For ages 3, 4 and 5
A story that suits someone who is just starting to listen.
Entirely unique
No templates. Your story is always one of one.
Your own characters
People, animals and places from your life play the leading roles.
See it first
Read and look at the story first. Only then do you decide.
Personal & private
Your stories are private. You decide who sees them.
Personal. Really personal.
What Mira can use about a three-year-old
The smaller the child, the more the small things matter. A cuddly toy with a name does more at this age than an adventure with a plot.
- the cuddly toy or the blanket that goes everywhere
- what they love to eat most, and what absolutely not
- the word they made up themselves
- who puts them to bed
- the pet, and what it is really called
- what they are afraid of — and who reassures them then
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 night Bear ran away
The cuddly toy is gone and it is nearly bedtime. A search through the house in which every room gives back something that seemed lost.
Who makes the clouds?
A question a child really asks, and an afternoon of looking for an answer that is lovelier than the right one.
The very longest pavement
From the front door to the postbox is a journey round the world, when you are nearly four and allowed to go alone for the first time.
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
- Fien, 4
- cuddly rabbit Fluff
- loves dancing
- Grandma lives round the corner
Mira’s proposal
Fien and Fluff dance the rain away
When it has rained for three days and Grandma’s garden is under water, Fien decides you might be able to dance the rain away. Fluff dances along, and so does the neighbour.
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
Sixteen to twenty-four pages
Around fifty words per scene, one exciting moment, and on every page something to point at. Longer does not work: a four-year-old drops off at a second twist, however good it is.
Questions people often ask
Does a three-year-old understand that it is about them?
Usually not straight away, and that is precisely the fun. The penny often drops on the second or third reading — at a detail that only exists at home, like the name of the cuddly toy or the word they made up themselves.
Can the story be made without a photo?
Yes. A photo helps Mira make the character look like the child, but you can also just describe what someone looks like. The story is no less for it; the likeness is.
Is there anything Mira does not write about at this age?
Mira writes no scary scenes, no loss and no punishment. Excitement is allowed, but it is resolved within the same page. You read exactly what happens before the book is made, and you can change it.