Personalised train holiday book for child: your child's Big Train Holiday

What happens in your child's Big Train Holiday

1. Your child arrives at the busy station with a little bag.
2. A helpful grown-up finds the right platform and carriage.
3. Your child chooses the window seat as the train pulls away.
4. Fields, bridges and coastal birds appear beyond the tracks.
5. Your child arrives by the sea, ready for the holiday to begin.

How the first page could read

Your child held a small bag tightly as the station roof hummed overhead. There were rolling suitcases, clicking signs and a train waiting beside the platform. “Window seat?” asked the grown-up. Your child nodded, ready to watch the world glide by.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

This personalised train holiday book for child gives your child a clear, concrete travel sequence: arriving at the station, finding the carriage, settling into a window seat and noticing each new view. For ages 2–6, repeated train details such as tickets, doors, seats, tracks and passing fields give grown-ups easy things to point out and talk about. The destination matters, but the heart of the story is the ride itself: waiting, watching and spotting the sea at the end of the line. Made from one photo of your child, their face becomes part of the 15 illustrated story spreads.

Reading it together

• Read the station pages before a train trip and let your child point to the platform, ticket and window seat.
• Pause at each changing view and ask your child what they think the train might pass next.
• Pack the book for the journey and revisit the window-seat page while travelling.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft storybook watercolour gives the passing countryside, coastal light and sea views a gentle sense of movement. A sidekick idea: a tiny seagull who appears beside the tracks. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.