Thimble and the Dream with a Hole in It

Some days are too big for little hearts.

Maybe something went wrong at school.
A friend wasn't kind.
Something embarrassing happened.
Or your child simply came home carrying feelings they don't quite know how to explain.

What if bedtime didn't have to erase the hard parts of the day-but could help a child understand that those feelings belong, too?

Thimble and the Dream with a Hole in It is a warm, imaginative bedtime story for children ages 4-8 about big feelings, difficult days, resilience, and finding comfort before sleep.

High above the sleeping city, tiny dream-menders stitch the pieces of children's days into dreams.

Tonight is special.

Thimble-the smallest dream-mender of them all-has been trusted with her very first whole dream.

But Ari's day arrives filled with difficult pieces: a splash, a crash, a lonely lunch, and a word that hurt.

Thimble has an idea.

Take out all the bad parts.

Surely that will make the perfect dream.

Instead...

a giant hole appears.

Moonlight tape won't fix it.

Cloud stuffing won't fix it.

And one enormous wish-knot definitely won't fix it.

To mend Ari's dream before morning, Thimble must make a discovery that changes everything:

The difficult pieces of our days don't always need to disappear. Sometimes they need somewhere safe to belong.

Through magical adventure, gentle humor, and a reassuring emotional message, children discover that feeling sad, disappointed, lonely, frustrated, or worried doesn't make a day ruined-and that even a hard day can have a soft ending.

A comforting read-aloud for families looking for stories about:

• big feelings and emotions
• coping with disappointment
• resilience and trying again
• accepting difficult feelings
• comforting children after a hard day
• meaningful parent-child conversations
• calm, connected bedtime reading

At its heart, this isn't a book telling children to stop feeling bad.

It's a story that tells them every feeling deserves somewhere to belong.

For little hearts carrying big feelings-and the grown-ups who help carry them home.

Tonight, follow Thimble into the Dreamery and discover how even the crumpled pieces can become part of something beautiful.