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Bindi and Buddy | StoryTime ToolKit™ for Making a Family That Fits
Bindi and Buddy | StoryTime ToolKit™ for Making a Family That Fits
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Description
Description
Some children already know that having a parent and feeling loved by one are not always the same thing.
Bindi knows this too. She is a teacher with a sunny classroom, a shelf full of storybooks, and one more seat at the table. She has always saved room.
When Buddy arrives one spring morning with one sock sliding down and a string cheese he will not let go, Bindi does not ask him to be ready. She simply stands beside him. Day after day. Until the walk to the gate feels like something he can count on.
Pockets of Love is a story about the love that does not arrive with fanfare. It arrives in triangles of toast, in the same answer given again and again at bedtime, in a pocket kept open long before anyone knew it was needed.
This StoryTime ToolKit™ supports children who have known uncertainty, and honors the grown-ups who chose to show up anyway. Not because they were required to. Because they wanted to.
That choice, made small and steady and over and over again, is what family is actually made of.
What’s Inside the ToolKit?
What’s Inside the ToolKit?
Each StoryTime ToolKit™ is intentionally assembled as a complete ritual experience.
Inside you’ll find:
Bindi the Kangaroo Plush Pal (16") with Buddy Tucked In Buddy is nestled inside Bindi's pouch where he belongs. Not removable; always held.
Pockets of Love Storybook A soft-touch paperback about showing up without being asked, and what it means to make a family that truly fits.
Plush Heart A symbol of chosen love, meant to be tucked into Bindi's pouch as a quiet reminder that there is always room.
Plush Pal Promise Certificate Encourages responsibility, identity-building, and meaningful attachment.
Eco-Friendly Fill Soft, sustainable materials designed for mindful cuddles and everyday reassurance.
Who It’s For
Who It’s For
Recommended for ages 3-10.
Designed for families formed through foster care, adoption, or any path where love was chosen on purpose. Equally meaningful in classroom and therapy settings supporting children navigating attachment, belonging, and transitions.
Especially resonant for children who have learned to wait and for the grown-ups who decided to stay. Designed to reflect every family built on purpose, including LGBTQ+ families, blended families, and any home where love was a deliberate, daily choice.
The Story and Its Message
The Story and Its Message
Pockets of Love follows Bindi, a kangaroo teacher, and Buddy, a joey who does not yet trust that good things last. The story moves slowly, the way real trust does: through clipboard jobs and shared apples and the same question answered the same way, night after night.
There are no dramatic rescues here. There is just steadiness. Toast cut in triangles. Rain on the glass. A couch cushion moved a little closer.
This is a story about the love that does not announce itself. It simply finds the open pocket, and stays.
Emotional Skills This ToolKit Builds
Emotional Skills This ToolKit Builds
- Trusting that belonging can be permanent
- Recognizing love in small, repeated actions
- Building felt safety through predictability
- Processing attachment and transition
- Developing identity within a chosen family
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