Welcome, Brave Adventurer, to the Realm of Fairy Tale Physics!
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You've got access to 50+ resources — books, worksheets, games, activities, and bonus stories. This page helps you find your footing. Browse by age, by topic, or follow the guided path from beginning to end.
The Guided Path
Want to go through everything in a thoughtful order? Follow this sequence. Each item builds naturally on the last. Most of it can be done independently — the optional activities are best done with a parent or helper since they require supplies.
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Newton’s Laws: A Fairy Tale (2nd Edition)
The best place to start. Introduces forces through story.
Practice what you learned
Allora and the Puzzles of Archimedes
Levers, pulleys, and friction — told as an adventure story.
After chapter 2: Ostomachion puzzle printable
After Friction Explorer (optional) Calculating Friction Worksheet
Archimedes Puzzle Book workbook: End-of-book companion. Puzzles and problems to go deeper.
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Gravity: A Fairy Tale
Abigail's Totally Purposeful Definitely Not Accidental or Dangerous Pendulum Adventure
Bonus chapter companion to Gravity.
3D shapes and the inverse square law. An interstellar voyage.
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Interactive math game. Play in browser.
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Light: A Fairy Tale
The Case of the Seven Reflections
Fairy detective optics mystery game. Play in browser.
The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Photon
A physics fable about special relativity.
The Emperor Butterfly's New Clothes
From Physics Fables the book.
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The Sorceress of Circuits Patreon
Interactive electricity game. Play in browser.
Gerald and the Many Unsettling Details
Bonus story about the photoelectric effect
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Sakura and the Many-Layered Sea
A physics fable about density.
Fluid Mechanics: A Fairy Tale (2nd edition) Coming Soon
Clemmm and the Polar Coordinates
A physics fable about math and coordinate systems. A lovely place to end.
Browse by Topic
Teaching a specific unit? Jump straight to what you need.
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Newton’s Laws: A Fairy Tale (2nd Edition)
The best place to start. Introduces forces through story.
Practice what you learned
Allora and the Puzzles of Archimedes
Levers, pulleys, and friction — told as an adventure story.
After chapter 2: Ostomachion puzzle printable
After Friction Explorer (optional) Calculating Friction Worksheet
Archimedes Puzzle Book workbook: End-of-book companion. Puzzles and problems to go deeper.
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Gravity: A Fairy Tale
Abigail's Totally Purposeful Definitely Not Accidental or Dangerous Pendulum Adventure
Bonus chapter companion to Gravity.
3D shapes and the inverse square law. An interstellar voyage.
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Light: A Fairy Tale
The Case of the Seven Reflections
Fairy detective optics mystery game. Play in browser.
The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Photon
A physics fable about special relativity.
The Emperor Butterfly's New Clothes
From Physics Fables the book.
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The Sorceress of Circuits Patreon
Interactive electricity game. Play in browser.
Gerald and the Many Unsettling Details
Bonus story about the photoelectric effect
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Sakura and the Many-Layered Sea
A physics fable about density.
Fluid Mechanics: A Fairy Tale (2nd edition) Coming Soon
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Clemmm and the Polar Coordinates
One of the Physics Fables
Play in browser
Inverse Square Law and 3D Shapes
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More coming soon
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Classic practice problems in a story
More coming soon
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Classic practice problems in a story
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More coming soon
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More coming soon
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Browse by Age
Not sure where to start? Pick an age range and dive in.
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Physics Fables (short stories, one topic each)
The Wayfarer's Scepter · Sakura and the Many-Layered Sea · The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Photon · Clemmm and the Polar Coordinates -
Full Guided Path · Physics Fables ·Fairy Tale Physics books· Adventure Workbooks · Browser games (Scientific Notation Quest)
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Quest Worksheets · Fairy Tale Physics Books· Adventure Workbooks · All games · The full guided path with math