Story-led activity books · Ages 5–7 · Game nights for grown-ups

Made for the moment you need it.

A six-year-old stops at the airplane door. Not because of the plane. Because nobody said what happens after it. Every Mika & Pip book walks through one real day in the order it happens, weeks before it happens, so the first time feels like the second.

For grown-ups: game nights for the reply you’ve owed since March.

28 books7 series46 missions in every Mika & Pip book0 screens

The books

Pick the day that’s coming up

Each book covers one day, start to finish: the packing, the waiting, the part in the middle nobody warns you about, and the ride home. Tap a cover to see the missions. The first books are on Amazon now; for the rest, get one email the day each one arrives.

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Holiday Missions · Book 1

My First Santa Visit Mission

On Amazon now

For the long line, the big armchair, and a hello on their own terms.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the waiting line to a friendly wave

For
Kids 5–7 before a visit to Santa at a holiday event
Use it
At home the week before, then in line on the day
  • Every hello counts: their own chair, standing close, a wave from Dad's side, or a high five
  • A photo is always optional. No laps, no posing, no “naughty or nice.”
  • Wish pictures, a meeting plan, and talk cards to color and bring
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Holiday Missions · Book 2

My Holiday Gathering Mission

On Amazon now

For twenty relatives, one loud living room, and a quiet corner.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the family picture chart to the ride home

For
Kids 5–7 before a big family meal at Grandma and Grandpa's
Use it
The week before, then at the gathering
  • Every hello counts: a wave, a spoken hello, a high five, or a hug they choose
  • At the table, familiar food is welcome and nobody has to clean a plate
  • A quiet kit, a quiet corner, and talk cards for a break
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Holiday Missions · Book 3

My First Holiday Show Mission

On Amazon now

For the bright lights, the class song, and the word that slips away.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the first practice to the final bow

For
Kids 5–7 before their first school winter show
Use it
During practice weeks, then on show night
  • If a word slips away: listen, hum, stand quietly, or join again
  • Mika is one of the group, never the star. The costume always shows the face.
  • My part in the show, a show plan, and a pickup spot to find Dad
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Travel Missions · Book 1

My First Flight Mission

On Amazon now

For the weeks before a child's first flight.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from packing day to landing

For
Kids 5–7 flying for the first time
Use it
At home before the trip, then at the airport and on the plane
  • Follows the real order of a flight: packing, check-in, security, boarding, takeoff, the window view, and landing
  • Mazes, matching, seek-and-find, picture sudoku, dot-to-dot, and calm-down pages
  • A feelings meter and a first-flight certificate
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Travel Missions · Book 2

My First Road Trip Mission

On Amazon now

For the first long drive, and the back seat along the way.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from packing day to Grandma's house

For
Kids 5–7 on their first long car trip
Use it
At home, then in the car and at rest stops
  • Road Trip Bingo, Alphabet I-Spy, a window tally and an "Are we there yet?" tracker
  • Many missions use the real view out the car window
  • Winding-road and hill breathing pages for the long middle of the drive
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Travel Missions · Book 3

My First Camping Trip Mission

For the first night in a tent at a campground.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the gear list to a night under the stars

For
Kids 5–7 before their first tent night
Use it
While planning and packing, then at the campsite
  • "Look, draw, leave it": a nature notebook instead of taking things home
  • Safety as play: grown-ups handle the fire and the sharp tools
  • A star count, a make-your-own constellation and a night-sounds match
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Travel Missions · Book 4

My First Hotel Stay Mission

For check-in, elevators, and the first night in a hotel room.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from check-in to check-out

For
Kids 5–7 before their first hotel stay
Use it
At home while planning, then in the hotel
  • Simple rules for elevators, doors and the pool, as check-and-X pages
  • Design your own key card and door hanger
  • A "Which floor?" elevator counting page
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Travel Missions · Book 5

My First Snow Day Mission

For cold fingers, a gentle hill, and the walk back inside.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the first flake to warm again

For
Kids 5–7 before their first real snow day
Use it
When snow is in the forecast, then on the day itself
  • Getting dressed in order: six layers, one step at a time
  • The sled hill the gentle way: seated, feet first, a grown-up close
  • Talk cards for “pause” and “my mittens are wet”
Cover of My Grandparents' House Mission

Home Missions · Book 1

My Grandparents' House Mission

On Amazon now

For a first stay of a few nights at Grandma and Grandpa's.

