Little stories. Big feelings. Growing minds.
Story adventures for ages 4+ that turn reading into talking, playing and growing.
📖 READ💬 TALK🎨 PLAY🌱 GROW
Little Grove Adventures from R199
Explore the AdventuresChoose your Little Grove Adventure
What does your little one need help navigating today?
More than a story.
The story is just the beginning.
Each Little Grove Adventure brings story, conversation and play together, helping children explore what they learn beyond the page.
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READ
Enjoy the story together.
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TALK
Explore feelings, choices and challenges.
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PLAY
Practise through playful activities.
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GROW
Take new skills into everyday life.
One adventure. So many little moments to grow.
Helping little minds THINK, FEEL and TRY.
Every Little Grove Adventure creates gentle opportunities for children to think through challenges, understand feelings and try positive ways forward.
THINK
Pause, wonder, solve problems and consider different choices.
Flexible thinking · Problem-solving · Making choices
FEEL
Recognise feelings, understand others and learn ways to respond.
Emotional awareness · Empathy · Self-regulation
TRY
Put ideas into action, keep going and practise growing independence.
Persistence · Self-control · Confidence
Small moments today. Skills that grow with them.
Meet Litchi & Lime
Two little adventurers. Lots of feelings, choices and growing along the way.
Litchi and Lime are growing, learning and figuring things out — just like little ones everywhere. Together, they explore everyday challenges, big feelings and the small choices that help brighter days grow.
Litchi
Caring, creative and full of heart, Litchi feels things deeply and is always discovering new ways to understand herself and others.
- Caring
- Creative
- Curious
- Adventurous
Lime
Energetic, determined and always ready for an adventure, Lime is learning that growing sometimes means stopping, thinking and trying a different way.
- Determined
- Playful
- Caring
- Adventurous
Little moments can feel very big.
Growing up is full of feelings, surprises and tricky little moments.
“But I wanted to win!”
Losing can feel really disappointing when winning matters so much.
Explore kind choices, self-control and empathy.
Lime and the Race
Explore this adventure →“My feelings are TOO big!”
Sometimes little bodies have very big feelings and don't quite know what to do with them yet.
Explore feelings, calming strategies and empathy.
Litchi's Big Feelings
Explore this adventure →“But that's NOT the plan!”
Unexpected changes can be difficult when a child has already pictured how things should happen.
Explore flexible thinking, coping with change and problem-solving.
Litchi, Lime and the New Plan
Explore this adventure →Everyday moments become opportunities to talk, play and grow.
Little Grove Adventures
Created with purpose. Grounded in understanding.
Litchi & Lime was created by Dr Lorette Pretorius, an Early Childhood Education lecturer and researcher with a special interest in the thinking and self-regulation skills that help us learn, adapt and grow.
I wanted to create stories that children would love, but that would also give grown-ups meaningful opportunities to talk, play and grow alongside them.
— Dr Lorette PretoriusCreator of Litchi & Lime
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Created with an understanding of how young children learn through stories, conversation and play.
RESEARCH-INFORMED
Inspired by research into executive function, learning and self-regulation.
MADE FOR REAL LIFE
Designed around the everyday feelings, choices and challenges young children experience as they grow.
There’s always more to explore in The Little Grove.
Every adventure brings a new feeling to understand, a new challenge to navigate and another little opportunity to grow.
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