A thank-you present for the teacher, with your child and their nursery in the story

A thank-you that says more than flowers

Their teacher has been there every morning: at the gate, at circle time, in the sandpit when something got broken. A personalised children's book makes her part of your child's story. Your child is the hero, and the teacher is on every single spread, with her songs, her jokes and her way of making everything all right. Choose the theme Thank you, teacher, and the book is about an ordinary day at your nursery that turns a little bit magical.

How the teacher gets into the book

Describe the teacher in words – her hair, her glasses, the clothes she always wears – and she is drawn from your description. A photo works too, if the teacher has said yes herself. Add the nursery's name, your child's room, the songs you sing and the things the teacher always says to your wishes for the book, and the nursery in the story is yours and nobody else's.

Would you like to see a finished book before you decide? Browse our example books.

From the whole group

If several families want to give the present together, one parent makes the book, with their own child as the hero or with up to five children as characters, each with their parents' permission. The others help with the foreword, and you share the cost. The A4 hardback can stay on the room's bookshelf for years to come; see the prices.

For the end of the year or for Christmas

Most families thank the teacher at the end of the year, or when their child leaves nursery to start school; then a book about starting school could be the next one. For Christmas, a story where the teacher and the children get ready for Christmas at nursery fits well. The eBook is ready a few minutes after you pay, and you order the hardback once you are happy with it.