Wanna know a secret?… We didn’t come up with the idea of putting your child’s name into their own customized children’s book. In fact, when I was six (about twenty years ago), my mother bought a novelty gift that was made by an incredibly modern device (something called a “com-pu-ter”). It inserted my name, age, and city of residence into a story about Santa.
You see, when little Jeff (me) asked Santa to give all the grownups the unselfish give of Time, he rewarded him (me) with a ride on his sleigh delivering presents (and time, I guess). The only problem (besides the lame moral) was that I was a precocious child who thought, “That didn’t happen! I asked for a truck, not Time!” I suspected that some trick was being played on me and read it exactly once (sorry Mom).
The story’s failed use of the past tense (indicating a false history that even a child can see through) inspired our use of the future and present tenses. Our custom kids books say things like, “If she were big, she’d…” or “When Olivia goes to the park, she…”
Also, absent from a book about me… pictures of Me!!! No wait, there I am! Look how handsome!
Here, they got me from my good side!
This book’s lessons were very useful during the development of our own customizable books. Now, your precocious children are guaranteed to cry out, “That’s me!” instead of, ”No way!”
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Wanna know a secret?… We didn’t come up with the idea of putting your child’s name into their own customized children’s book. In fact, when I was six (about twenty years ago), my mother bought a novelty gift that was made by an incredibly modern device (something called a “com-pu-ter”). It inserted my name, age, and city of residence into a story about Santa.
You see, when little Jeff (me) asked Santa to give all the grownups the unselfish give of Time, he rewarded him (me) with a ride on his sleigh delivering presents (and time, I guess). The only problem (besides the lame moral) was that I was a precocious child who thought, “That didn’t happen! I asked for a truck, not Time!” I suspected that some trick was being played on me and read it exactly once (sorry Mom).
The story’s failed use of the past tense (indicating a false history that even a child can see through) inspired our use of the future and present tenses. Our custom kids books say things like, “If she were big, she’d…” or “When Olivia goes to the park, she…”
Also, absent from a book about me… pictures of Me!!! No wait, there I am! Look how handsome!
Here, they got me from my good side!
This book’s lessons were very useful during the development of our own customizable books. Now, your precocious children are guaranteed to cry out, “That’s me!” instead of, ”No way!”
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Su Chin at ParentReviewers.com gave us a glowing review the other day that made us very proud. What is most important for us is not that parents think the book is cute and that using recycled paper is neat; it is whether the kids find magic in their books and whether we are “Making Reading Fun”.
The concept behind personalized children’s books is not a new one. Kids are just crazy about themselves. They think they are just awesome, which is why a book about someone else (like Cinderella or Jack and Jill) is simply not as interesting as one that is about THEM.
When we go one step further and add illustrations of the child, they are “hooked” and suddenly kids who can’t sit still or think that books aren’t as interesting as TV get excited about the wonderful world of reading.
Most touching to us have been testimonials about children who are just learning to read finding the motivation to learn and to be able to “read it all by myself” because of their importance to the story.
So why choose a Personalized Kids Book? Children can relate more readily to them and that can help you convince your budding reader that there are amazing things to be found in books. Sure it’s bit of a trick, like adding chickpeas to your muffin recipe, but it’s good for them!!!
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