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Birthday

The cake has collapsed

One hour before the guests, and it is a wreck.

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Birthday

Almost nobody is coming

Six invitations, five apologies.

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Birthday

The night before your birthday

Sleep is impossible and the clock is going slowly on purpose.

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Birthday

The same present twice

From two people, and both of them are watching.

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Birthday

Please do not sing

The whole class is looking, and that is the problem.

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Birthday

A birthday when everyone is away

Half the class is gone, and your birthday lands right in the middle.

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Birthday

The surprise that leaked

Somebody could not keep it in.

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Birthday

A year older and nothing has changed

You wake up and you are exactly the same.

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Thanksgiving

The turkey does not fit

Bought with confidence. Measured afterwards.

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Thanksgiving

The table keeps getting longer

Every time it is set, another car pulls up.

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Thanksgiving

What are you thankful for?

Everyone goes round the table. Then it is your turn.

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Thanksgiving

The cousin you see once a year

Last time you were both much smaller.

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Thanksgiving

The dish nobody eats

It is on the table every year and nobody knows why.

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Thanksgiving

Your first year helping

Promoted from the children's table to the kitchen.

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Thanksgiving

What is left the next morning

The best meal of the year happens on Friday.

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Christmas

The sleigh is on our roof

A crash from above, and then silence.

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Christmas

One present short

Every parcel counted, and exactly one is missing.

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Christmas

Nova is afraid to fly

The youngest reindeer looks down and freezes.

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Christmas

The Christmas with no snow

Everything is ready except the weather.

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Christmas

Father Christmas has a cold

He sneezes the candles out and cannot go anywhere.

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Christmas

The list blew away

A thousand names, scattered across the wood.

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Christmas

Pip wrapped everything wrong

Every parcel is right, just at the wrong house.

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Christmas

All the lights go out

First the street, then the whole village.

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Christmas

Someone is missing from the table

One chair too many, and everyone pretending otherwise.

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Christmas

The tree will not fit through the door

Bought too big, and you only find out at home.

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Christmas

A present for someone who wants nothing

"Honestly, I do not need anything." Right.

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Christmas

The last house of the night

Almost done, and then one light is still on.

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Baby shower

So who is in there?

for the party

Read aloud at the party, and only the last page gives it away.

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Baby shower

Almost here

for the parent to be

A book for the baby shower, about the last weeks of waiting.

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Baby shower

To whoever is coming

for the baby on the way

Written before the birth, to be read together years later.

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Brothers and sisters

You are going to be a big sister

for the big sister

A baby is coming, and she gets a new role.

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Brothers and sisters

You are going to be a big brother

for the big brother

From youngest in the house to big brother.

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New baby

Welcome, little one

for the newborn baby

The story of the first days, to read aloud later.

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New baby

You are going to be grandparents

for the grandparents-to-be

Share the news with a book instead of a text message.

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Brothers and sisters

We are becoming a big sister and a big brother

for two older children together

For a family that already has two.

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New baby

The story of your name

for the baby

Where the name came from, and why that one.

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New baby

The first time home

for the baby and the family

The drive home and the first evening together.

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New baby

There are two of them

for the twins

For when it is not one but two.

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New baby

Welcome to our family

for the child joining the family

For a family that grows in a different way.

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New baby

You are getting a little cousin

for the cousin

Things change outside the household too.

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Christening

The day you were christened

for any christening

The story of that one morning, to read aloud later.

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Christening

Called by your name

for christening

About the name that was chosen, said out loud today.

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Christening

Your godparents

for christening

Two people saying yes to you today.

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Christening

The light of your candle

for christening

One small flame, passed on from the big candle.

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Christening

Everyone who said yes today

for christening

It is not only mum and dad who promise something.

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Christening

We bring you to be blessed

for dedication service

No water, but hands on your head and a blessing.

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Christening

We asked for you

for dedication service

About the time before you were here.

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Christening

The gown that was worn before

for christening

Who wore it before you, and how long ago that was.

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Christening

Three times water

for any christening

What actually happens, explained for whoever does not get it yet.

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Christening

I was there when you were christened

for any christening

Told by the big brother or sister.

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Namkaran

The name in your ear

for the baby

The first time you ever heard your own name.

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Namkaran

How we chose your name

for the baby

Every name has a reason. This one has a whole story.

