Every bedtime. Puddlebend is waiting.
A shallow creek with one leaning gum tree, a lookout rock, a hollow log and a bend full of puddles, where eight friends decide every day whether to check first, go first, or just plop in.
06 books · 08 friends
The friends who live in every book
The whole cast
Bramble
The steady big-kid guardian
Cinder
The nosy neighborhood explorer
Hush
The tall nervous big cousin who thinks nobody can see him
Nix
The littlest rocket sibling
Skip
The tiny little brother who cannot wait his turn
Sora
The tall watchful big-sister neighbor
Tock
The bossy little drummer who wants everyone in the game
Tuck
The littlest cousin who is always a bit too close
The opening spread of “The Belly-Up Hug”, exactly as the reader lays it open.
The Belly-Up Hug
Bramble patted the grass twice. 24 pages, about 4 minutes read aloud, for ages 2–7.
Every page is written, illustrated, and then made to defend itself.
- Written
- Each book is planned page by page, written to be read aloud, and sent back if the story does not hold.
- Illustrated
- Each page is drawn from the same reference sheets, so the same friend, same accessory, shows up page after page.
- Judged
- Story, pictures, and the finished book all have to pass before a title ships. If one of them fails, it does not.