Tonight's story is about them.
Twelve facts from you: the toy, the friend, the worry, the funny thing they say. A bedtime story with your child as the hero, about 900 words, $29, in 1 day.
Write theirsAlso £24 incl. VAT · A$45 · C$39 · decorated A5 PDF, read aloud in ten minutes
Not “once upon a time.” The rabbit with one short ear.
Shop storybooks swap in a name. This one is built from the things only your family knows.
“Theo, 4. Loves diggers and the ducks on the canal. Grey rabbit called Mr Buttons, one ear shorter (washing machine). Best friend Priya, they build duck hotels. Scared of the dark bit of hallway. Says ‘actually’ at the start of everything, calls the moon the night light. Grandma Jo makes flapjacks. No monsters, nothing sad.”
A duck in a yellow safety helmet knocks on Theo's window: the night light has fallen in the canal and the ducklings cannot sleep. Theo takes the torch Grandma Jo sent, walks eleven steps through the dark bit, drives the yellow digger to the lock, scoops out the moon and dries it with Mr Buttons until it glows. Five chapters, his door open a hand's width at the end.
Sample: Theo and his family are made up. Every real story is written only from the answers you send.
Twelve answers. One day.
Tell us about them
Twelve short questions on this page: name, age, what they love right now, the comfort toy, the friend, a worry, the thing they say, the bedtime routine, who should appear.
We write the story
About 900 words in five short chapters, your child as the hero, gentle and a bit funny, the worry handled kindly. Nothing you asked us to avoid.
Read it tonight
A decorated A5 PDF: cover with their name, the story, a line from you at the front. Read from a tablet or print it on card and ribbon the spine.
$29
- One story of about 900 words, five chapters, your child as the hero
- Written only from your twelve answers; the worry handled kindly, nothing you asked us to avoid
- Decorated A5 PDF with their name on the cover and your line inside
- Within 1 day of payment. One free round of changes. Late means your money back.
Also £24 incl. VAT · A$45 · C$39 · UK or US spelling, you choose
Read a whole one first.
“Theo and the Night Light”: Hannah's twelve answers, the five chapters and the PDF, exactly as a real order arrives.
Read the sample story PDFTell us about them.
Twelve short answers. You get an order code at the end, then pay by card at the checkout and the day starts.
Questions
How long is the story?
About 900 words in five short chapters, which reads aloud in eight to ten minutes. The PDF is A5 (or half US Letter): a cover page and six or seven story pages, decorated with stars and a moon, no pictures of people.
Is anything made up?
The adventure is invented; that is the point of a story. Every fact in it comes from your twelve answers: the name, the age, the toy, the friend, the grandparent, the worry, the words they say. We never add a real detail you did not give us, and we avoid whatever you ask us to avoid.
Can I have it printed?
We send a print-ready PDF only. A5 prints two pages to a sheet of A4 at home or at any print shop; most parents print it on card and staple or ribbon the spine, or read it from a tablet.
Already sent the form? Pay at the checkout: $29 · £24 · A$45 · C$39, then put your code in the box. Questions first? memorycrossword@mail.tab.bot
Want a crossword about them instead? Memory Crossword, $39, for the grown-ups.