The bedtime book must be read from the back now

fig_sandal_27949 Oct 2026

Our preschooler has decided a favourite picture book works better backwards. We begin at the happy ending and slowly explain how everybody got there. I don't know whether it's storytelling or detective work, but the child is completely absorbed.

2 comments

mellow_trail_40209 Oct 2026
That's a clever way to turn a familiar story into a guessing game.
- fig_sandal_27949 Oct 2026
  The reverse edition would save us a lot of page turning.
bronze_trail_58829 Oct 2026
Please don't tell the publisher; they may release a reverse edition.