“When I Grow Up” Personalised Children’s Book

‘The Skinny Monkey’ series
By Mike Molloy

‘When I Grow Up’ by children’s author Mike Molloy, tells the story of when Grandpa came to pick [insert child’s name] up from school one afternoon with great excitement after a special visitor inspired a brilliant afternoon of fun and dressing up.

It’s a story that, rightly so, will help children to imagine themselves living any future life they want to live, be it as an astronaut, a doctor, or a pilot. And to help your child get closer to the story, it features their name as the lead character all the way through the book.

But the magic doesn’t stop there! The book is personalised further because the little person in the book is made to look like your little one, with matching hair colour and style, skin and eye colour.

As with the other titles in the personalised Skinny Monkey series, ‘When I Grow Up’ is a fantastic literary aid for new readers, hesitant readers, and any children with reading difficulties. It is a beautifully written and illustrated book that tackles gender stereotypes head-on.

Additionally a picture and dedication are added to the first page of the book, making it a perfect gift and brilliant keepsake for years to come.

When asked about his reasons for personalising his stories, Mike’s answer is simple. With six children of his own, he is never short of inspiration for his children’s stories.

‘The Skinny Monkey’ series of books has been written to help little people through what can be difficult times in their lives: everything from their first trip to the dentist and first injection, to learning how to deal with bullies at school.

His daughter Ruby, now aged 15, was the original lead character, and his stories were initially written for and about her, to help her through small, possibly worrying occurrences in her life, like going to hospital to have an operation.

Seeing how much they helped Ruby, Mike decided to make the stories available to all children – and make it possible for any child to be cast in the lead role. Each book is personalised so that the story is told from the child’s perspective. The child’s name features on the front cover and throughout the book; they are the star of their own story, accompanied by the ever faithful ‘Skinny Monkey’ on the next big adventure – there’s even a photo of them inside the book.

“It can be scary, when you’re little, to go through what may seem like minor things to grown-ups, so having a story that deals with everything from injections to going to the dentist, is a huge help to any child.

Imagine being given a book that not only has your name in it, making you the star of the story, but the character even looks like you and to top it all off, your photo is inside the book!

Children receiving a book like this will treasure it and read it over and over again; it will never end up in the discarded pile of unwanted ted books in the corner of their bedroom,” says Mike.

There are eight stories in the series, each tackling a potentially challenging moment in a child’s life, or topic Mike feels is important for children to have on their radar, such as ‘it’s ok to be different’. They enable grown-up and child to sit together to read about and ultimately talk about something that will seem a lot less troubling, once discussed out loud.

Mike also strongly believes that by personalising books you not only help a little person overcome a worry or impart an important message, you also give them the gift of literacy, the beginning of a love of books that will set them on a path that will see them experience the joy of a good book for the rest of their lives.

“Having had problems with reading as child I know how awful it is, the teasing, the hiding, the embarrassment; it’s cruel and in this day and age, it’s just so unnecessary. Personalised books given to the smallest of children will spark an interest in books that will never leave them.”

Each personalised book in ‘The Skinny Monkey’ series costs £24.99 and is available from www.personalisedbooks.shop

 
Also available in the series are:

• ‘A Trip to the Dentist’ – Accompanying Grandma on her trip to see Dr Ross, the smiley dentist, was a lovely day out for [insert child’s name] and her Skinny Monkey.
   
• ‘The First Injection’ – A must-read for any little one who might be worrying about an upcoming trip to the doctor’s for an injection.
   
• ‘A New Best Friend’ – Written to bring a bit of happiness to all little children who might be having a bad time and could do with a little friend to hold their hand.
   
• ‘The Big Bully’ – When little [insert child’s name] started her new school everything was lovely until she met Jasmin, the big bully. [insert child’s name] shows everyone that being strong, and kind is always best in the end.
   
• ‘The Litterbugs’ – A heart-warming story of how a trip to the park ended in little [insert child’s name] helping a hurt baby swan and teaching everyone exactly why we should never litter.
   
• ‘The Easter Bunny’ – is a story that deals with kindness and magic at this very special time of the year, it shows that a kind heart and a sweet nature is always repaid by good things happening in return.
   
• ‘The Christmas Wish’ – is a delightful Christmas story that will enchant all those good little children who often put others first. It also shows us how Father Christmas is always watching to see who to put on the good list.

Competition Time!

Mike is giving away three personalised copies of ‘When I Grow Up’ to M&D readers. To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, enter the competition using the widget below, and tell us who would star in your personalised copy and what they would look like.

Closing date: 10^th October 2020

 

 

 

 
When I grow up personalised children’s book

 

T&Cs:

– Prizes subject to availability.
– Competition open to mainland UK and Northern Ireland residents only.
– The competition closes on 10^th October 2020 at midnight.
– You may enter by performing more than one action from the list above.
– We have three personalised copies of ‘When I Grow Up’ to give away. No cash alternatives or substitutes are available.
– The winners will be selected at random from the entries and contacted by email.
– If the winner does not respond within a time frame specified in the winner notification email another winner will be selected. The same rules applies to the newly selected winner, so please check your emails carefully after 10^th October 2020.
– This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Instagram.

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