dream come true?

for years i dreamed of making one, or several children’s books. We used to make up stories as we were walking, quite enthralled with the ideas we made up. Years later i got kids, and the process restarted, mostly as inventing bedtime stories, which gradually grew in scope and depth. So far, it hasn’t resulted in anything, but the thought was reawakened. Indirectly it helped me put together three books make by the pupils in the school leo attends. The pupils all contributed with one story each, and with a drawing (there are 39 students in Leo’s year class, divided in three groups). One of the books actually had our bedtime story as a theme, and it was fun to see what the kids invented.
I haven’t yet gotten around to completing anything of my own, also partly because the amount of very good children stories are so abundant in Scandinavia. But i think i still would like to.
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