TaleForMe
A present for a five-year-old who wants a real adventure
Bigger words, a bigger story, and them at the centre of it.
Five is when children start reading a few words themselves and start caring about what happens next. They want stakes. They want the rocket to actually take off.
So the books we write for five-year-olds are longer, with dialogue, a middle that gets harder before it gets better, and a hero who solves it themselves.
Reading it with them, not just to them
The type is set large and clean, and the sentences are built so a new reader can take a line or two while you take the rest. That shared reading is worth more than any reading scheme.
They will want a second one
Five-year-olds are collectors. Once one book exists with them in it, the obvious next question is what happens next — and a second book with the same character takes a couple of minutes to start.
Questions
Can we make a sequel?
Yes. Duplicate an existing book from your library and change the adventure — the same child, the same look, a new story.
How long is it?
About twenty-two illustrated spreads for this age, plus front and back matter.
Make their book
Five minutes, nothing to pay, and you read the opening pages before you decide.