Chapter one. A baby dragon with paper scales and small horns rests its claws on the top of an open book and looks straight at the guest. The pages carry the invitation inside a border of hand-drawn leaves and gold stars, the cover is deep green with gilded corners, and a brass key lies on the velvet below. Let the Magic Begin is pressed in gold across the top of the page.
Finn is turning 6 in bold brown, then November 14, 2 to 4 PM and The Story House in spaced capitals, each on its own line of the page. Put your own reader’s name in. Lines under the name that keep the book idea: “Once upon a time, a child turned six”, “A new chapter” and “Dragons and cake”.
Four to nine, for the child who falls asleep with a book on the pillow. A reading nook of cushions, a dragon-egg hunt with painted stones, a craft table for paper crowns and a cake shaped like a closed book with a sugar dragon on top. Three weeks’ notice.
