Personalised book about making friends at nursery

What happens in your child Builds with New Friends

1. Your child says goodbye at the nursery door with a reassuring wave.
2. A basket of wooden blocks catches your child's eye on the rug.
3. A new classmate makes space for your child to add a block.
4. The tall tower wobbles, and the children work out how to make a wider base.
5. After tidy-up time, your child goes home and tells their grown-up about the tower.

How the first page could read

At the nursery door, your child holds a grown-up’s hand and looks inside. On the rug, a basket of wooden blocks waits beside two children building low, careful walls. “Would you like to help?” asks the nursery grown-up. Your child chooses one smooth red block.

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

Why this story works

For a child who is about to meet a new nursery group, this story keeps the focus on one familiar, hands-on activity: building with blocks. Your child does not need to know what to say straight away; a block, a space in the tower and a shared plan give the children something to do together. The story includes the doorway goodbye, an adult nearby, tidying up and coming home, so the nursery day has a clear shape. Personalising the hero from a photo can make the scenes easy to return to before a first day, settling-in visit or childminder session.

Reading it together

• Read the doorway page together and talk about the goodbye you will use at nursery.
• Pause at the tower scene and ask your child which block they would add next.
• After nursery, revisit the final page and invite your child to tell you one thing they built or played with.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Storybook watercolour gives the nursery room, wooden blocks and growing tower a gentle, tactile look. A sidekick idea: a patient block-building classmate. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.