Pocket Tea Tales: Gentle Imaginative Stories for Children

Bumbleball--The First Game

Once upon a time in the Fairy Forest, a grouchy gnat received some help from a Bumblebee. By and by a a snowberry was dropped on a friend and that happy accident led to the invention of Bumbleball—the most beloved game in the Fairy Forest. Come wander among the summer flowers with Bombus and Gnat as they discover that some of the best things we can know are never planned at all. A gentle story of friendship, finding our senses with help from a friend, play, and the small moments that become trea...

Grandfather Beetle's Summer Vacation

Grandfather Beetle's Summer Vacation Grandfather Beetle has never taken a vacation before—and he's not entirely sure he wants to start now. When an invitation arrives from his beloved sisters, Grandfather packs his suitcase, makes endless lists, changes his mind more than once, and discovers that courage sometimes looks like boarding a train and trying something new. Filled with fairy trains, sunflower souvenirs, fern cottages, summer hammocks, and warm reunions, this gentle children's story cel...

Phillip The Librarian Skunk

In this gentle and heartwarming tale from Pocket Tea Tales , listeners wander into the cozy root-neighborhoods and towering redwoods of the Fairy Forest, where communities are built through friendship, shared spaces, and caring for one another. Nestled among the roots lives Phillip the Librarian Skunk. Phillip is a thoughtful young skunk whose great love of books accidentally creates a very real family problem. As Phillip learns that even precious things can become overwhelming when they crowd o...

Sylvie in the Garden

In this cozy springtime tale from the Fairy Forest, listeners meet Sylvie, a gentle Orb Weaver Spider with silver-threaded webs and a heart as warm as sunshine. Alongside her friend Mother Ladybug and seventeen tiny ladybug children, Sylvie helps protect the fairy gardens from nibblers, munchers, and leafy troublemakers. But when a fuzzy Woolly Bear Caterpillar wanders into the garden in search of a meal, the friends discover that not every hungry visitor means harm. Through kindness, understand...

Whisk, A Racing Rat!

In this Pocket Tea Tale, we travel to the Fairy Forest, where we meet our first Racing Rat, Whisk. Whisk is one of the fastest among them but more than that, she is kind. On a Mossy Market morning, she arrives at the flower farm to find that something is not right. With quick thinking and the help of her friends, Whisk gathers what is needed and brings help just in time. A gentle, imaginative story about helping others, working together, and the satisfaction of taking care of friends....

Grandma Mouse

Minka Mouse and the Fairy Forest

Minka Mouse introduces me to the Fairy Forest.

Minka Mouse: How it all began.

This first short story introduces Minka Mouse, the mouse who introduced me to the Fairy Forest when I was a child. From here, oh so many more friends and adventures will be shared.