Sleep
Yara is a small cloud with a very big yawn and nowhere to put it, until the valley lends her its softest sounds.
8 spreadsThe Lighthouse and the Little Ship
Every night Bimo the seal turns the lighthouse lamp for a small blue ship, and every night the ship finds its way home.
8 spreadsThe Pyjama Train
Tillo has three turns of key left and three small passengers to deliver to bed, if the cushion on the track will let him.
8 spreadsThe Star in the Fox’s Window
A small star comes to keep Nuri company, and its light is far too bright for sleeping, so they learn to dim it together.
8 spreadsThe Slowest Lullaby
The garden will not settle, so Sena the snail sings it one long, slow verse at a time, until every small sound lies down.
8 spreadsKiko and the Paper Boat
Kiko folds a paper boat to carry her last tomato seed to the sunny far bank, but rapids, rain and a curious heron have other plans.
8 spreadsPip and the Southern Star
Pip takes his lantern onto the winter ice to draw the Southern Star for his grandmother, and learns which lights can guide him home.
8 spreadsHow the River Learned to Bend
Yara the otter wants a deep pool to dive into, but the young river Rill insists on running straight, until the land shows it a softer way to the sea.
8 spreadsThe Camel Who Carried a Cloud
Nuri crosses the desert with the last full jar of water for a young fig tree, and someone on the way needs a little of it.
8 spreadsThe Hedgehog and the Moon's Pocket
Tillo the hedgehog wants the brightest night for his friend's picnic, so he tries to keep the moon's changing shape in a pocket of pebbles.
8 spreadsThe Bee's Map of Colours
Kiko the bee knows her meadow by its colours, until the rain changes the map and she must find a new way home with a new colour to guide her.
8 spreadsThe Seed That Counted Rain
Buried in the dark, Sena the sunflower seed counts raindrops and waits to grow, but the rain does not come when she expects it to.
8 spreadsThe Star That Was a Planet
Nimo the firefly cannot understand why one light in the sky never blinks, and Tala the planet cannot understand why the stars laugh at her for it.
8 spreadsThe Whale Who Collected Sounds
Lumi keeps the ocean's sounds in scallop shells, until a storm scatters her whole collection across the reef.
8 spreadsThe Tiger Who Forgot His Roar
Bimo the tiger cub wakes up without his roar. The frog, the hornbill and the monkey all have ideas, but none of them work.
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