Making books

The steps a book goes through between your child pressing "Make it" and the book reaching their shelf, and when a person reads it.

The five questions your child answers to make a book, the extra choices on the first step, and what they see while the book is made.

Why we do not promise a time for a new book, what your child sees while they wait, and the emails that tell you how it went.

What happens when our checks stop a book, when a book cannot be finished, or when a person needs to read it first, and what happens to the books it used.

How to open a finished book's own page, and how to put a book away, bring it back, change the words on a page, ask for a gentler, shorter or simpler page, or have a picture drawn again.

How to tell us that a book your child made went wrong, what happens after you do, and the other ways to reach us about a book.

How to photograph a character your child drew so it can star in their books, what we check before we keep it, and how your child picks it.

How a book your child keeps becomes a series, how a character comes back in a new story, and how to have a new episode made each week.

The seasonal shelves in your child's library, when each one is open and for which ages, and how your child can ask for a seasonal book of their own.

How to choose whether a reader's stories are written in British English, American English or Spanish, and what changes with each.

What each message means when your child cannot start a book, and what you can do about it.

How to make your child a book about something coming up, such as starting school or a new baby, and why it waits for you before it reaches their shelf.

How to choose how a hero looks, from skin tone and hair to glasses, hearing aids and wheelchairs, so your child can be the hero of their books.

How to have a reader's new books made in English and Spanish together, what each language is for, and how the two are read, printed and kept.

What a book made to read together is, who it is offered to, how the two lines on each page work, and what the voice reads.

The folk tales, fables and old books your child can put a book inside, which ages each one is for, and how each is told gently for younger readers.

How two or three of your readers can share one book, who the words are written for, what it uses from your plan and what happens when you take it off a shelf.

What a true book is, where its facts come from, how each sentence is checked, what is on its pages, and who it is offered to.