The stories
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All ten stories in one book, or each story on its own above.
- All ten as one PDF 107 MB · picture-book pages, best on tablets and colour e-readers
- All ten as one EPUB 44 MB · for e-reader apps (Apple Books, NeoReader, KOReader, Thorium)
The PDFs are laid out at 3:4, the shape of a BOOX Note Air or an iPad, so each page fills the screen. The EPUBs reflow to fit any screen.
Reading them together
Two layers
The big text is short and has a refrain, for little listeners of about three. The smaller text with the orange line adds more story for older children of about six. Read both, or only the big text on sleepy nights.
Pause and wonder
When you see Ponder’s shell, stop and ask. Then wait, longer than feels comfortable. Say their words back to them. “Can you say more?” “Someone might say…”
No right answers
Ponder never says who is right, and neither do the books. Each one ends with “Some people think…” and a page for grown-ups: the idea’s name, where it comes from, and questions from little to big.