Animals
The pet is usually the best character.
Animals do in a story what children themselves are not allowed to: they run off, they dare, they say what they think. Mira puts the real animal in — with the name it has at home and the habits only you know.
Personal. Really personal.
What makes an animal your animal
Not the breed, but the behaviour. A dog that always lies down in exactly the same spot is more recognisable than ten sentences about its coat.
- the name, and the nickname that is actually used more often
- where the animal likes to lie best
- what it does when someone rings the bell
- the habit the family laughs about
- what it is nót allowed to do and keeps doing anyway
- a photo, so it really looks like them
“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 day the dog was in charge
For one whole day Storm decides what happens. It rains, there is no breakfast, and it becomes the best day of the year.
Who is miaowing in the shed?
A sound that is there in the evening and not in the morning. The cat knows more than it lets on.
The animal hospital in the hallway
When everyone in the house has been a patient once, there turns out to be one patient who really needs help.
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
- Noor, 5
- cat Mouse
- wants to be a vet
- little brother Sem
Mira’s proposal
Noor, Mouse and the night of the injured bird
Mouse brings in a bird that is still alive. Noor makes a box, Sem holds the lamp, and together they wait until it gets light.
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
Works from age 2
Animals are the safest way into a story: even a toddler recognises their own dog in a drawing. For older children the animal can be the very character that ties the knot.
Questions people often ask
Can our pet have the leading role?
Yes. The main character need not be a person. We do recommend putting the child in too — the book is for them, and being in it together works better than only watching.
Does the drawing look like our animal?
If you upload a photo, yes. Mira first makes a drawing of the animal that you approve, and then uses it in every scene — so it does not change colour halfway through the book.
Our animal is no longer with us. Is it still possible?
It is, and it happens more often than you would think. Tell Mira in the field for personal details; she then writes a story in which it is simply there, without making a farewell of it. Unless that is precisely what you want.