New shoes, a packed bag, and a gate that has to be walked through alone.
Ages 2-6
From $16.90
For mum, from her son
A book for Mum, from her son
He is the hero, Mum is in the story with him, and the dedication is in his voice.
The child is the hero of the story. Mum is in it with them, and the dedication is written in the child's voice.
What makes a book work as a gift for mum
The books that land with a mother are the ones that give her back a moment she was too busy living to notice. Choose the story around a routine rather than an event - the bedtime chair, the walk to school, the summer that ran together - because the routine is the thing she will miss first. Your child is the hero and she is in the story with them, which is the part that makes it hers rather than another gift.
A dedication in the child's voice
For Mum. You are the one I look for first. Love, your boy.
The dedication is page one of the printed book - the first page mum opens.
One practical tip
Pick the photo of her that she likes, not the most recent one. She has to look at it every time the book is opened.
Before you choose
Two quite different presents are sold under this phrase - a book about her, and a story her child stars in with her in it - and the thing that separates them is that she is the one who will be reading it aloud: why the child has to want it too
Stories with a grown-up in them
The house is louder, the days are different, and your child is suddenly the big one.
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A morning of waiting by the window, and then the doorbell starts and does not stop.
Ages 2-8
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A folded note, an old key, and a whole family that agrees to follow it.
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Free preview before you pay Add mum as a second person, with their own photo Ships straight to them
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All giftsCommon questions
Who is the hero of the book — mum or the child?
The child. Her son is the hero on every page, drawn from a photo you upload, and mum is in the story beside them. The dedication is written in the child's voice. If you are looking for a book where the grown-up is the main character, this is not that book.
Can mum be drawn in too?
Yes. Add them as a second person and upload one clear photo of them, and they are illustrated alongside the child on the pages where the story puts them together. You confirm you have their permission to use the photo.
Can I see it before I pay?
Yes - the cover and the whole of chapter one, free, with the faces already drawn. You only pay if it looks like them.
Can more than one child be in it?
Yes. Add each child as their own person with their own photo, and the story is written to hold them all - that is what the family stories are for.
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Put the child on every page, and mum in the story with them.