About Gladnest Studio
We are a small independent publisher of read-aloud picture books and games for children aged 3 to 5, about the small moments that fill a child’s day.
Whysmallmoments?
For a young child, the biggest parts of the day are often the smallest to us: the last minutes before sleep, a sock that won’t cooperate, a toothbrush that has to reach everywhere. Children live these moments every day. A good story can make them lighter for everyone.
Gladnest Studio is a small independent publisher. Every book starts with one routine and one feeling. We keep the words few, so the grown-up reading aloud has room to pause, point and talk.
Four rules we keep.
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One routine, one feeling
Every book starts with a real moment from family life and the feeling inside it: not wanting the day to end, wanting to do it yourself.
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Few words, room to talk
About 200 words per book, so the grown-up reading aloud has time to pause, point and ask.
- 3
The child joins in
Each book has prompts to answer, copy or find, and our games carry the story off the page.
- 4
No scolding
Pip is never told off. He works things out with Dad close by, and every story ends somewhere calm.
Shortstorieswithroomtotalk.
Each book is about 200 words: short enough for a tired evening, with a real beginning, middle and end. The pictures do half the telling, so there is always something to point at.
“Is there something small near you that could use a goodnight too?”
