At the end of the road on Fairfax LaneBehind a small wall—surprisingly plainThere is a garden that’s full of lifeTenderly cared for by Mr Crankshaw’s wife The Dipping Dragonfly learns to focus on one thing at a time, getting twice as much done, to have double the fun. Follow along with our rhyme…The aim of this picture book series, The Garden Creatures of Fairfax Lane, is to supply your children with the tools to manage their mental health. Each story provides an example of a subtle change you and your child can make to manage your thinking. It provides you with a medium to navigate developmental themes and, therefore, project the characteristics of the creatures in real-life scenarios.
Alongside the title of ‘daughter’, Lanna Breetzke’s background is in strategy and qualitative research. Her ambition is to help children navigate the world and assist in better decision-making.
Alongside the title of ‘mother’, Heather Larson’s background is in holistic health, teaching the principles of hatha yoga and the mind, body and soul connectivity.
Their stories aim to capture principles and philosophies which have helped shape their family and they hope to bring these tools to other homes.
Alongside the title of ‘daughter’, Lanna Breetzke’s background is in strategy and qualitative research. Her ambition is to help children navigate the world and assist in better decision-making.
Alongside the title of ‘mother’, Heather Larson’s background is in holistic health, teaching the principles of hatha yoga and the mind, body and soul connectivity.
Their stories aim to capture principles and philosophies which have helped shape their family and they hope to bring these tools to other homes.
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This book has a beautiful message for both the reader and the listener, with beautiful illustrations! Would highly recommend it!
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The beautiful book teaches children the importance of looking after their mental health. Highly recommend!
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My family and I love this book, the story is wonderfully written with a jaunty rhythm & beautiful illustrations that my daughter enjoys as well as depth and a beautiful moral that my partner and I appreciate and the bonus is we are all reminded daily (because it’s a bedtime favourite!) to practice self care as well as supporting one another.
Thank you all so much for sharing such a wonderful story with our family!
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Excellent gift for my grandson. Animation beautiful and the storyline wholesome.
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The Dipping Dragonfly from The Garden Creatures of Fairfax Lane series is a relatable, energetic, adorable, delightful, and educational story! This book addresses the mental health problem Burn Out. It also highlights the challenges of hyperactivity. The dipping dragonfly has one objective to play play play all day. However, once he begins a task he never finishes it. His attention is always split drawn from one thing to the next. He never stops going which eventually becomes exhausting. The dipping dragonfly begins having dizzy spells but still won't take a break despite his friend's warning. Once the wisest garden creature phrases advice so the dipping dragonfly can see the reward he listens. Taking breaks and only attempting to do one thing at a time helps him get twice as much quality play time!
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"The Dipping Dragonfly”, by Heather Larson and Lanna Breetzke, was a fun read-aloud with my 3-year-old niece. We took our story adventures to the park trying to find a dragonfly! After searching the trees, rock garden, and playground— we then used our imagination & pretended it was flying with us as we played. The dragonfly character was so memorable that she even asked to draw a dragonfly for her big brother at the end of the day. The book’s lesson aims to help us learn to focus on one thing at a time with adorable garden creatures guiding the way.
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