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Aunt Minty and the House That Keeps Growing: A Fun Adventurous Story for Kids Ages 7-13 about Big Feelings
Paperback
Series: Mindful Stories for Kids
Chapter BooksGeneral Juvenile Fiction
ISBN13: 9789893623749
Publisher: Calma Books
Published: Nov 4 2025
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
On Laurel Street lives Aunt Minty.
Every morning, a new room grows in her house - sometimes a Room of Laughter, sometimes a Winter Garden, sometimes even a little harbor with a boat that sails right out of the wardrobe.
Its attic keeps dreams, its cellar keeps memories, and its heart keeps light.
But one day, the house stops growing. Completely.
Together with the neighbor kids and a philosophical cat named Rosmarinus, Aunt Minty sets off on a journey - not across lands, but inward, into memory.
There, they meet the Memory Dust, letters from old rooms, and the Heart the house has lost.
This is a story about a house that knows how to feel - and about people learning how to listen.
About friendship, gratitude, and the smell of lemon pie on a hard day.
A fairy tale that is, in truth, a gentle metaphor for the inner life of a person.
Told with humor, warmth, and the scent of mint.
This book is a reminder: sometimes, for something to grow again, it doesn't need fixing - it needs warming.
Thank you to everyone who reads and believes in quiet miracles.
May each of you have a Room - a room for laughter, a room for rest, or simply a room for being yourself.
And if after reading you suddenly feel like making yourself a Pause Room, hugging someone just because, or saying, It's okay, I understand -
then Aunt Minty's house has grown a little inside you, too.
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