For the night before the first bell

First Day of School

A new room, a new teacher, and the same brave child walking in.

A small child with a red backpack holds a grown-up's hand at an open school gate, a brick schoolhouse with glowing windows ahead under the stars

A first school day told from the night before to the walk home: a backpack packed together, a goodbye at the gate, one new friend found, and a grown-up waiting at the end.

What is inside

Eight illustrated spreads, written for one child. Eight pages of story, read aloud in about four minutes.

The six questions take about two minutes. Only the name and age are needed; the rest can be skipped.

If it isn't right, we write it again once, free — or you get a full refund.

Three spreads from another child’s book

Each book is drawn and written for one child alone, so this one will not be yours. Yours opens with your child’s name on the cover, and the Preview shows it before anything is paid.

The night before school, a child in star pajamas and their mother kneel by lamplight packing a red backpack and tucking a paper star into the front pocket — The night before, one paper star went into the front pocket, for luck.

In a warm classroom with paper stars on the wall, two small children draw side by side on the rug while a smiling teacher kneels beside them — A new room, a kind teacher, and one new friend on the rug.

A child asleep and smiling, a red backpack on the bedpost, a crayon drawing of two friends above the bed and a paper star on the nightstand — Home again, asleep, and ready to go back tomorrow.

See it with your child’s name

Story Edition $29, ready in about ten minutes

We never ask for a photograph of your child