Trevor's Birthday Making Day (Aurorasauras & Artie Bear, Book 39)

Aurorasauras & Artie Bear, Book 39 by Paul Rawly

Trevor's birthday present from Hannah and Kit is a new wooden toolbox, with a card showing a hammer, a paintbrush and a little wooden bird. "A making day?" asks Trevor. He chooses to make something the wind can play: a wind chime.

The friends paint bright circles, careful dots and a wooden sun, and Artie Bear's wobbly line becomes "a windy stripe!" Trevor drills the holes while the children watch safely with Hannah, and Kit threads his blue bird onto a cord. But when the chime hangs on the garden hook, the wind blows and nothing happens. "Perhaps it's a very quiet song," says Artie. The pieces are too far apart to touch, so together they move them closer. Click, clack, click!

A gentle story about making things, solving problems and how every friend's part makes the music.

The story is followed by 10 activity pages with story questions, feelings prompts and drawing spaces to share together. For children aged 3 to 7.

What you get: an instant digital download (PDF, 24 illustrated pages) to read on any computer, tablet or phone.