A personalised superhero book where your child saves the day
Superhero stories are usually about somebody impossibly far away. The useful version, for a small child, is about somebody exactly their size discovering they can do something.
A Storykin superhero book is about the discovery and what your child chooses to do with it — which is almost always helping somebody rather than defeating somebody.
What happens in the story
Something happens that should not
The power arrives by accident, in the middle of an ordinary day, and takes some getting used to.
They practise, badly
The funniest pages in these books are the ones where it goes wrong, which is also the bit that teaches persistence without saying so.
They use it for somebody else
The day is saved for a friend, a neighbour or an animal — never against a villain. There is nobody to be frightened of.
Lines from real superhero books
Every book is written fresh, so yours will not contain these — but this is the voice.
“It happened on a Tuesday, which is not a day anyone expects to be special.”
“The first three tries did not work at all, and the fourth one worked far too well.”
“Nobody saw. That was somehow the best part.”
Questions people ask
Is there a villain?
No. Storykin superhero stories are about discovering an ability and helping somebody with it. There is no fighting and nothing to be scared of at bedtime.
What power does my child get?
It is written to suit the child you describe and the lesson you choose — courage, kindness, trying new things. The power serves the story rather than the other way round.
Will it suit an older child?
Superhero is the theme that stretches furthest up the age range. Seven and eight year olds follow the practising and the choice at the end.
Make one and read it first
It takes a couple of minutes and costs nothing until you decide to keep it.
Create a superhero book