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The title is announced when the story is finished.
Pinecone Hollow Tales
Theme: Honesty and integrity
Telling the truth, especially when it costs something.
Pinecone Hollow is a hollow full of squirrels, ladders, and carefully counted winter stores. It is where the stories about honesty live.
The setting: A woodland hollow of squirrels and winter stores.
- Responsible decision-making
- Relationship skills
- 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
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Acorn (squirrel)
Means well, and keeps ending up in the exact moment where the easy answer is not the true one.
- well-meaning
- anxious
- brave when it counts
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Old Pemberton (raccoon)
Keeper of the winter stores, and of a long memory for who said what.
- exacting
- fair
- dry
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Chestnut (squirrel)
Cheerful, hasty, and not always careful with what belongs to other people.
- cheerful
- hasty
- sorry afterwards
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Ivy (vole)
[CHARACTER DESCRIPTION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
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Fenwick (squirrel)
Keeps promises, and notices when other people do not.
- reliable
- quiet
- observant
What these stories explore
Truth when it's inconvenient. Small untruths, things that belong to someone else, promises, blame, and how to be honest without being unkind. These stories are interested in the moment just before someone decides what to say.
Get told when the next story in this world lands
One email when a story in Pinecone Hollow Tales is released. Nothing else.
Next door in Hollowdale
The worlds share one valley and one river. These are the neighbours.