turning readers into creators
Storywriters is a 10-month programme for Grades 1 to 5. A new 32-page booklet every month, a Popshelf of 20 Buttercup storybooks in every classroom, author workshops in school, and at month six every child's own story published in a real, illustrated book: name, class and photo on the page. A free copy for every child and for the library, at no additional cost. Story writing is the theme; the skills every school already teaches are the goal.
Book a 20-minute demo → How it worksAI tools now summarise, answer and write in seconds. The thinking a child once did while reading, picturing, questioning, connecting and imagining, is easier than ever to skip. Core academics teach the content. These skills are built by doing.
A new 32-page booklet for every child, every month. Reading closely, picturing scenes, building a plot, writing their own: comprehension, visualisation, logical thinking and creativity, through the child's own story. Each one ends with the child's own story and a self-check.
The Grade 1 booklet and two of its chapter pages.
A Buttercup classroom library that complements the booklets and builds a daily reading habit. 20 storybooks in every section, chosen for creativity, with ready worksheets for every book and the same titles as ebooks and audiobooks. About the Popshelf →
A real Popshelf, in a real classroom.
A Buttercup trainer comes to your school and works with the children. How to structure a story, how to write better, and tips from working authors. Tied to what the children are doing in that month's booklet.
Every child's story, printed with their name, class and photo. Nobody is left out. Proofread, illustrated, 32 pages, retail quality, with a page from the Principal's desk. A copy goes home to every family and to the school library, at no additional cost.
Sample: the published book, retail quality.
Every book opens with a message from your Principal, printed in every copy and taken home by every family. Your school's voice, your words, your photo and your signature, ahead of the children's stories.
Six months of practice, then they hold the result in their hands: a real, illustrated book, the same standard as our bookshop titles. Parents see it at the next PTM. It is the most creative proof a school can give of what it says it teaches.
You still remember the first thing you ever had published. So will they.
Complements any curriculum. Runs alongside your existing English programme. Teacher: hand out, supervise, sign off, 15–20 minutes, two or three times a week. Ten months from April, or shorter from July.
Buttercup Publishing is a UK children's publisher, exhibiting at Bologna, Frankfurt and London every year, with 100+ titles licensed to publishers across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our picture books are known for character-led narrative illustration, digitally hand-painted in watercolour and gouache. The booklets, the Popshelf books and each child's published book come from the same studio and the same editors.
A 20-minute demo at your school: the booklets, a published book, the Popshelf and the workshop plan. We go through early-partner benefits and 2027–28 pricing on the spot. Intake is limited.
