Seth, the Timid Toy
Who Lived in the Tiny House at the End of Tumbleweed Road
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Once upon a time there was a toy named Seth. He lived with a lot of other toys, a toy maker, and a big dog in a house at the end of Tumble Road. Seth had a very worried mind. Every day he would hang on his toy stand and worry. Sometimes the toy maker would leave. And when she did, Seth would climb down from his stand, and go sit somewhere and worry some more. Seth had always been a little timid. He was not very brave. One day something happened in the house at the end of Tumble Road that made things much worse...
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Seth is a toy who lives in a tiny house at the end of Tumbleweed Road. Along with him there live other handmade toys, as well as the toy maker and her big dog, Chewy.
Every day, Seth hangs from his toy stand and worries a lot about many things. One day he even falls off the table, bangs his head, and has to wear a bandage until the toymaker can fix him. Although his friends tell him it could be worse, Seth is now even more afraid than before. He decides that life involves too much risk!
Seth decides to go and live in his room and never come back out. But when he gets there, he finds himself thinking very hard about what he is missing. Can Seth be brave enough to face the danger in the real world?
In this children’s story, a timid toy learns that even though he can’t always stop bad things from happening he can always choose what to do about it.
About the Author
Rowena Avery is an artist and a teacher who loves people and animals of all kinds. She has been a resident of the Southern California Desert for many years, ten of which were spent making the toys used as illustrations in this book. She finds inspiration in Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbs.