For Starting School
A Personalized Book for Starting School
Send a child into a first day of school with a book that makes the big new step feel familiar, warm, and theirs.
A big first day, made a little less big by a story of their own.
The first day, rehearsed in a story
A first day of school is a brave thing. A book lets a child walk through it first in a story, with themselves as the character who is going to be just fine.
Familiar faces for an unfamiliar day
The family is in the book too: the people who pack the bag and wait at the door. The new day is wrapped in the safety of home.
Their courage, their adventure
We frame school not as a worry but as an adventure the child is ready for, because in the book, they already did it.
Ideas to Start With
Every book begins with a moment. Here are a few to spark yours.
My First Day
Morning to home time, the whole brave day as a warm, reassuring story.
Who I Will Meet
A gentle look ahead at teachers and new friends, so none of it is a surprise.
Home Is Still Here
A reassuring story about the family that waits all day and is so glad to hear about it.
Your book begins set to this occasion, with these ideas as starting points. You can change anything.
Take a Look Inside a Finished Book
Every page is written and illustrated, and the same characters carry through the whole book. Read a real one, cover to cover, before you start your own.
Read The Big Trip with Mimi and PapaMake a Book for the First Day
It takes a few minutes to begin, and you can watch the book come to life.
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