A Cosmic Fruit Book

Little books with big hearts.

Gentle, hand-illustrated read-aloud picture books for ages 3–7 — a true friendship from nature hidden inside every story. Meet Webster & Pippin.

Welcome to the garden

Where would you like to go?

Start with a feeling

Which big feeling is your little one carrying tonight?

Bedtime questions rarely sound like a title. They sound like “a book about being scared of the dark” or “a story for my little worrier.” So start there — tap a feeling and we’ll point you to the right book.

Tip: every story is one true feeling, wrapped in a giggle. Tap one above to filter the shelf.

The Webster & Pippin Series

Nine little adventures

A tarantula who loves his books. A frog who loves his trumpet. Each story is a real friendship from nature — warm enough for bedtime, true enough to learn from.

The Great Garden Rescue cover Working together
Book One

The Great Garden Rescue

Two friends, one big rescue — and the day a little “noise” saves everyone.

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The Lost Little Firefly cover The dark
Book Two

The Lost Little Firefly

Be brave in the dark — there’s always a little light, even when it’s you.

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Webster's First Christmas cover Holiday Kindness
Book Four

Webster’s First Christmas

To warm one lonely bird, he must close his book and just feel.

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The Worry Snail cover Worry
Book Five

The Worry Snail

One brave inch at a time — because movement is movement.

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One Berry Too Far cover Feeling lost
Book Seven

One Berry Too Far

You never have to do the hard things all by yourself.

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Nobody Asked the Frog cover Belonging
Book Eight

Nobody Asked the Frog

You don’t need clever words — sometimes you just say hello.

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The Spooky Switcheroo cover Newest Ask first
Book Nine · Halloween

The Spooky Switcheroo

Looking guilty isn’t the same as being guilty — so before you decide, just ask.

Every title in paperback, premium full color · written by Wendell Burrows · published by Cosmic Fruit Books

Why we make these

The world could use a little more warmth — so we hand it out one small story at a time.

No one can thaw the whole winter. But anyone can warm one. That’s the heart of every Cosmic Fruit book: one small kindness that turns out to be everything. Positivity isn’t poured out all at once — it’s passed along, hand to hand and page to page, until a little adds up to a lot.

✦ A good word for today

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New · Out now The Spooky Switcheroo book cover
The Halloween book

The Spooky Switcheroo

It’s the garden’s very first Halloween — costumes on, candy in the pumpkin bowl. Then the candy starts vanishing piece by piece, and a little treasure is left behind in every empty spot. Detective Webster is on the case, and the answer is far sweeter than anyone guessed.

Cozy-spooky, never scary Ages 3–7 A candy mystery to solve

Looking guilty is not the same as being guilty.

Everyone in the garden is sure they know who took the candy — the one dressed like a robber, obviously. But nobody thought to ask him what he was really doing. It turns out he wasn’t taking anything at all. He was giving, the only way he knew how. A Halloween story about asking first, and about the quiet ones who give more than anyone notices.

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The holiday book

Webster’s First Christmas

Webster has read all about Christmas — but he’s never had one. To warm a lonely little cardinal on Christmas Eve, he’ll have to close his book and just feel. A cozy, gentle read-aloud, and a keepsake gift that’s opened again and again.

A keepsake gift Ages 3–7 Pairs with the hoodie

You cannot read your way into knowing how someone feels.

Webster has studied Christmas from every angle and understood none of it. Then a small cold cardinal turns up at his door, and the book goes down, and he finds out the whole thing was never something to learn — it was something to do for somebody. A story about the moment a kind thought becomes a kind act.

The Cosy co.

Cute, cozy & a little bit funny

Meet The Cosy co. — nap-loving turtles, snack-thieving raccoons, and one impossibly brave snail, drawn straight from the world of Webster & Pippin. Every design prints on hoodies, tees, mugs, stickers & more — a warm fuzzy for you or your favorite small human. 🌿

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Meet the pair

Opposites who somehow fit

One thinks. One feels. Neither could do it without the other — which is rather the whole point.

Webster the tarantula
The Brains
Webster

A round, fuzzy tarantula in spectacles and a yellow bow tie. Quiet, tidy, and brilliant — he always has exactly the right book for the moment. One small habit: he covers his ears, so he never quite hears how wonderful his best friend really is.

“It was the books.”

Pippin the frog
The Heart
Pippin

A tiny, speckled dotted-humming frog with long lanky legs and an oversized brass trumpet he takes everywhere. Bouncy, brave, and all feeling — a secret virtuoso whose “noise” has a funny way of saving the day.

“It was my MUSIC!”

Webster, Pippin and the whole forest crew stacked in a tower

…and the whole garden crew

A worrier snail, a stuck-fast turtle, a brave little firefly, a band of helmet-wearing mice, a lost baby raccoon — the garden is full of friends, each one carrying a feeling a little reader might know.

It’s a true story — sort of. Tarantulas and dotted humming frogs really are best friends in the wild: the frog eats the pests that would harm the spider’s eggs, and the spider keeps the little frog safe. Real friendship, hidden in every adventure.

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The worry snail on the silver trail at dawn
About the author & the imprint

Stories that help kids feel a little braver.

Cosmic Fruit Books began as a bedtime story a dad made up for his daughter — and grew into a series of gentle, hand-illustrated picture books about friendship, courage, and the quiet magic of being exactly who you are.

Every book starts with one real feeling a child might be holding, then wraps it inside a giggle and a true friendship found in nature. So while little readers are laughing at a frog with a trumpet, they’re learning something true about the world, too.

A Cosmic Fruit Book · fruit for the soul
What’s next

First the books. Then the show.

Webster & Pippin was always meant to move. The picture books come first — building the world, the friends, and the feelings one story at a time. Then the garden comes to life as a gentle animated series. You’re early. Stick around.

1 The books9 books · newest: The Spooky Switcheroo
2 The world growscharacters, crew & fans
3 The animated seriesin development

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Say hello

Booksellers, librarians, and friends of the garden

Want to stock the books, feature them, or just send a kind word? We read every message. Cosmic Fruit Books is an independent imprint — a real person will write you back.