Allison Pistohl
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Mabel Is The Star Of The Week
It’s finally Mabel’s turn to be the Star Of The Week and she’s prepared! Poster done? Check! New bow for her stuffie? Check! Favorite outfit ready? Check! But oh no! One of her absolutely perfect best ever socks in the universe is missing! What is Mabel going to do? Will she refuse to go to school? Will her feet freeze off because she decided to wear no socks at all? Will Star Of The Week be ruined forever and ever? Sometimes, no matter how prepared you are, unexpected things can happen. Join Mabel as she gets creative and finds a way to make everything OK.
The Perfect Balloon
The once perfectly plump and beautifully bright balloon wants nothing more than to be admired and played with, but she is so focused on hiding her imperfections that she misses out on every opportunity.
The perfectly plump and beautifully bright balloon wants nothing more than to be admired and played with but she spends the day hiding her imperfections from the world misses out on every opportunity. In the end, with her ribbon in shreds, her helium deflated and sitting in a pile of mud, she decides she is done with perfection. In doing so she allows herself to be seen for what she is, the perfect balloon to bring joy to a group of children in need.
Oh, So Very Brave!
Ever fearful Mouse learns that being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid.
When Mei doesn’t return from one of her adventures, ever fearful Mouse imagines the worst, that Mei has lost the magic star from her hat and can no longer find her way home. Mouse attempts to be brave, like Mei, to try and save her, but his fears (and a giant mouse-eating-owl!) prove to be too much for him to handle. In the end, Mouse learns that being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid, it means that you keep going even when you are.
I Bark!
A very enthusiastic family dog must protect the Master and the house from the terrible “dangers” lurking just outside.
Scout knows that the mailman is not actually a mailman, but a werewolf in disguise! He must bark, bark, bark to scare him away before he breaks inside. Will Scout successfully keep the Master safe while the children are away? Will a dragon burn the house down? Will an enemy break in? Will an approaching storm flood the gardens? Or will our hero Scout successfully scare all the dangers away in time for the children to return home safely?
Wishes For E
E hands out wishes so everyone can share in the magic of the day.
In this simple story about kindness and generosity we follow E, who’s birthday is today. They have spent the early hours gathering wishes to share and we follow along as they hand them out to all the people they see throughout the day. Mama, Papa and baby Maya, Mr. Wu, who’s apartment always smells of delicious spice and tea and even Snuffles the cat, they each get a wish. By the end of the day E’s bag of wishes is empty, but their heart is full. Mama notices E has forgotten to save a wish for themselves, but E knows that’s OK, because they already have everything they want.
