Father’s Day
A book in which Dad is the hero. Almost.
Every dad has something he always does, and something that never quite works. The children know exactly what. They tell Mira, and she turns it into a story in which Dad and the children have an adventure together — with your house, your Sunday and your jokes.
Personal. Really personal.
What of Dad can go in the story
A dad in a story only becomes recognisable when he does things only he does.
- what Dad is always busy with: the shed, the bike, the barbecue
- the joke he makes every single time
- what you do together on Saturday mornings
- something he cannot do, and the children can
- brothers, sisters, the dog
- a dedication from the children on the first page
“She turned straight back to the first page to find her gran again.”
Emma · Harrogate
Together with Mira
From your world to your story
Tell Mira
Answer a few questions about someone who matters to you.
Mira listens
Mira asks deeper questions and finds the finest moments.
Mira writes
Mira writes a personal story full of detail, warmth and meaning.
See it first
Read the story at your leisure and say what could be different.
Your approval
Only when you are completely happy is it printed.
Your story
Receive the story in the format of your choice.
Sometimes all you need is a small idea
Three directions Mira can take
The boat that stayed afloat
Dad builds everything out of cardboard, but his boats sink. So the children secretly build one for him.
The shed nobody may enter
On Father’s Day the door is ajar, and what is inside is bigger than the shed itself.
Dad’s story does not add up
He tells the same story every evening, and every evening it ends differently. Tonight the children are going to find out how it really goes.
You need not choose. “Let Mira choose” is there too, and your own idea is always welcome.
From your world
What you tell, and what comes out
- Finn, 6
- Dad, Joris
- Dad builds everything from cardboard
- the pond in the park
- Sunday morning
Mira’s proposal
Finn and the boat that stayed afloat
Dad can build anything out of a box, except a boat that stays afloat. So Finn secretly builds one for him, with the lid of the biscuit tin and a sail from Dad’s old shirt. On Sunday morning they put it on the pond together.
An example of what such a proposal looks like. Yours will be about you.
Your story. In the format that suits you.
eBook
from €9.95
Hardcover
from €29.95
Audiobook
from €4.95
Colouring book
from €14.95
Story Movie
Coming soon
In short
- Price
- From €9.95 as an eBook, with a hardcover from €24.95
- Shipping
- €4.95 per order in the Netherlands; eBook and audiobook free
- Delivery
- 3 working days in the Netherlands, counted from the moment you approve the story; eBook and audiobook at once
- The book
- Hardcover of 21 × 21 cm, usually around thirty pages: fourteen scenes, each with a drawing
- Age
- Written for children of about 3 to 8; for a special occasion also about adults
- Characters
- Up to five, the main character included — with or without a photo
- Languages
- Dutch, German, French and English
- Photos
- Not required. A photo is deleted ninety days after you approve the drawing
- Approval
- Nothing goes to the printer before you have read and approved the story
Order in good time
Father’s Day is the third Sunday in June. A hardcover arrives a few working days after you approve the story; the eBook and the audiobook are there straight away.
Questions people often ask
Who plays the lead: Dad or the children?
Both. When you make it you choose one main character — often one of the children — and add Dad as a second character. If you want Dad to play the lead himself, choose him as the main character and the children as who else belongs in the story.
Can it also be for Grandad, or for a father whose children are grown up?
Yes. Choose “for a special occasion” at the start instead of “for a child”. The story is then written for a grown-up reader, with the memories you share.
Can it be funny?
Please. Tell Mira what always goes wrong with Dad; she makes a story of it that he can laugh at himself. If you would rather it moved him, write that down as a message.