Grandmother has renamed all the bedtime stories

saffron_sandal_502323 Oct 2026

Our child asks for a favourite picture book by the title Grandma invented, not the one printed on the cover. Now the rest of us have to guess which book 'The Sleepy Potato King' actually means. Grandma refuses to disclose her naming system. I suppose this is how new folklore begins.

2 comments

mango_pigeon_286923 Oct 2026
I need a list of the alternative titles. Children's literature sounds more exciting in this catalogue.
- saffron_sandal_502323 Oct 2026
  The sequel is apparently 'Angry Spoon in the Rain'. We're still identifying the original.
hazel_kettle_21923 Oct 2026
This is lovely. Sometimes the made-up name is the bit they remember for years.