Say It In A StoryStory Studio

Example book

Grandad Tom and the Paper Boat Summer

From a family's photos to a finished picture book.

1 · The photos Mum sent

Grandad Tom
Sent by Mum · phone photo
Ciara, 6
After school, in the rain
Biscuit
“He never sits still”

…drawn once, approved, then kept the same on every page →

Character reference: Grandad Tom (72, white beard, round tortoiseshell glasses, tweed cap, moss-green cardigan), Ciara (6, curly auburn bunches, freckles, yellow raincoat, orange wellingtons) and Biscuit, a brown-and-white terrier.

2 · Memory → page

Slide each picture.

The same moment painted in soft sepia watercolour — Lough shore, 1958Grandad as a boy, with his own grandad.

Faded 1958 black-and-white photo of a boy and his grandfather by a lake — Lough shore, 1958Grandad as a boy, with his own grandad.

The same scene as a watercolour page — The puddle by the gate“He folded boats for an hour.”

Phone snapshot of a grandfather folding a paper boat by a puddle with a girl — The puddle by the gate“He folded boats for an hour.”

The birthday painted as a picture-book page — Her 6th birthdayGreen mug for him, orange for her.

Snapshot of a birthday cake with a grandfather and girl raising mugs — Her 6th birthdayGreen mug for him, orange for her.

Grandad and Ciara walking that path, painted — The path between housesCream cottage, pink cottage.

Photo of two cottages along a sandy path — The path between housesCream cottage, pink cottage.

3 · The finished book

Ciara splashes in the puddle as a paper boat sails past; Grandad Tom laughs and Biscuit barks at the tiny waves under an orange-and-teal kite.

Grandad Tom and the Paper Boat Summer

Front cover (1 of 14)

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