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Category: Butterfly

Butterflies bring colour and change to these garden stories. Pip begins as a caterpillar eager to explore beyond her leaf, rests, and eventually takes to the sky. Other butterflies help Stella remember where she lost her shoes, show Zajo what they eat and brighten Chirpy’s colourful day. These short read-alouds introduce transformation, observation and the small connections between animals in a garden.

Pip’s Big Adventure

Pip is a tiny caterpillar who wants to explore beyond her leaf. This short caterpillar bedtime story, told in rhyme, follows her past a busy beetle and a ladybug, through a long rest and into the sky as a butterfly. Read Pip’s Big Adventure aloud for a gentle garden story before sleep.

Chirpy Chick’s Colorful Day

Chirpy Chick follows the colors of the garden, from a red apple to an orange butterfly and green grass. This short color bedtime story is told in verse and follows the little chick from a sunny morning to a cozy nest and colorful dreams.