What's inside

Screen-free missions for a first stay at Grandma and Grandpa's

For
Kids 5–7, and grandparents looking for a welcome gift
Use it
1–4 weeks before the visit, then during the stay
  • Keepsakes to keep: "All about Grandma", "All about Grandpa" and an "Our recipe" card
  • Honest pages about missing home, like counting the sleeps until Dad is back
  • A tic-tac-toe game to play together
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Home Missions · Book 2

My Moving Day Mission

From the big news to the first night in a new room.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the big news to the first night in a new home

For
Kids 5–7 moving to a new home
Use it
From the day you share the news until the first night
  • Mika's star box: design a box label, then find it in the new home
  • A memory box, a postcard to the old street, and a first-night snapshot
  • Pages for mixed feelings about leaving and arriving
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Home Missions · Book 3

My New Neighborhood Mission

For the first weeks in a new town, new streets and new friends.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the first walk around the block to feeling at home

For
Kids 5–7 settling in after a move
Use it
The first weeks in the new home
  • Calm street-safety routines: stop, breathe, look, listen
  • No-pressure friendship pages: ways to say hello, "Yes, maybe, not yet"
  • Draw your own neighborhood map. No page asks for an address.
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Home Missions · Book 4

My Big Sibling Mission

For the big news, the first hello, and the Dad time that stays.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the family news to Dad time

For
Kids 5–7 before a baby joins the family
Use it
From the day you share the news through the first weeks
  • A first hello they choose: a wave, soft words, or watching from the sofa
  • Helping is optional, and “not now” is a complete answer
  • Written for birth, adoption, fostering and blended families
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Home Missions · Book 5

My First Sleepover Mission

For the invitation, a different front door, and a bedtime far from home.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the invitation to pickup time

For
Kids 5–7 before a first sleepover at a friend’s house
Use it
When the invitation comes, then packed in the overnight bag
  • Staying the night, a late-over, or going home early: every ending counts
  • Talk cards for “I’d like to call Dad” and “A quiet minute, please”
  • No page asks for an address or a phone number
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Everyday Missions · Book 1

My First Dentist Visit Mission

For the first checkup a child will remember.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the waiting room to a sparkly smile

For
Kids 5–7 before a dental checkup
Use it
At home in the weeks before, and the day before
  • Meet the people and tools: the big chair, the light, the tiny mirror
  • Ways to talk to the team: raise a hand, ask, thumbs up, slow breath
  • A 7-day brushing chart and "design your sticker"
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Everyday Missions · Book 2

My First Haircut Mission

For the buzz, the cape, and the red car chair.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the red car chair to a fresh new cut

For
Kids 5–7 before a salon or barbershop visit
Use it
At home a few days before, and the day before
  • Talk cards to color and bring: "Pause, please" and "What comes next?"
  • New sounds: SNIP, BUZZ, WHOOSH, SWISH
  • "My hair today" and "My fresh cut" drawing pages. Every kind of hair is celebrated.
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Everyday Missions · Book 3

My First Baking Mission

For a first bake with a grown-up, from clean hands to sharing.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from clean hands to a shared muffin

For
Kids 5–7 baking with a grown-up for the first time
Use it
Before baking day, then on the kitchen table while you bake
  • "Mika or Dad?": clear kid jobs, and every hot job for the grown-up
  • Measuring, clean-hands order, and "Lumpy is lovely"
  • Decorate your muffin, a blank recipe card for your family's own recipe, and a certificate
  • Not a cookbook: use your own trusted recipe
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Everyday Missions · Book 4

My First Doctor Checkup Mission

For the height chart, the stethoscope, and the funny knee tap.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the waiting room to the knee tap

For
Kids 5–7 before a yearly well-child checkup
Use it
At home 1–3 weeks before, and the day before
  • Meet the tools: the stethoscope, the little light, and the height chart
  • Words to ask, point, and pause, plus "My checkup questions" to bring along
  • No needles shown, and no promises that nothing will feel new
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Everyday Missions · Book 5

My First Swim Lesson Mission

For the swim bag, the changing room, and one water step with the teacher close by.

