New brother or sister
Becoming a big brother or sister does not just happen.
A baby changes everything, and for a three-year-old that is hard to take in. A story helps: about them, in their own home, with a part only they can play. Mira builds it around what you tell her — before the birth or after.
Personal. Really personal.
What of your family can go in the story
Children recognise their own house, their own cuddly toy and their own words.
- the baby’s name, or a nickname while there is none yet
- what is already waiting: the cot, the room, the pram
- what your child wants to do for the baby
- the cuddly toy that gets to come to the hospital
- Grandma, Grandad or whoever comes to help
- something your child may know from you, 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
Who lives in the cot?
The cot has been ready for weeks, and every morning there is something different in it.
The biggest job in the house
Someone has to teach the baby everything: where the spoons are, how to stroke the cat and which song is the loveliest.
Two cuddly toys, one bed
The old cuddly toy has to share its spot with a new one, and it has its own opinion about that.
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
- Sem, 3
- becoming a big brother
- baby sister Lotte
- Bob the toy rabbit
- Granny comes to stay
Mira’s proposal
Sem and the rabbit who knew what a baby needed
When baby Lotte comes home, Sem does not quite know what to do. Bob the rabbit does: together they make a list of everything a baby still has to learn, and Sem turns out to be the only one who can explain it to her.
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
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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
Before or after the birth
Before the birth it prepares; afterwards it helps your child find their place. If the name is not settled yet, the baby is simply called “the baby” in the story, or the nickname you already use.
Questions people often ask
Can the baby be in it before they are born?
Yes. A character needs a name, but that can be “the baby” or a nickname. A photo is not needed; you describe how Mira should draw the baby instead.
Which age does this work best for?
Around two to six: old enough to notice that something is changing, too young to put it into words. Mira adapts the length and the words to the age you fill in.
Will it be a story with a lesson in it?
Not literally. If you want your child to take something away — that there is enough love for two, for example — write it down as a message. Mira lets it play a part in the story without turning it into a moral at the end.