Five Lanterns Press
The Flagship Series

The Little Lights
of Lantern Hollow

Every Little Light shines a little differently. So does every child.

How these books work

One feeling. One word. One page turn.

Pip small and dim against the big dark
01

The feeling shows in the light

Pip glows dim and flickery when he’s scared — the art carries the emotion before a word does.

The keepsake word card: Brave
02

The word turns the page

One little word — "Brave." — steadies the light and moves the story forward.

Pip glowing warm, home with his friends
03

Your child keeps the word

The chant stays after the book closes. It becomes theirs to carry.

The Books

Collect the calm

Cover of Pip and the Dark
the BRAVE book Ages 3–7

Pip and the Dark

A little light who’s afraid of the dark finds one brave word.

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Cover of Ruby's Big Feelings
the BREATHE book Ages 3–7

Ruby's Big Feelings

Ruby feels everything at full volume — until she learns to breathe.

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Cover of Sunny Tells the Truth
the POP! book Ages 3–7

Sunny Tells the Truth

A small fib grows and grows until one honest "POP!" sets it free.

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Cover of Wick’s Heavy Lantern — Wick lighting the Great Lantern at dusk
the REST book Ages 3–7

Wick’s Heavy Lantern

The steady one carries everyone — until the littlest Light teaches him to rest.

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Cover of The Longest Night — the Little Lights gathered around an empty cradle-lantern
the LOVE book Ages 3–7

The Longest Night

A Christian Christmas story about making room for the Light who came near first.

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Meet the Lights

Five little lights, five temperaments

Pip, one of the Little Lights
Pip

The worrier with the biggest heart

Ruby, one of the Little Lights
Ruby

Feels everything at full volume

Sunny, one of the Little Lights
Sunny

Sunshine who bends the truth

Wick, one of the Little Lights
Wick

The steady one who forgets to rest

Littlest, one of the Little Lights
Littlest

Too small to talk, too bright to miss

A note for parents

On the light itself

A gentle word about what these books quietly believe: the light is never earned and never lost — only hidden or shared. Your child already carries it. Our stories just help them find the switch.

“ Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good works. ”
Matthew 5:16
Read a little

Peek inside

The opening spread of Pip and the Dark — every book is illustrated edge to edge like this.

Opening spread of Pip and the Dark — Lantern Hollow glowing at dusk, with the story text on a gold banner
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