A personalised forest story with your child and the animals
Forest stories are the oldest kind there is, and they work because a wood is somewhere a child can imagine walking into from their own back door.
A Storykin forest book fills that wood with animals who talk, a path that goes further than expected, and a child who turns out to be exactly the right person to help.
What happens in the story
The path goes further than usual
It begins somewhere ordinary and keeps going, which is how every good woodland story starts.
The animals need something
Somebody small is lost, or stuck, or worried, and your child is the one who notices.
They are trusted with something
Forest stories end with the animals treating your child as one of their own, which is a quietly enormous thing to be told at four years old.
Lines from real enchanted forest books
Every book is written fresh, so yours will not contain these — but this is the voice.
“The ferns whispered, though there was no wind at all.”
“A fox sat down in the middle of the path as if it had been waiting all morning.”
“They walked her all the way to the edge of the trees, and then a little further.”
Questions people ask
Are the animals frightening?
No. Every animal in a Storykin forest story is friendly, and there is no predator or chase. The problem to be solved is always a small, kind one.
Can we include a real pet?
Yes, and it is the detail children react to most. Add your dog, cat or rabbit as the companion and it appears throughout the story and the illustrations.
What makes this different from other animal books?
The animals are meeting your child specifically — their name, their hair, their eyes — rather than a generic character the book was printed with.
Make one and read it first
It takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing until you decide to keep it.
Create a enchanted forest book