My girls love to read books and especially ones with pictures of our family in them. I was really excited to review the Me book from Twigtale for Charlotte.
Twigtale has great personalized books to help with early childhood transitions like potty training, starting school etc. I decided to review the Book About Me because Leah has a book all about her and Charlotte always asks where she is in the book. Charlotte really loves her book, in fact she sits down and reads it to herself all the time! It is now in our rotation of books for bedtime and naptime. I love that Twigtale has the pages and words all set up and you just find the pictures! What I really like about the personalized books from Twigtale is they have all sorts of books.
” I Use the Potty, Going to Sleep, Learning to Share, Trip to the Doctor” are just some of the titles that you can find. Twigtale books is a great way to help your kids transition into the next big step in life or to help them transition to something big or small. I love that Twigtale lists the type of pictures and how many they are looking for, for each of their books.
“THE SHORT AND SWEET
Carrie and Nishad are childhood friends from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (it’s a long story). They are dedicated parents living in Los Angeles and the co-founders of www.twigtale.com
A FANTASTIC IDEA
When Nishad and his wife Lara’s two year old son (Remi) was having difficulty grasping the concept of his new pre-school schedule, Remi’s teacher suggested putting pen to paper and writing a story to help Remi understand the new routine. Not trusting his own artistic ability, Nishad went online and created a photo book using photos of Remi’s new teachers and classroom, explaining what Remi’s pre-school week would look like. Remi was obsessed with the finished product. He was fascinated by the photos of himself and asked that the book be read to him multiple times a day. Pretty soon, Remi seamlessly transitioned to his new school. He no longer had questions about what he would do in the classroom, or who would pick him up at the end of the day. The photo book had let Remi in on “the plan” and had given him confidence and assurance.
The only problem was creating the photo book online took a lot of time. Nishad wished there were a way to make these books for Remi without having to spend hours on the computer writing appropriate text and choosing fonts, backgrounds, and covers, etc . . .
Thus, the idea for twigtale.com was born.
BUILDING THE COMPANY
Carrie and Nishad worked on developing a website that would allow time-strapped parents to create personalized books. We consulted a number of child development experts, including Allison LaTona, spent hours talking to parents of young kids, and most importantly, and read a whole lot of early Twigtale books to our kids to see what resonated with them.
Along the way, we brought on Bobby Benfield, an e-commerce expert with Shopzilla experience, Andrew Kin, who has a long background in strategy consulting at Bain & Company, and Carolyn Guimbarda, who has an extensive background in marketing, digital media and strategy consulting to continue growing the company. All are parents of young children in Los Angeles. We are also working with Ken Ude who brings 20+ years operational experience running companies, and the wealth of parenting knowledge that comes only from being a father of three and grandfather of four.
Whether to help with a difficult transition, or simply to create a book that will delight your child, we work hard to give you a product that everyone will love.” (Twigtale website)
As a parent of 2 little girls I know how hard some transitions can be. Charlotte still has a really hard time sleeping through the night and Leah was scared to start Kindergarten this year. The Twigtale Personalized Children’s Book is a great way for kids not to be scared anymore and to really get to know themselves!
Please visit www.twigtale.com to order your book today and right now you can get a discount: 10% off any book, use code: TWIG10 at checkout. (expires 6/30/2014)!
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