What’s inside the story
Honest art and bouncy read-aloud rhymes for the hardest five minutes of a toddler’s morning — the ones right at the door.
💚 12 brave scenes
From the smuggled lamb in the backpack to the spin-around pickup hug — the whole first day, in rhyme.
🐔 Meet Miss Marigold
The warm mother hen in a speckled apron who knows exactly what to say when a goodbye gets hard.
⭐ Ritual card & award inside
A Brave Goodbye Chart and a Brave Goodbye Award built right into the book — plus a make-your-own goodbye ritual.
📚 Grown-up guide
10 drop-off tips drawn from AAP, Zero to Three, NAEYC and CHOP separation-anxiety guidance.
Free Pip first-day printables 💚
Get the Our Goodbye Ritual card (fill it in together, one for the backpack and one for the fridge), the Brave Goodbye Chart, the Brave Goodbye Award, and a grown-up drop-off tips sheet as free printable PDFs — plus a heads-up the moment Pip’s first-day story arrives. For grown-ups only (we know you’re the one with the printer).
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