The Night They Called for Help

On the coldest night of the year, somebody knocks on the door. Not a polite knock. The other kind.It is Bryn, with snow on his shoulders. Bryn, who once called Ash a strange pet in front of the whole village. His little sister has gone through the rotten boards over the old dry well, and the shaft is too narrow for a grown person, and the village has run out of ideas.Ash does not say yes straight away.This is the part of the story that usually gets left out. He stands in the doorway with the snow blowing in and he lets himself hear the small mean voice that says they did not help you, so why should you help them. It is not a nice voice. It is not a stupid one either.And his mother, kneeling beside him, tells him he is allowed to say no, and will not tell him it would be fine.A story for children aged 4 to 8 about what you owe people who were cruel to you, and about a boy who cannot get the word sorry out of his mouth and clears a path through the snow instead. Followed by 20 pages of activities: sort what is brave from what is only risky, write about your own mean little voice, and a page for the people you would still help.Read aloud for ages 4 to 5, read alone for ages 6 to 8Large 16 point text and a full colour illustration on every page20 pages of activities with a printed answer key, no apps and no linksA complete standalone story. Any book in the series can be read first