Free to read
Read free →Harder to hold · with PipThe Worry with a Pocket-Sized ChairNotice · Share · Try
Ten free digital feelings stories · fourteen languages · personalized keepsakes from $80
Pip tries · Ponder listens
Small books for the big things inside.
Pip the rabbit tries. Ponder the bear listens. Together they make free digital stories that help children meet a feeling—with a grown-up nearby to find the words.
01 Pip tries02 Ponder listens03 Grown-ups stay close
Hand-drawn in pencil, watercolor & gouache
All ten digital stories are free.
Made for homes with more than one language.
A bespoke keepsake when you want their real chapter.
For multilingual families
More than one language in one little heart.
Some children hear Brazilian Portuguese at home, English with a parent, and other languages at school. That can feel confusing — and it can also be rich. Pip & Ponder never maps hard feelings to countries. We help kids name a feeling in the languages of their real life, with a grown-up close by.
- Up to three languages together on one page — or one language at a time
- Every feeling can have more than one name
- Grown-up prompts for the adult who is holding them tonight
- Confusion gets a chair: normal, nameable, not a flaw
We empower children who live between languages — so every part of home can belong.
Start gently
Two ways into the Pip & Ponder world.
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Free · ten feelings
The Feelings Library
Hard-to-hold and bright feelings take turns on the shelf. Each story is free to read in fourteen languages—including English, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Arabic—adapted so every language can feel like real children’s literature, not a stiff translation.
Open the free library →Bespoke · $80
My Little History
An original short story written from your memories, with up to ten custom illustrations guided by your family photos.
Start their chapter →The Feelings Library · all free
Big feelings.
Friendly faces.
Ten short digital stories for ages 3–5. Harder and brighter feelings alternate, so children learn every feeling deserves a name, a chair, and a grown-up nearby.
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The Worry with a Pocket-Sized Chair
A kite-party card goes skitter-skid, and a blue little worry loops by Mina’s knee. With Pip, Mama, and one pea-small plan, she makes room for both the flutter and the fun.
10 min digital readwith Pip14 languages
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Read a story together and a little sticker hops onto the shelf.
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Read free →Bright & connecting · with PonderThe Laugh That Bubbled Too BigNotice · Share · Savor
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Read free →Harder to hold · with Pip & PonderThe Red Roar and the Tumbled TowerPause · Name · Soften
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Read free →Bright & connecting · with PonderThe Tiny Thank-You Treasure TrailNotice · Thank · Share
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Read free →Harder to hold · with PipThe Soft-Footed Grey DayFeel · Ask · Heal
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Read free →Bright & connecting · with Pip & PonderThe Little Lamp That Love Kept LitFeel · Give · Keep
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Read free →Harder to hold · with PonderThe Blue Maybe on the Wobbly BridgeCheck · Breathe · Try
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Read free →Bright & connecting · with PipThe Small Button and the Bright Green FeatherNotice · Celebrate · Grow
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Read free →Harder to hold · with Pip & PonderThe Bumpity Blocks That Would Not BalancePause · Practice · Ask
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Read free →Bright & connecting · with PonderThe Fizz-Buzz TomorrowName · Plan · Enjoy
the friends behind every little feelingMeet the two who make room
Pip tries.
Ponder listens.
Pip is a quick-footed rabbit who likes one small next step. Ponder is a gentle bear who never rushes a feeling away. One brings courage; the other brings calm—and neither needs a child to be cheerful all the time.
We never tell a child not to feel it.
We help them meet it, name it, and move through it—with a grown-up close by.
Ten short digital stories for ages 3–5. Harder and brighter feelings alternate, so children learn every feeling deserves a name, a chair, and a grown-up nearby.
with Pip & Ponder
Emotionally honest
Wonderfully brief · Useful in real life · Never preachy
Made for homes with more than one language.My Little History · limited commissions
Their real life,
drawn with wonder.
Not every important story is a milestone. Sometimes it is the blue cup they carried everywhere, Grandpa’s loud laugh, or the week they learned to be brave. We write that true little chapter and redraw it in the Pip & Ponder world.
$80Original short story · up to 10 custom illustrations · digital proof · one review round · one printed keepsake
- 1 Pick one chapter worth keeping
- 2 Add up to 10 reference photos and a few true details
- 3 Approve the written story and illustrations
Digital proof first. Printed keepsake included.
my little historyMila
made from real moments · drawn by hand
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Little Firsts
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We never tell a child not to feel it.
We help them meet it, name it, and move through it—with a grown-up close by.
01 Emotionally honest02 Wonderfully brief03 Useful in real life04 Never preachy
Good questions
Before story time.
Are the digital stories really free?+
Yes. All ten Pip & Ponder feelings stories are free to read on this site, in fourteen languages, with family language modes and grown-up prompts.
We speak more than one language at home — how do we use this?+
Set up your family’s languages (optional). You can read two languages together on one page, or one language at a time. Hard feelings are never tied to a country — only given more names, so children who live between languages feel less alone.
Are the languages just translations?+
No. Each language is adapted to sound cute, warm and deep for young listeners—so Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Arabic feel like real children’s literature, not word-for-word swaps.
What makes the books “deep” for a 3-year-old?+
Depth does not mean long words. It means telling the emotional truth simply: feelings carry information, two things can be true, and asking a grown-up for help is a kind of strength.
How do personalized illustrations work?+
The $80 bespoke story includes original story writing, up to ten custom illustrations, a digital proof, one review round and one printed keepsake. Your photos guide faces, clothes and meaningful details.
Are my family photos kept private?+
The on-page preview stays on your device. Before production begins, you must confirm you have permission to use the photos and authorize their use solely as visual references for your book.