Guides for reading grown-ups
What we have learned about getting a small person to sit through a whole book, and how to judge a personalised one before you order it.
Short bedtime stories: what to do on the nights you have nothing left
A three-minute book that both of you enjoy beats a twenty-minute one nobody finishes. How to make short reading time count, from a parent who often only has short reading time.
Read it →Why your toddler skips pages (and what to do about it)
Toddlers do not skip pages because they dislike reading. They skip pages because nothing on that page belongs to them yet. Here is how to fix it.
How StoryPals works, from a name to a printed book
A walkthrough of making a personalised picture book with StoryPals: the brief, the story, the illustrations, editing every page, and printing.
What to look for in a personalised book, age by age
Word counts, story shapes and formats that suit children at 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-9, so the book you order actually gets read.
AI-illustrated children's books: what to look for and what to avoid
How to tell a carefully made AI-illustrated book from a bad one, covering character consistency, text on pictures, print quality and photo privacy.
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