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The title is announced when the story is finished.
Clover Patch Tales
Theme: Friendship and teamwork
Getting along is a skill, not a mood.
Clover Patch is a whole world inside a few square metres of flowers, seen from the height of a field mouse. It is where the stories about being with other people live.
The setting: A flower patch, at bee-and-mouse scale.
- Relationship skills
- Social awareness
- Ages 4–8
The stories in this world
Not yet published
The title is announced when the story is finished.
Not yet published
The title is announced when the story is finished.
Not yet published
The title is announced when the story is finished.
Not yet published
The title is announced when the story is finished.
Each story stands on its own. Read them in any order.
The characters
- [CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
Bramble (field mouse)
Lives at the centre of everything happening in the patch, which means being in the middle of every disagreement too.
- sociable
- fair-minded
- easily hurt
- [CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
Old Buzzby (bumblebee)
Has worked in the patch for many summers and has views on how things get done together.
- industrious
- blunt
- warm
- [CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
Sorrel (field mouse)
Quiet, watchful, and often the one standing slightly outside the circle.
- quiet
- observant
- gentle
- [CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
Clementine (field mouse)
Full of plans, and inclined to assume everyone agrees with them.
- confident
- inventive
- headstrong
- [CHARACTER ILLUSTRATION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
Tansy (field mouse)
The one who says the thing everybody was avoiding saying.
- direct
- funny
- loyal
What these stories explore
Fairness, taking turns, noticing who's outside the circle, disagreeing without breaking anything, and building something nobody could build alone. These stories treat getting along as something a child is learning to do, rather than something they either are or are not.
Get told when the next story in this world lands
One email when a story in Clover Patch Tales is released. Nothing else.
Next door in Hollowdale
The worlds share one valley and one river. These are the neighbours.