The Sunset Chime

Ages 5–9, with family · Everyone in the family was seven once.
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Everyone in the family was seven once.

For grown-upsAs you read to a child, you meet your own seven-year-old self — and remember that your parents were children too. The grown-up's memories become the story beneath every episode.

  1. Realize that Mom and Dad were once children, just like you

  2. Meet the toys and tools of everyday life a generation ago

  3. Compare what time changes with what stays on

Episodes

Episode 1Lost Thirty Years AgoFree to readWhile the sunset chime plays, the garden at Grandma's house connects to the day Mom was seven. There Haru meets a small girl crying over a lost golden bell — a girl who is Mom. A treasure hunt across two times, for something lost thirty years ago.Episode 2Dad's Secret BaseMembersIn front of the mountain of his hometown, Dad always falls silent. Led by the sunset chime through the door of an old secret base, Haru meets eight-year-old Dad, a broken wooden boat — and one "sorry" that has waited thirty years to be said.
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The Sunset Chime

While the sunset chime plays, the garden at Grandma's house connects to the days when Mom and Dad were children. Haru meets a small family member who is nothing like today — except for the same laugh. When the chime ends the two times are torn apart, and only the present can finish the story. Children dive into a treasure hunt across time; grown-ups meet their own seven-year-old selves.

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