“There’s no other book out there like it.” (You and Yours BBC Radio 4) I remember, many years ago, receiving a rather different Christmas present from my big brother Malcolm. It was a personalised book called “Wizwam and I in Africa”. It wasn’t a particularly great story and the quality was fairly ropey, but it featured a wacky wizard (Wizwam), …
When my youngest boy Charlie was 5, he came home from school to tell us that the teacher had shut him in a dark cupboard to ‘learn about death’. 😲😲😲 Anyway, after some ‘gentle extraction’, we finally worked out that they had been learning about being ‘deaf’ and ‘blind’ and that the whole class had all gone into a very …
(For Pointless Procrastinating…) Peachy Poetry? A little known form of the genre, invented circa 2019 by the poet (ahem) Alison Reddihough and dedicated to short, mostly rhyming musings about totally random things. And Pointless Procrastinating? Hey, don’t knock it! Pointless Procrastinating is underrated (as is Peachy Poetry). Both are a way to distract ourselves from the humdrum, the Tasks-You-Can’t-Face-Doing and …
(And where can I find one???) “Imagine a story so special About a very unusual friend Where YOU are the star of the story From the start, right to the end. So enjoy this book dear (FIRST NAME) Because it’s written just for you! And given with lots of special love And monster cuddles too!” (Dedication in “The Birthday BOO!”) …
(For a 2 or 82 year old??) “That’s enough!” said (CHILD’S FIRST NAME) (Who’d had enough of the BOOs) “That’s not the surprise That most kids would choose They want (CHILD’S FAVOURITE BIRTHDAY GIFT) A party, friends and cake Lots of fun things To play with and make” (from “Your Child’s Name and The Birthday Boo” personalised book by TickledMoon) …
(or Tickled…Who/What/Why???) A very big welcome to Tickled MoonWe know you’re very smart,So please take a look at our personalised bookCos it’s funny, with a great big heart.Maybe you’ll subscribe to our newsletter,And hopefully you’ll come back soon,As we’ve lots of books and rhymes to comeJust for you, at Tickled Moon. OK. First things first… New company set up, specialising …