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Rae wants her Thanksgiving table to look perfect, but the family's old tablecloth is full of patches and faded marks. As she discovers their stories, a fresh spill gives her a difficult choice of her own. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/holiday-stories/thanksgiving-stories/the-thanksgiving-tablecloth-map As always, visit us at www. ReadTheTale.com for all your favorite tales and s...

A school assignment asks Emily to choose a future job. After lemonade stands, painting and backyard experiments, she has far too many answers. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-10-dream-job-dilemma Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Coco joins the Pet Parade in his blue bandana. Near the starting line, Emily meets a puppy who would rather hide behind his owner than march. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-9-emilys-pet-parade Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Emily and Daniel put two ice cubes in different parts of the backyard. They disagree about what will happen—and Daniel’s head gets in the way. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-8-emilys-science-experiment Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Emily’s first camping trip brings a leaning tent and stars above Pine Lake. Forgotten marshmallows mean the family must find a different campfire treat. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-7-emilys-camping-caper Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

A cup of water sends blue paint across Emily’s oak-tree picture. Daniel sees a lake in the spill, and Dad remembers a birdhouse no bird could use. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-6-emilys-artistic-mishap Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

On a blanket beneath the oak tree, Emily and Daniel use Grandpa’s brass clock to imagine the backyard’s past and tomorrow—with a few dinosaurs added by Daniel. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-5-time-traveling-adventure Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Emily’s school-play role has only six lines, but saying them on a real stage feels much harder than practicing with Daniel and his requests for pizza. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-4-school-play-spectacle Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Emily puts on a red cape, ready to be a superhero. At the park, Mia’s cardboard spaceship needs a roof that will stay up. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-3-emilys-superhero-day Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

A faded map sends Emily and Daniel searching their backyard for treasure, but the first ten steps take them to the wrong place. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-2-backyard-treasure-hunt Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Emily opens a lemonade stand to save for a purple art set. But one thirsty customer has forgotten her money. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/fun-with-emily/episode-1-emilys-lemonade-stand Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The new flower cannot leave its roots to join the Evening Circle. Coco brings the gathering to its gate-side home, where neighbors of very different sizes must find places to listen. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-kindness-circle Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The star's path has faded, but Coco and Milo remember its landmarks. Beyond the split birch, a fox kit needs another view of a familiar log—and the silver pond holds someone Coco has wanted to meet. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-hidden-clearing Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Coco is wondering about his collar's silver star when a duckling arrives beneath the birdbath. Puddle knows her mother's call, but hearing it and reaching it are not quite the same thing. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-silver-star Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

A guinea pig beneath the neighbor's bench knows exactly where home is. Getting back means clearing a rolling nuisance and reaching a pen door that only a person can open. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-neighbors-yard-rescue Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The golden seed's flower opens beside the gate. When rain sends Thistle beneath a bench, its steady hum helps Coco recognize the garden corner—but Thistle knows another way home. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-humming-flower Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Coco's golden seed attracts three very curious starlings. Keeping it safe is only part of the problem: its hum keeps changing as he carries it around the garden. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-golden-seed Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Rain has disturbed the ants' path beside the old apple tree. As Coco steadies a loose piece of bark, the tree finally speaks—and asks him to help keep a very different promise. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-apple-tree-promise Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The east breeze carries a scraping sound from the fence. Tansy the turtle is caught halfway through, and before she can take a better route home, Coco and Milo must help her get free. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-east-wind-message Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Coco wants to hear the token's remembered call in his own garden, but the birdbath is dry. Getting water means finding a way to tell Daniel something Daniel cannot understand in words. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-lily-pad-token Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Five frogs are trying to begin their evening song, and every beginning gets in somebody else's way. Coco recognizes the opening notes—but the frogs must find the rest of their song together. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-moonlit-pond Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The blue prints end behind the flowerpots, where a kitten is trying not to be found. Pip knows what her home looks like, but the ivy doorway no longer looks the way she remembers. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-blue-paw-prints Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

Milo promises Coco a wonderful shortcut, but a heap of fallen twigs blocks the way. Finding where the twigs come from means solving a problem above the path as well as below it. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-squirrels-secret-shortcut Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

After Daniel fastens a blue collar around Coco's neck, the puppy suddenly understands the squirrel on the fence. His first conversation leads straight into a robin's missing-bow mystery. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/cocos-magical-adventures/the-sparkling-collar Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com

The home window opens to a jumble of familiar voices. Daniel and Luna make room for real conversations, while a picnic basket, a bow and a sneeze cross the sky in pictures. Read the full story: https://www.readthetale.com/series/daniel-and-the-moon-machine/the-moon-machines-promise Discover hundreds of free bedtime stories: https://www.readthetale.com