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

Ten 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 Last Pebble cover Newest Kindness & belonging
Book Ten · The Finale

The Last Pebble

Something small is hiding by the wide water — and you can’t shout at scared. So the whole garden builds it a bridge, one pebble at a time.

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

The Last Pebble book cover
The tenth & final book

The Last Pebble

Something small is hiding by the wide water, too scared to come out — and for the first time in ten books, Webster’s book of facts has no page for it. Because you can’t shout at scared. So the whole garden builds a bridge for somebody new, one pebble at a time.

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The whole garden builds a bridge across the water
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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Halloween 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
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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.

New · Holiday Webster's First Christmas book cover
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
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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 books10 books · newest: The Last Pebble
2 The world growscharacters, crew & fans
3 The animated seriesin development

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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.