What's inside

Screen-free missions from the swim bag to the shallow end

For
Kids 5–7 before a first group swim lesson
Use it
In the week before, then in the swim bag on lesson day
  • Watching first and sitting at the edge both count
  • The instructor always stays within reach, in the shallow end
  • No promise that a child will swim by the end
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Game Nights · Book 1

Errand Night

On Amazon now

For the small tasks that keep renting space in your head.

What's inside

The Get It Done Together Game

For
Adults who keep putting off small life-admin tasks, and the friend who hosts
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like The Paperwork Hydra and The Phone Call Portal
  • Pick one small Mission, work quietly side by side for 20 minutes
  • Done, Moved, Prepared and Parked on Purpose all count the same. No ranking, no shame.
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

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Game Nights · Book 2

Clutter Night

For the chair of clothes, the shelf, and the box of maybes.

What's inside

The Clear It Together Game

For
Adults who avoid small clutter tasks and want company, and the friend who hosts
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like The Chairtopus and The Cable Kraken
  • Pick one small space, work quietly side by side for 20 minutes
  • No pressure to throw anything away: keep, return, donate, sell or park it
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

Cover of Holiday Night

Game Nights · Book 3

Holiday Night

On Amazon now

For the gift list, the cards, and the package that still needs a box.

What's inside

The Wrap It Up Together Game

For
Adults with small holiday tasks piling up, hosts, and friend groups who swap gifts
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 cozy creature families, like The Ribbon Roll and The Receipt Rabbit
  • Gifts, cards, packages, travel details, hosting, returns, and putting the season away
  • No pressure to spend, host or make it perfect. For every holiday tradition, or none at all.
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

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Game Nights · Book 4

Reset Night

For the renewal date, the drawer of keys, and the task left over from last year.

What's inside

The Fresh Start Together Game

For
Adults starting a new season, and the friend who hosts
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like Calendar Deer and Carryover Snail
  • One date, one drawer, one account, one tiny habit: never a whole new you
  • No streaks, no resolutions. A fresh start can begin any week.
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

Cover of Digital Night

Game Nights · Book 5

Digital Night

For four thousand unread emails and nine hundred screenshots.

What's inside

The Clear Your Screens Together Game

For
Adults with a full inbox, a full photo roll, and a downloads folder they avoid
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like The Inbox Firefly and The Backup Beaver
  • Your screen stays private. Back up first, and delete only what can be recovered.
  • Works with any phone, computer or tablet. No app or account needed.
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

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Game Nights · Book 6

Tax Night

For last year’s finished copy, the receipts in three bags, and the question you keep forgetting to ask.

What's inside

The Paperwork Season Together Game

For
Adults who put off tax-season paperwork, and the friend who hosts
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like Folder Fox and Archive Tortoise
  • Every Mission stops when the papers are ready for the return or for a professional
  • Private by design: nobody shows numbers or forms. No tax advice, ever.
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

Cover of Trip Night

Game Nights · Book 7

Trip Night

For the plant that needs a sitter and the charger you always forget.

What's inside

The Get Ready to Go Together Game

For
Adults getting ready for a trip, alone or together
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · solo, as a pair, 3–6 friends, or on a video call
  • 30 ready-made Missions in 5 creature families, like Passport Puffin and Departure Fox
  • Packing, plants and pets, travel day, and a calm house to come back to
  • No dates, addresses or booking details on the page or on screen
  • A Host Script, ten written Night Plans and a cut-out 36-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

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Memory Games

Memory Doorways

On Amazon now

For the holiday table, and the stories nobody has asked Grandma for yet.

What's inside

Grandparents Edition: A Story Game for the Whole Table

For
Grandparents, grown-ups, and kids 8+ at the same table
Play
60, 75 or 90 minutes · 1–6 players, at the table or on a video call
  • 60 gentle Memory Doorways in 6 families, each with a Smaller Door for an easier start
  • Tell a sentence, draw it, write a word, or pass. Passing is a full turn.
  • No interviews, no corrections, no memoir homework: save one small thing per story
  • A Host Script, ten written Session Plans, and a cut-out 30-card deck

96 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · black ink on cream paper

Cover of Remember When? The 1960s

Memory Games

Remember When? The 1960s

On Amazon now

For a grandparent with a pencil, and the stories each puzzle brings back.

