Benji and the Cliffside Crew
Where to Start
Each Benji story is complete on its own. Read in any order. Here's what we suggest.
Each story stands alone
Benji and the Cliffside Crew is not a series in the sense of “read Book One before Book Two.” Each story is a self-contained kids’ storybook. New reader? Open any one of them.
If you want to meet Benji first
Start with The Day Benji Chose Them. It is the origin story. It is the only one we recommend reading first if you have never met the crew before.
After that
Read in the order they appear on the stories page, or skip around by what catches your eye — a school fair, a mango tree, a missing goat, a bakery break-in, a tourist who got lost. Each story is built so that you can come into the world clean and leave it understanding more than you did before.
For parents and read-aloud
Stories are 1,500–2,000 words. Comfortable bedtime length. Good for one sitting, or two if the reader is small. Some stories have a touch more tension than others — the Fire on the Hill, the Midnight Visitor, the Empty House — pick what feels right for the listener.
For classroom use
A discussion guide is in the works. For now, every story is built around a small question of right and wrong, a small moment of seeing what an adult missed, and a small act of repair. Choose any story and ask afterwards: what did Benji know that the grown-ups didn’t, and why?