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Starting school

A book that gives courage for the first day of school

Butterflies before starting school? A story where the child gets through the first day gives courage. The child finds the classroom, makes a new friend and goes home proud, and the book can be read again every evening the week before.

Create the gift
1

Make the main character personal

Enter a name and details and upload photos, so that the pictures are drawn from your photos and your child recognises themselves.


2

A story just for you

Your choices become a tailor-made story. Choose the plot and style to suit your child's interests.


3

Read and fine-tune

The eBook is ready straight away for $9.99. Change the text and pictures until you are happy, then order the hardback book for $54.99.

Make your personalised picture book

Choose a story, upload a photo and watch the book take shape in a few minutes.

Examples

Real books made with the service, in different styles and themes. Browse and see how they turned out.

Photos used

The cover of Elias, Glöd and the Bridge That Had to Be Rebuilt

The story's choices

  • Title: Elias, Glöd and the Bridge That Had to Be Rebuilt
  • Age: Ages 6–9
  • Theme: Fairy tales & magic
  • Topic: Knights and dragons
  • Style: Comic book
  • Font: Life Savers
  • Characters: 2

Photos used

The cover of Selma and the Northern Lights

The story's choices

  • Title: Selma and the Northern Lights
  • Age: Ages 6–9
  • Theme: Activities
  • Topic: A train journey
  • Style: Soft anime
  • Font: Alegreya
  • Characters: 3

Photos used

The cover of Nora and the Heart Spruce

The story's choices

  • Title: Nora and the Heart Spruce
  • Age: Ages 6–9
  • Theme: Activities
  • Topic: The forest
  • Style: Gouache
  • Font: Quicksand
  • Characters: 2

Create a unique book for every child

The eBook for $9.99, ready in a few minutes

Order the hardback book straight after the eBook

26 pages of text and full-page pictures

Change the text and pictures afterwards

Write the book in 37 languages

Up to five characters in the story

Colouring pages made from the book's pictures

The story read aloud as an audiobook

When the new feels big

The first day of school is one of the big steps. Many children look forward to it and are nervous at the same time. A story where the child walks through the school door, says hello to the teacher and finds a new friend makes the unknown a little more familiar. Choose the message courage or friendship, and tell us about the school, the class or what the child is worried about, and it is taken up in a way that suits the child's age.

Themes that give courage

Choose the Starting school theme, a theme about confidence or a book idea such as First Day at School.

Would you like to see a finished book before you decide? Browse our example books.

Starting school: a gift that lasts

Read the book together the week before school starts, and the first day will already feel a little familiar.

A book to read yourself

For children who are starting to read, the book can become one of the first they read on their own. Choose the age 6–9, and the text is written with a little dialogue and a challenge the child can manage. See the prices for the eBook and the hardback book.

A memory of the big step

Write in the foreword what you wish for the child in the school years. In a few years the book is a memory of what it was like to be five or six and stand at the school gate for the first time.

Remind me before the birthday

Not quite yet? We e-mail you two to three weeks before the child's birthday, in time for a printed book. Once a year, nothing else.

You turn the reminder on in the e-mail we send. We keep only the address and the date, see the privacy policy.

Questions about the gift: Starting school

Yes. Tell us in the form about the school, the teacher or the friends, and it is woven into the story.

For most children starting their first year of school, 3–5 or 6–9 suits, depending on how much text the child can listen to.

Yes. Choose a message such as courage or friendship, and describe what the child is worried about. The story takes it up gently.

The eBook is ready in a few minutes. The hardback book takes one to two weeks.