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Namkaran

Your first day in the cradle

for the baby

Flowers, songs, and a cradle that will not stop swinging.

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Namkaran

Everyone who came that day

for the whole family

Some travelled a long way to say one small word.

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Namkaran

The star you were born under

for the baby

The sky had a hand in the first letter of your name.

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Namkaran

I was there when you got your name

for the older brother or sister

Told by the one who had to hold still and be quiet.

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Namkaran

A name from both sides

for the baby

Two families, two ideas, one name that carries both.

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Namkaran

What your name means

for the baby

Your name is a word, and the word means something.

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Raksha Bandhan

The rakhi you made yourself

for the sister

The shop-bought ones were nicer. This one was not.

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Raksha Bandhan

What the promise really means

for a brother and a sister

He promised to protect her. She had other ideas.

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Raksha Bandhan

Too far away to be there

for siblings in different countries

A rakhi in an envelope, and a screen propped against a cup.

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Raksha Bandhan

Two sisters, one thread

for two sisters

No brother in this house, and the day happens anyway.

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Raksha Bandhan

The one who is too small

for the youngest child

Everyone has a job today except the smallest.

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Raksha Bandhan

Where did the sweets go?

for a brother and a sister

A full tray in the morning. By noon, three left.

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Raksha Bandhan

The thread that broke

for a brother and a sister

It snapped before it was even tied.

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Raksha Bandhan

A rakhi for a friend

for two friends

Not family, but the one who is always there.

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Birthday

The best birthday

for a birthday

A day that starts with balloons and ends somewhere else entirely.

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Starting school

Thank you, teacher

for saying goodbye to a teacher

A book to give to the person who made the difference all year.

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Starting school

Ready for secondary school

for leaving primary school

Years in one school, and then you are outside with your bag.

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Starting school

The first day at school

for starting school

New bag, new class, and a knot in your stomach.

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Milestone

The certificate you earned yourself

for a certificate or first achievement

Nobody can do this bit for you.

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Christmas

The Christmas that went differently

for Christmas

Snow, candlelight, and something that should not be there.

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Father's Day

A book for dad

for Father’s Day

About the things he does and never mentions.

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Mother's Day

A book for mum

for Mother’s Day

A whole day of pretending to be the mother.

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Grandparents

Staying at grandma and grandad’s

for grandparents

Different rules, a different bed, and the best stories.

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Get well

Get well soon

for someone who is ill

A book for anyone who cannot go outside for a while.

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Adventure

The map in the attic

Behind a loose floorboard lies a map no one has ever seen.

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Bedtime

What is really in the dark

The sound under the bed turns out to be something else entirely.

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Standing at the front when it frightens you

Adventure

Standing at the front when it frightens you

Everyone is watching, and you have to start.

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Milestone

The house that is not home yet

Moving house, with all the boxes and everything unfamiliar that comes with it.

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Adventure

The dragon who could not roar

A dragon with no fire, and someone who knows how that feels.

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The act nobody saw coming

Adventure

The act nobody saw coming

From the one least expected to have something.

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Adventure

A night among the stars

The ladder in the garden goes rather higher than expected.

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Adventure

The day the pet started talking

It turns out he had things to say all along.

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Milestone

It does not work yet, and then it does

About keeping on trying until it suddenly comes easy.

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Adventure

What lies beneath the waves

A city on the sea floor, and nobody living there any more.

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Starting school

The new one in class

There is a group standing there, and you are standing next to it.

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Adventure

There is a dinosaur in the garden

Rather large, rather hungry, and nobody knows where he came from.

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The one who works the lights

Adventure

The one who works the lights

Not everybody wants to be on stage, and that is fine.

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Adventure

The day everything ran backwards

Pancakes for dinner and the cat in charge.

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Adventure

The story grandad never finished

One old photograph, and a journey to find out what really happened.

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Grandparents

Staying over at grandma and grandpa

for the child

Different rules, a different bed, and the best stories.

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Grandparents

Thank you for everything

for the parents who are about to become grandparents

A thank-you book for your parents, with a surprise on the last page.

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Grandparents

When your dad was small

for the child

Grandpa knows things about dad that dad would rather forget.

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Grandparents

The thing we made together

for the child with a grandparent

In the shed, in the kitchen, or just at the table.

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Grandparents

A book for grandma

for grandma

Everything she does that nobody ever mentions.

