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Whispering Woods · 30 missionsThe Courage Trail
Brave Thinkers · ages 7-8Courage · with Finn
The Courage Trail
30 playful missions to help your child practise trying unfamiliar things and taking small, healthy risks. Relight the paper lanterns of the Whispering Woods so every animal can get home after dark, with Finn as their guide.
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Your choice: The Courage Trail · Brave Thinkers (ages 7-8) · printable PDF + online adventure
This edition is still being written, illustrated and tested. We only sell an edition once all 30 missions are finished in both formats.
Also part of Choose Any 3 ($74.99) and the Complete Collection ($184.99), each for one age level.
The story
The goal: Relight the paper lanterns of the Whispering Woods so every animal can get home after dark.
Your child’s part: Your child decides which small brave step to take next, from a footprint trail to a rope bridge. Each step they choose makes a lantern glow, so the evening paths open again and the Lantern Festival can happen.
Courage is trying something unfamiliar while still feeling a bit nervous. It’s not about having no fear, it’s about taking small, safe steps anyway.
Why parents might choose it
- New places or people make your child hesitant
- They say "I can’t" before they’ve tried
- A big change is coming up, like a move or a new school
Just gentle ideas to help you choose.
The Courage Trail
Here’s what a mission looks like
The story goal: Relight the paper lanterns of the Whispering Woods so every animal can get home after dark.
Mission 1 · First Steps Path
Ages 7-8 · Brave Thinkers
Finn's Wobbly Tail
Finn says: “This is exactly what I didn't want you to see on day one.”Finn
- About 12 to 18 min
- Reads the story themselves
- Parent nearby, child leads
- Drawing
The gate at the edge of the Whispering Woods is taller than it looked from the road. Behind it, the path disappears into shadow. Finn has his lantern in one paw and his compass badge polished, and he is completely ready.
Then his tail starts to wobble. Not a lot at first. Then a lot.
Finn tries to hold it still with his other paw. That makes him drop the lantern. He picks it up, sighs, and sits down on a stump.
First, a choice: 4 options
- Map Finn first
- Map a made-up explorer on their first day at a new school
- Map me
- Map Finn and me side by side
On the printed page: Make your key, then mark the outline.
By the end they have: Wobble map with a three-size key.
You will need: The body outline on this page, or any paper · A pencil
- Make a key in the corner: dots for a small wobble, stripes for a medium wobble, solid shading for a big wobble.
- Choose whose wobble map to make first.
- Think of one moment that feels a bit nervous, such as the first minute in a new club. Mark each place the body reacts, using the key.
- Write one word next to each mark, such as sweaty, fizzy or tight, or draw a small symbol instead.
- Circle the signal that usually shows up first. That's the early warning clue.
Smaller step if needed: Mark just one place on Finn's outline today.
The grown-up’s part: Be a curious fellow detective, not an interviewer. If they choose the made-up explorer, that is a full answer.
Tell a grown-up about one wobbly moment from this week and where your body felt it, or describe a made-up one.
What it practises: Practise noticing where nervousness shows up in the body and how strong it is, using a three-size key.
Word for word from Mission 1 of the draft The Courage Trail for ages 7-8. The edition is not yet approved, so wording may change, and the mission’s own illustrations are still to come.
The five-chapter journey
Five places in Whispering Woods. Thirty missions. Five stars to collect.
Six missions in each chapter. Finishing a chapter lights up a new star on the map, on paper and on screen.
- First Steps Path · missions 1 to 6
- Echo Caves · missions 7 to 12
- Rope Bridge Ridge · missions 13 to 18
- Lantern Hollow · missions 19 to 24
- Bold Peak · missions 25 to 30
Activities in this adventure
Story choices, Movement, Real-world challenge, Treasure hunt, Role-play.
At ages 7-8 (Brave Thinkers)
Multi-step games, mysteries, problem-solving, short writing, real-world challenges. About 10-20 min (a few up to 25) per mission. Short reading and writing. Grown-up role: parent nearby, child leads.
What’s included
One adventure, two ways to play.
The printable PDF
- Adventure introduction and character pages
- All five chapters and 30 missions, fully illustrated
- Puzzles to circle, match, draw and colour
- Grown-up guidance and answer notes
- Progress map with stars to colour
- Reward stickers to cut out
- Completion certificate
The online adventure
- The same 30 missions as interactive games
- Tap, drag, reveal and choose instead of writing
- Character reactions and completion animations
- Digital stars, badges and a final certificate
- Carry on where you stopped, on any device
- Works on phones, tablets and computers
- Tap alternatives to every drag-and-drop
Paper and screen
Every activity works both ways.
The same mission plays on paper or on screen with the same answer. This is how each activity type changes between the two formats.
| Activity | In the PDF | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Story choice | Circle an answer | Tap an answer |
| Secret code | Draw the symbols | Tap symbols into a lock |
| Matching | Draw lines | Drag or tap pairs |
| Ordering | Number the pictures | Drag or tap into order |
| Hidden things | Colour what you find | Tap the scene |
| Feelings | Colour a face | Tap a face |
| Drawing | Draw in the frame | Draw on screen |
| Real world | Tick the box | Tap “We tried it!” |
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