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Wrenfield: Friends and Fallings-Out · for ages 6 to 8

Six children, one village, and the small things that go wrong between friends.

Short spoken stories for children aged 6 to 8. A wave that is not waved back. A rule changed halfway through a game. Whose turn it is. In each one, your child reads a face, works out what someone wants, chooses the words, and finds out what happens next.

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Coming soon to Google Play.

Meet the six

The same six children, story after story, so your child gets to know them — and cares what happens to them. Every one of them is the one who gets hurt in one story and the one who gets it wrong in another.

A painted playing field on a sunny day, with a goal and trees behind. Six children stand on the grass: from left, Kit in a green hat at the edge, Priya, Nadia, Omar holding a football, Jonah, and Dara arriving with her bag.
  • KitThe newest in the village. He arrived a year ago and still waits to be asked in.
  • PriyaNadia's friend for longer than anyone can remember. Notices a lot; says less.
  • NadiaOrganises the Saturday game, and most other things, if you let her.
  • OmarNadia's little brother, and the youngest of the six. Keen on everything.
  • JonahAlways has a joke ready. Not every joke lands the way he means it.
  • DaraKeeps count of everything, and never forgets a detail.

Where the stories happen

  • The high street, paintedThe high street
  • The rec, paintedThe rec
  • The park, paintedThe park
  • The school gate, paintedThe school gate
  • A kitchen at home, paintedA kitchen at home
  • The corridor at school, paintedThe corridor at school
  • The bus stop, in the rain, paintedThe bus stop, in the rain
  • The lunch queue, paintedThe lunch queue

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The whole first story, exactly as it plays in the app, with every line read aloud. Nothing to install, no account, and nothing to type in.

There are three ways it can go. Two turn out well, in different ways; one shows what it costs. Play it again and choose differently.

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The story on a tablet: Dara and Jonah on the high street, and the first line of the story on a pinned card, underlined as it is read aloud. A question screen from the story: What is Jonah feeling? with three answers to choose from: Left out, Angry, Embarrassed.
Two real screens from The Wave.

On its way

Wrenfield: Friends and Fallings-Out is not on Google Play yet. When it is ready it will be, as an Android app, and this page will link straight to it.

For older children, aged 9 to 11, Wrenfield: The Clubhouse follows the same six children three years on.

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