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Grandparents

A book for grandpa

for grandpa

The man who can fix anything and complains about nothing.

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Grandparents

Grandma and grandpa live far away

for the child

A screen on the kitchen table, and a suitcase that takes too long.

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Mother's Day

Being mum for a day

for mum

Running the house yourself. It goes badly.

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Father's Day

Being dad for a day

for dad

You are in charge. Dad does as he is told.

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Mother's Day

The things mum always does

for mum

So ordinary that nobody notices.

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Father's Day

Everything dad can do

for dad

And the one thing he really cannot.

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Mother's Day

We are the same

for mum

Same laugh, same stubbornness, same hatred of waiting.

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Father's Day

The thing we do together

for dad

The one thing that belongs to just the two of you.

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Our mornings

Mother's Day

Our mornings

for mum

The same every day, and special because of it.

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The first Father's Day

Father's Day

The first Father's Day

for dad

For a dad who has only just become one.

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Dad is away this week

Father's Day

Dad is away this week

for dad

Work, far away, and a promise for every evening.

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For both of you

Mother's Day

For both of you

for two mothers or a stepmother

When there is more than one mother figure.

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For both of them

Father's Day

For both of them

for two fathers or a stepdad

When there is more than one father figure.

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Grandma is somebody her mother too

Mother's Day

Grandma is somebody her mother too

for grandmother

On the day itself one of them usually gets skipped.

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Grandad is someone's father too

Father's Day

Grandad is someone's father too

for grandad

On Father's Day, one of them is often skipped.

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Brothers and sisters

A row in the back seat

for two children

Three hours still to drive, and it started over nothing.

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Brothers and sisters

I did not see anything

for two children

One of them did something. The other one knows.

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Brothers and sisters

Keep an eye on them

for the older one

Ten minutes, they said. It was more.

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Brothers and sisters

It was already broken

for two children

Something important is now in two pieces.

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Brothers and sisters

Sharing a room from tonight

for two children

Two beds, one room, and neither of them asked for it.

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Brothers and sisters

It was not me

for two children

The wrong one gets the blame and says nothing.

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Bedtime

I am not even slightly tired

Everyone is asleep except one.

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Bedtime

Where is the bear?

Bedtime, and the most important resident of the house is missing.

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Bedtime

The shadow on the wall

Something moves, and it is not clear yet what.

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Bedtime

Goodnight, everyone

Everyone else goes to bed first, and then you.

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Bedtime

The dream you can go back to

There is a place that only exists while you are asleep.

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Bedtime

Counting until you sleep

Sheep have been tried. Sheep did not work.

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Bedtime

A walk with the moon

The moon comes past the window and asks if you are coming.

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Bedtime

Who reads to the bear?

A bear would also like to know how it ends.

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The cake has collapsed

Almost nobody is coming

The night before your birthday

The same present twice

Please do not sing

A birthday when everyone is away

The surprise that leaked

A year older and nothing has changed

The turkey does not fit

The table keeps getting longer

What are you thankful for?

The cousin you see once a year

The dish nobody eats

Your first year helping

What is left the next morning

The sleigh is on our roof

One present short

Nova is afraid to fly

The Christmas with no snow

Father Christmas has a cold

The list blew away

Pip wrapped everything wrong

All the lights go out

Someone is missing from the table

The tree will not fit through the door

A present for someone who wants nothing

The last house of the night

So who is in there?

Almost here

To whoever is coming

You are going to be a big sister

You are going to be a big brother

Welcome, little one

You are going to be grandparents

We are becoming a big sister and a big brother

The story of your name

The first time home

There are two of them

Welcome to our family

You are getting a little cousin

The day you were christened

Called by your name

Your godparents

The light of your candle

Everyone who said yes today

We bring you to be blessed

We asked for you

The gown that was worn before

Three times water

I was there when you were christened

The name in your ear

How we chose your name

Your first day in the cradle

Everyone who came that day

The star you were born under

I was there when you got your name

A name from both sides

What your name means

The rakhi you made yourself

What the promise really means

Too far away to be there

Two sisters, one thread

The one who is too small

Where did the sweets go?

The thread that broke

A rakhi for a friend

The best birthday

Thank you, teacher

Ready for secondary school

The first day at school

The certificate you earned yourself

The Christmas that went differently

A book for dad

A book for mum

Staying at grandma and grandad’s

Get well soon

The map in the attic

What is really in the dark