Gifts by age
A gift for a four year old
Four is the year of the why-questions and the first day at school. A four year old can follow a story with a beginning, a problem and a solution, and mostly wants to be the one who solves it.
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Age-aware
text length follows the age
What works for a four year old
Imagination is running at full speed: a box is a rocket, and whether dragons are real is a serious question. Stories can be bigger than for a three year old, as long as it ends well and the main character is the one who decides how.
Around this age a child starts school, usually the biggest thing to happen all year. A book about that first day, about the knot in your stomach in the playground and about how it turns out fine, arrives at exactly the right moment.
Four is also when the birthday itself becomes an event: the child counts down the days. A present from grandparents in which the child is the hero holds its own next to the toys everyone else brings.
What we would skip: a lot of text per page. A four year old likes listening but mostly looks. The picture should carry the story; the text can stay short.
Different child, different age?
What a child can handle, and enjoys, changes with every year.
Gift for a 3 year old
What changes at that age, and which story fits it.
Gift for a 5 year old
What changes at that age, and which story fits it.
Gift for a 6 year old
What changes at that age, and which story fits it.
Gift guide
Every occasion in one place: birthdays, goodbyes, holidays.
Examples
Real books that were actually made, not mock-ups.
What is the gift for?
Pick the occasion and a fitting story is waiting in the form. You enter the age there, so the length and tone move with it.
The best birthday
For a birthdayA day that starts with balloons and ends somewhere else entirely.
Choose this occasion 2Thank you, teacher
For saying goodbye to a teacherA book to give to the person who made the difference all year.
Choose this occasion 3Ready for secondary school
For leaving primary schoolYears in one school, and then you are outside with your bag.
Choose this occasion 4The first day at school
For starting schoolNew bag, new class, and a knot in your stomach.
Choose this occasion 5The certificate you earned yourself
For a certificate or first achievementNobody can do this bit for you.
Choose this occasion 6The Christmas that went differently
For ChristmasSnow, candlelight, and something that should not be there.
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A book for dad
For Father’s DayAbout the things he does and never mentions.
Choose this occasion 8A book for mum
For Mother’s DayA whole day of pretending to be the mother.
Choose this occasion 9Staying at grandma and grandad’s
For grandparentsDifferent rules, a different bed, and the best stories.
Choose this occasion 10Get well soon
For someone who is illA book for anyone who cannot go outside for a while.
Choose this occasionOr write your own story
Know something only this child has: a soft toy, a habit, a running joke? Write it down in a few sentences and that becomes the book.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the difference from a book for a three year old?
Sentences get longer, more can happen and the story is allowed real tension. Where a three year old gets most out of something familiar, a four year old can follow an adventure that plays out further from home.
Which story suits a four year old?
The first day at school, a dragon who does not dare, or a map found in the attic. You pick the occasion on this page; the story itself can be rewritten in the form.
How does the book know how old the child is?
You enter the age when you make it. Sentence length, word choice and how the child is drawn all move with it: a three year old gets shorter sentences than a six year old, and looks genuinely younger on the illustrations.
What does it cost and how quickly does it arrive?
Making the book and viewing the full preview is free. As a premium hardcover it is printed after your approval and delivered within eight working days. The current price is at the top of this page.
What if the book is not what I hoped for?
Then you do not order it. You see the complete book in a free preview before anything is printed, and you can adjust text and illustrations until it is right.
Make the gift
Pick an occasion or write your own story. You see the whole book before anything is printed.
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hardcover, 21 x 21 cm