Rumple and Stilt's Kin -- The Bedlam University Collection, Volume 1

Once there were two sisters, Rumple and Stilt, who played together happily in their own little world. (And peacefully, for the most part, except for occasional civil wars with their brothers). They named this world Bedlam, and in it lived their Kin.

(If you read the front cover, you might be catching on.)

In reality, our Kin, also known as Bedlamites, were just toys. But in the world of our imagination, they became real live characters, complete with voices, personalities, and big attitudes. We made them go to school like us, annoy each other as much as we did, and do things we couldn’t, like have superpowers and visit restaurants full of ice-skating penguins.

Now, we never got the memo that we were supposed to grow out of playing with stuffed animals. Rather, we realized that if we didn’t record the goings-on of Bedlam, we might forget them entirely. So we grabbed our pens and papers and set about recording the Bedlamite's adventures.

And the rest is history. Now, children from ages one to one hundred can curl up in their own beds and join the fun at Bedlam University, in which Baby Tiny is adorable, Blue Bear is pathetic, Koko Pasta is disgusting, Trickster is frustrated, Windy is practical, Baby Bear is ditsy, Mary is sassy, Josiah is exhausted, Pasta is the brunt of all the jokes, and Teacher tries to keep it all under control (and fails miserably).