Moments to notice in the story
Small signals
can say a lot.
- When someone is standing at the edge of play
- When practical help may feel easier than lots of questions
- Small details that carry a warm memory
Meet a woodland friend
Berty Bear
A kind friend with big ideas
Berty loves building, exploring and dreaming up new ideas. His hearing aids help him enjoy the sounds of the woodland. With kindness and a little teamwork, he joins his friends for woodland adventures.
More about Berty in the books
Berty offers a paw when the blocks have fallen and sits nearby while Fuzz misses Grandpa. In Finds His Brave, he asks whether Fuzz would like a travelling song or quiet, leaving little spaces between the drumbeats. Look for his blue jacket and two blue hearing aids: he is a friend with room beside him.
Berty wears hearing aids. They are one ordinary part of how he moves through the woodland, not the whole of who he is.
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What can help
Connection comes
in different shapes.
- Inviting rather than pressuring
- Offering a paw, company or help to rebuild
- Letting a friend choose whether to talk
In the stories
Read more of
Berty’s woodland.
Or begin with Woodland Conversation Cards, a printable activity connected to this character’s story.
