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The title is announced when the story is finished.
Thistledown Farm Tales
Theme: Resilience and growth mindset
"I can't do it" — yet.
Thistledown Farm is a small working farm with lambs, chicks and piglets, where something needs doing every single day. It is where the stories about trying again live.
The setting: A small working farm — lambs, chicks, piglets.
- Self-management
- Self-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
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Pip (piglet)
Tries, fails, says the words "I can't do it", and is learning that the sentence is not finished yet.
- earnest
- easily discouraged
- persistent
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Grandpa Higgins (workhorse)
Has done every job on the farm badly at least once, and is not shy about mentioning it.
- patient
- practical
- funny
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Daisy (lamb)
[CHARACTER DESCRIPTION — NOT YET AVAILABLE]
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Rusty (rooster)
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What these stories explore
Effort, failure, and the word yet. Mistakes that can't be undone, coming last in front of everyone, and going again. These stories let things genuinely go wrong first, because otherwise trying again would not mean anything.
Get told when the next story in this world lands
One email when a story in Thistledown Farm Tales is released. Nothing else.
Next door in Hollowdale
The worlds share one valley and one river. These are the neighbours.