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Our stories

A story spotlight, while the gallery fills up.

We’re still early. Real tribe stories will be gathered here as families create them. For now, here’s the story that shaped Tribe & Tale’s first book.

Poppy’s Built-In Tribe

A newborn, six people who love her, six different kinds of love: the structure every Tribe & Tale story is built from: a 4-page chapter for each person.

The Cook

Uncle Marcus

Comfort you can taste, made from scratch.

The Listener

Grandma Ruth

The one it's always safe to tell the truth to.

The Adventurer

Emma

Turns an ordinary afternoon into a discovery.

The Cheerleader

Aunt Priya

Loudest voice in the room when it matters.

The Comedian

Godfather Dave

Makes even a bad day impossible to stay sad through.

The Dreamer

Aunt Megan

Talks about someday like it's already happening.

How Poppy’s story unfolds

The same arc every Tribe & Tale book follows.

Page 1
The cover of the example book: six grown-ups and a baby lying together on a purple hill under the title.
CoverTheir name, their tribe
Page 3
An opening page: a baby among floating toys, letter blocks and storybooks under a starry night sky, with a short verse.
The openingWhere the story begins
Page 5
A page about one grown-up: baking in a warm kitchen while a young girl watches, with a rhyming verse.
A page for one personThe one who cooks
Page 8
A page about another grown-up: cheering from the sideline of a sunny pitch as a girl in a red kit scores.
A page for anotherThe one who cheers
Page 11
A page about a grown-up who loves music: a girl in a rock-star outfit walking out of a concert under string lights.
And anotherThe one who finds the adventure
Page 17
A page about a silly grown-up in sunglasses playing with a girl in pyjamas, with a rhyming verse.
And anotherThe one who makes them laugh
Page 24
A recap page: six framed portraits of the grown-ups in the story, each with a name tag, above a short verse.
Everyone togetherA recap of who showed up
Page 32
The dedication page: a short note to the child from her tribe on pink, with a purple hill and a small carriage.
DedicationA note from everyone, on the last page

Read a few real pages.

Example page text from a sample story, written the way a finished book reads. The names and pictures are placeholders until real families’ stories can be shown.

Page 2 · Dedication

For Poppy, from everyone who already loved you, before you even knew their names.

Page 3 · Tribe introduction

Before Poppy could talk, she already had a whole tribe. One dad, six people who loved her already, and more love than one crib could hold.

Page 8 · Uncle Marcus: Personality

Uncle Marcus's kitchen is where everyone ends up. He says the secret ingredient is always time, the kind you can't rush, and the kind he always makes for Poppy.

Page 32 · Final affirmation + dedication

One day, Poppy will grow up. But she'll always know one thing: she had a tribe, and every single one of them showed up.

More real tribes will appear here as families create their own stories. Yours could be next.

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