A gentle adventure story for young children about feeling left out - and about what "not right now" actually means.

Cassian and his Pikachu come up the hill through the tall grass every day after lunch, and Pikachu always gets to the top first. Today there is somebody already up there - three Raichu, standing in a ring in the short grass, keeping a big round seed pod in the air between them. They are Pikachu's family. He runs straight for the middle of the ring with both paws up, and the biggest Raichu says, "Not right now, little spark. We're almost done. Come find us after!"

Nobody is cross with Pikachu. Nobody stops counting. He walks back down the hill by himself, sits at the bottom with his back to it, and lets the feeling out the way a Pikachu does, in small sparks into the dirt. Cassian does not tell him to stop and does not tell him he should not be sad; he just moves his knees back a little and stays. And when Pikachu is ready - not when anyone comes to fetch him, and without ever being told his worry was wrong - he stands up and walks back up the hill on his own.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Pikachu, Raichu.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle bedtime story for children starting somewhere new this fall - a new school, a new house, a new anywhere - about looking at one real thing at a time instead of guessing at what a new place might be like.

Oddish only ever walks at night, and tonight it is moving. Its old patch of soil has gotten too small - nothing has gone wrong, it has just grown, the way small things do. At the end of the path is a grove so big the leaves close over the top of it like a roof, and somewhere deep inside all that dark there is a low honey-coloured light. Oddish can see the light from outside. It cannot tell what the light is.

Standing at the edge, Oddish says four things out loud: it's too big, the big one who lives in there won't want me, there's nowhere in there for something small, and there's nobody in there for me. Brooks hears all four and does not tell Oddish that any of them are wrong. Instead Oddish goes and looks at them, one at a time - and finds that some of the guesses are true, some are not, and the only way to tell was to go and see.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Oddish, Venusaur, Caterpie.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle bedtime story for young children about humming to yourself when it's loud.

Jigglypuff has a flat gray singing stone, and she sits on it every single evening. Tonight she wants her song small and low and just for herself - and the meadow will not stop. Two Poliwag splash in the pond, on purpose, over and over. A whole row of Pidgey shuffles for space on the branch. A Bellsprout rustles, a Diglett pops up and down, and behind all of it a Psyduck quacks away to itself. It is a good, loud, ordinary evening, and Jigglypuff cannot hear the inside of her own head.

She tries it bigger, and the first note comes out like a shout. She tries it smaller, and the note goes sideways. She moves spots twice, presses both hands over her ears, and tries to think the song back - and none of it works, because thinking is not the thing that fetches a song back. Then Willa comes up the path from the pond, sits down beside the stone in the middle of all that noise, and hums one note. Just one. Nothing out there ever quiets down, and it never has to. The noise is allowed to keep right on going.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Jigglypuff, Pidgey, Poliwag, Bellsprout, Diglett, Psyduck.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle battle story for young children about catching a big feeling early.

Blastoise wants to win the turn so badly that his shell rattles before the match even starts. When Ponyta's Ember comes skipping down the field, the feeling inside his shell fizzes up until it is enormous - and the water comes out of both cannons at once, sails clean over the flames, over the tall trees, and lands in the pond. Nothing met anything. Then they line up and do it again.

Elsie tries showing him her tight fists. She tries the small move instead of the big one. Neither works, and the story does not pretend they do. What finally helps is not making the feeling smaller - it is letting a little of it go up into the air first, so there is room to aim the rest. Nobody is in trouble, nobody gloats, the moves never touch anybody, and the two friends walk home together at the end.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Blastoise, Ponyta.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle bedtime story for young children about doing your own part.

Willa has a whole row of pots to water before the light goes, and Cassian has a bowl to fill with beans. Slowpoke has no job at all, and has put his tail in the water bucket. Then Willa looks over and sees that Cassian is not putting the beans in the bowl - he is laying them out along the top of the wall, one at a time, in a long green line.

Willa tries moving the beans for him. She tries telling him. She even goes and finds a grown-up - who listens to every word, thanks her for telling, and then does not fix a single thing. Nobody is in trouble and nobody is silly. Her way and his way turn out to be different, and different turns out not to mean wrong. No peril, no shouting, nothing scary, and kind at the end.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Slowpoke.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle adventure for young children about being brave when you are still scared.

Brooks and Cassian are climbing the hill to see the Clefairy dance in the moonlight, and their friend Charizard is carrying the picnic blanket. Then the path crosses a stream - six flat stones, water you could stand up in - and Charizard will not cross it. He opens his wings the way he does when he is going to fly, and his feet stay exactly where they are.

Telling him it is easy does not work. Pushing him does not work. What works is Cassian saying he is scared of the dark every single night and goes to bed anyway - and Brooks walking out to the middle stone and just waiting there. No peril, no shouting, nothing scary, and kind at the end.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Charizard, Poliwag and Clefairy.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A gentle adventure for young children about what to do when a feeling gets too big.

Elsie's Growlithe has the best nose in the whole valley, and he has promised to find the way home before the lamps come on. Then a Pidgey steals a berry, a sleeping Snorlax blocks the path, and the way home disappears into the tall grass. By the time Growlithe barks at Elsie - much louder than he meant to - the big feeling has grown far too big to carry.

Chansey teaches Growlithe four questions to ask himself - Are you hungry? Are you angry? Are you lonely? Are you tired? - and they turn out to work on almost everything. No peril, no shouting, nothing scary, and kind at the end.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Growlithe, Pidgey, Snorlax, Chansey and Mankey.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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A quiet, gentle story for young children about not knowing what you'll grow into yet, and being enough right now.

Toby's Eevee is still an Eevee. Down at the pond, Priya's Eevee became a Vaporeon. By the oak tree, another became a Jolteon. By the campfire, another became a Flareon. Toby's Eevee just sits in the grass - soft and brown and small - until a frightened little Pidgey needs exactly the kind of friend that Eevee already is.

No peril, no shouting, nothing scary - made to be watched at bedtime or on a slow afternoon.

The Little Feather tells original stories inspired by Pokémon - gentle stories about self-love, emotional regulation, boundaries, leadership, and gratitude.

Written and told by Chris Shanku in his own voice. Every video is vetted and approved by Chris's five-year-old son.

Pokémon in this story: Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon and Pidgey.

The Little Feather is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company.

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