What's inside

A Large Print Word Search with a Story to Tell After Every Puzzle

For
Grandparents, parents, and anyone who grew up with the 1960s
Play
Alone with a pencil, or side by side with someone who asks
  • 60 large print puzzles, 15 × 15 letters, easy on the eyes
  • Across, down, and diagonal only. No backward words.
  • A short memory note and one "Tell me" question with every puzzle
  • Six chapters, from the kitchen table to the Moon landing, with all answers in the back

142 pages · 8.5 × 11 in · large print on white paper

Cover of The Mystery of the Traveling Houseplant

The Linden Court Mysteries · Book 1

The Mystery of the Traveling Houseplant

For a rainy evening, one pencil, and a houseplant that keeps turning up somewhere new.

What's inside

A Cozy Puzzle Mystery for Adults: Six Connected Cases, No Murder Required

For
Adults who like logic puzzles and cozy mysteries, minus the murder
Solve
Six cases, 15–30 minutes each · alone or with a friend
  • Timelines, logic grids, maps, route puzzles and a final puzzle that needs all five answers
  • Every clue is on the page: no internet, no apps, no outside knowledge
  • Exactly one answer per case, explained in full in the back
  • A three-step hint ladder that helps without spoiling

128 pages · 8 × 10 in · black ink on white paper

A girl holds up My Grandparents' House Mission in front of her face, smiling

Holiday picks

December is full of firsts

The line to see Santa. Twenty relatives at Grandma’s table. The school winter concert. The flight home. And for the grown-ups: the gift list that’s still blank on paper.

Inside every Mika & Pip book

The real day, in the real order

Security comes before boarding. The big chair comes before the tiny mirror. Each book keeps that order, so by the real day a child has already done it once, on paper, with crayons.

6

Story scenes

One per chapter, following Mika & Pip through the day from start to finish.

46

Activities

Mazes, seek-and-find, matching, drawing, word puzzles, breathing pages and a certificate.

108

Pages

Large 8.5 × 11 in pages with blank backs, so markers don't bleed through.

0

Screens or stickers

Just a pencil or crayons. Easy to pack in a backpack or a seat pocket.

Meet the crew

Mika is six. Pip is a cloud-shaped travel tag full of good ideas.

Mika has a wavy mop of hair, a hoodie and a backpack that goes everywhere. Pip hangs from that backpack and helps Mika notice, ask and breathe when something is new. Together they take on one mission at a time, with a grown-up close by.

We never tell a child “it won’t be scary.” We tell them what the chair looks like, what the clippers sound like, and what to say when they need a pause.

A girl draws in an activity book at her airplane window seat A boy in a car seat points out the window with his activity book open A girl runs to hug her grandmother on the front steps, holding her book
A dad and daughter work on an activity book together at the kitchen table
Before the trip · at home

Who we are

One day at a time

An errand is a short trip with a purpose: you go out, you do the thing, you come back with something. That is how we make every book. One person, one real day, one thing they can do afterward. We don’t make general activity books. Nobody needs another one.

One buyerA parent a few weeks before a first flight. A grandparent before a first sleepover. A friend with a pile of unanswered emails.
One momentThe real situation where the book gets used: at home before, then on the plane, in the car or at the campsite.
One promiseA clear thing the reader can do after using it, like knowing each step of a checkup before sitting in the big chair.
  • Original characters
  • Useful before decorative
  • No “it won’t hurt” promises
  • Checked with real parents

How a book gets made

We check each idea with real parents. Their answers decide which books grow into a series.

  1. ResearchFind the moment and the questions it raises
  2. PrototypeBuild the smallest version that works
  3. ValidateTalk it through with real families
  4. ProduceStory, activities and illustrations
  5. ProofCheck a printed copy page by page
  6. PublishRelease it on Amazon
  7. MeasureListen, learn and improve

108 pages · 8.5 × 11 in paperback · 6 story scenes · 46 activities · ages 5–7

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