Slow Tale Time
Woodland Friends-Gentle stories for growing minds
Adventures that help children slow down, listen, imagine, learn, feel and grow
Your Reading Journey
Read your first story on this shelf to begin collecting its seasonal badges and build a chain of quiet days together!
Summer
(3 tales)
Dilly's Feather Tidy
When Dilly loses her favourite blue feather, all her friends help her search — and discover that sometimes losing one thing leads you to something even better.
8 pages
The Firefly Lantern
Ollie the owl catches fireflies in a jar to light his tree — but learns that the most beautiful light is the one you let go free. A gentle bedtime tale, perfect with night mode on.
8 pages
Autumn
(3 tales)
Scamp's Autumn Counting
Scamp the squirrel tries to count every acorn he's hidden — until Finn teaches him that you don't need to count everything, just remember what matters most.
8 pages
Ollie's Favourite Branch
When Ollie's favourite branch breaks in an autumn wind, Hettie helps him see that a home isn't the branch you sit on — it's the friends who come to sit with you.
8 pages
Ollie's Star Promise
As autumn nights grow long and dark, Finn is afraid — until Ollie shows him the one star that never moves and promises it will watch over the wood all winter long.
8 pages
Winter
(3 tales)
Hettie's Bedtime Story
Hettie has never had a bedtime story before her long winter sleep — so Finn and Pip make one up for her, piece by piece, until she drifts off to the sweetest dreams.
8 pages
The Snowy Path Home
When the first deep snow buries every path, Finn and Pip are lost — until Hettie's prickly tracks in the snow lead them safely back home.
8 pages
Ollie's First Snow
Ollie the owl stays awake for his very first winter — and discovers that the snowy wood has its own quiet, bright, and wonderful kind of beauty.
8 pages
Spring
(3 tales)
Scamp's Secret Gift
Scamp the squirrel secretly leaves a shiny acorn at every friend's door — and learns that giving without expecting a thank you is the best gift of all.
8 pages
Pip's Brave First Hop
Pip the rabbit is afraid to hop across the little stream — until Dilly shows him that being brave doesn't mean you're not scared, just that you try anyway.
8 pages
The Sheltering Tree
A sudden spring shower sends all the friends scurrying under the big oak — where they discover that a crowded tree on a rainy day is a lovely place to tell stories.
8 pages
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The quiet wood where Finn, Pip, Ollie and their friends live.
The Quiet Clearing
Finn's sunlit, peaceful spot
Feather Nook
Dilly's favourite blue feather
Firefly Meadow
Where the lantern glow began
Starry Branch
One star to promise the dark
The Big Oak
Ollie's favourite branch
Hedgehog Hollow
Hettie's cosy winter nest
Acorn Store
Scamp's careful counting
The Little Stream
Pip's brave first hop