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Ruben Bell Books

Evergreen Trail Tales

Theme: Nature and caring for the world

Looking after a world you're only borrowing.

Evergreen Trail is the high forest, changing with the seasons, with the spring that becomes every stream and river further down the valley. It is where the stories about tending things live.

The setting: Forest across the seasons, with a stream running through it.

  • Responsible decision-making
  • 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.

  • 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

  • Hazelnut (hedgehog)

    Small, low to the ground, and therefore the first to see what has been left behind on the trail.

    • attentive
    • willing
    • stubborn
  • Elder Rowan (deer)

    Has walked the trail long enough to remember it differently, and says so without making it a lecture.

    • calm
    • long-sighted
    • kind
  • Sage (squirrel)

    [CHARACTER DESCRIPTION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]

    What these stories explore

    Noticing, tending, and doing something for a world you won't see finished. Care as a habit rather than a rule. These stories are about small acts with long shadows, and about being the sort of creature who picks things up.

    Get told when the next story in this world lands

    One email when a story in Evergreen Trail Tales is released. Nothing else.