The Dog Who Guarded the Shed
Every night Biscuit barks at the garden shed and every morning it's empty.
Ada decides to find out what's inside before her family moves away.
Talk about it after
The shed door is locked from the inside. Biscuit already knows why. Ask afterwards: when was the last time courage cost someone in your family something — and was it worth it?
More from the hearth
The Lantern That Told the Truth
Mira borrows Grandpa's old lantern and accidentally cracks the glass. It keeps glowing anyway — but only when someone in the room tells the truth.
One More Stair
The lighthouse has ninety-nine stairs and Theo has counted every one. Tonight the lamp is out, the ferry is late, and stair one hundred appears.
The Soup That Said Sorry
Two cousins stop speaking over a broken model plane and one stolen dumpling. Grandma's soup pot refuses to boil until somebody apologises first.