Fairytales with Abigail

Fairytales retold

Bag if happiness

Stories I told my daughter

The graffalo continues

Down at the end of Curiosity Road, in a little house with a very big doorstep, lived a hedgehog. His name was George. And George was very, very pleased with himself. “I am the king!” said George. The animals of Curiosity Road looked at one another. Nobody could remember making him king. But George had already climbed up onto the old wooden crate he used as a throne, and was sitting on it with his...

Once upon a time, there was a little monkey named John. John did not like wearing underwear. In fact, his favorite thing to say was: “Monkeys don’t wear underwear!” All the animals in the forest knew this about John. One fine day, John went for a walk. He walked and walked. He skipped between the trees, strolled past the flowers, and arrived at the edge of the lake. There, he met his friend, Absal...

Long ago, in a time when enormous beasts still roamed the earth, there lived a young person named Elli in the land of Not. Everyone knew Elli as the strongest and bravest in the whole country. Yet Elli did not go about picking fights or showing off, for truly strong people have nothing to prove. Instead, Elli worked in the fields, cared for the fruit trees, and lived a quiet and peaceful life. One...