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Small footsteps. BIG adventures.

Where leaves hold clues and apples gleam,
step inside a storybook dream.

Two stories by Dr. Bam.
A whole world of “what if?” waiting inside.

Find your adventure Take a little peek
Follow the path
Pick a path. Turn a page.

Every adventure starts
with a little wonder.

An apple out of reach.
A leaf with a missing piece.
Which story will you step into?

Rumble gazes up at an apple in a woodland tree
A big idea begins here
Adventure 01 · by Dr. Bam

The Deer
and the Apple

One apple. One very tall tree.
One deer with a very big idea.

Rumble can see the apple. Reaching it is another story. When Chuckles and Cackles laugh, giving up would be easy—but Rumble has a different plan. Sticks, leaves, rocks… and the courage to try again.

What’s waiting in this story?

A story about wanting something, hearing doubt, and finding your own way forward. Rumble’s adventure turns “not yet” into a reason to think, build, and try once more.

Can a little ingenuity lead to something delicious?

Try this after reading

Ask your little inventor: “What would you try next?” Gather a few everyday objects and dream up a new solution together.

A conversation prompt for families visiting this website.
Andy investigates a green heart-shaped leaf with a smooth cut at its edge
A tiny mystery. A hidden world.
Adventure 02 · by Dr. Bam

Who Cut
the Leaf?

A leaf is missing a piece.
Andy is missing an answer.

This cut is different: smooth, neat, and puzzling. A hungry caterpillar? A slippery snail? A spring-loaded grasshopper? Follow Andy through the garden, past curious clues and unexpected turns, toward a discovery tucked out of sight.

Follow the mystery

A clue-filled garden adventure where looking closer changes everything. Andy follows a trail of possibilities, takes a breath, and ventures into a hidden corner of Bamtopia—where the answer is only the beginning.

Who made that cut… and what could they need it for?

Beyond the story

The back matter introduces snittle, a verb for neat leaf cutting, and the real bee science behind Miss Mittle’s surprising work.

Peek at the little wonders ↓
Andy investigates a green heart-shaped leaf with a smooth cut at its edge
Look closer.
There’s a world
down here.
This is Bamtopia

A little paradise.
A whole world
of wonder.

Green lawns, graceful trees, quiet paths—and little mysteries waiting in the garden. Welcome to Bamtopia, a beautiful paradise where curious characters find unexpected adventures.

A rustle, a riddle, a hop, and a hum.
Look a little closer. The adventure’s begun.

RumbleThe one who tries again ↗AndyThe one who looks closer ↗
For curious children & their grown-ups

The last page?
Just the beginning.

Peek beyond Who Cut the Leaf? into its words and real-world bee science.
These peeks reveal a little of the mystery. Tap when you’re ready.

01 · A word to discoverWhat’s a
snittle?Lift the leaf

Say it: SNIT-uhl.

Snittle is a verb for cutting neat little pieces from a leaf’s edge. The book’s dictionary entry lets this little word have its own big moment.

A word to say. A cut to spot.
A little leaf can teach a lot.

02 · A hidden purposeA leaf…
or a nursery?Peek inside

A leafcutter bee can use cut leaf pieces to wrap and line the little cells where young bees develop.

Inside a cell: a pollen-and-nectar meal and a tiny egg. Miss Mittle’s work opens a window into a real bee’s hidden world.

Not just a missing piece.
A piece with a purpose.

03 · Look a little closerWhere does
the pollen go?Find the surprise

Female leafcutter bees carry pollen in special hairs on the underside of their abdomen.

It’s a surprising place to look—and a little detail that makes watching a bee even more interesting.

Look underneath. What can you see?
A different way to be a bee.

A website peek at the book’s dictionary entry and Miss Mittle’s bee science.

The storyteller behind the world

A little imagination.
A whole Bamtopia.

Dr. Bam is the author of The Deer and the Apple and Who Cut the Leaf?, and the creator of Bamtopia.

From Rumble’s next big idea to Andy’s next small clue, these stories invite children to keep trying, keep wondering, and see what a little curiosity can uncover.

Let’s turn a page
There’s always another wonder

Leaf by leaf.
Page by page.

Follow a feeling. Follow a clue.
There’s a little adventure waiting for you.

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