Kids' Storybook

Big type, one idea per page, and room for a picture on every spread — the shape a story needs when it's being read aloud. Write it about the child who's going to read it and the book becomes the present.

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What's in it

"The Snail Who Was Late" — 8 pages, written and laid out:

1. The Snail Who Was Late
2. One
3. Draw Bertie here
4. Two
5. The light coming through the leaves
6. Three
7. I could go faster. But then I would miss the bit where the light comes through the leaves.
8. The End

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