I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME
One book.
Two handwritings.
A back-and-forth keepsake journal fora child aged 6–10 and a grown-up who loves them.Share answers, drawings and little discoveries.Make something that could belong to nobody else.
You’re in the book too.
The child shares their world.The grown-up shares their own answers and memories.Then you discover something together.
- METhe child answers.
- YOUThe grown-up answers.
- USSomething to discover or do together.
Your child can write, draw or dictate.Helping with the words is part of doing it together.
A real page: ME / YOU / US · Tap to enlargeSmall questions.Stories you haven’t heard yet.
Begin with favorite things and playful guesses.Move gently into memories, feelings, worries and hopes.Along the way, trace your hands, invent a secret code word
and record the little details of life right now.
Twenty chapters to explore together. Start with one page.Come back whenever you like.
Some pages are for later.
Much later.
At the end are three letters:from the grown-up to the child,from the child to the grown-up, andfrom the child to their future self.Write them, seal them and choose when to open them.
One day, even the handwriting will be a memory.
Already sealed your letters?Set an opening-date reminder.
A letter for the future · Tap to enlargeWho will be the other handwriting?
A parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, godparent, stepparent, foster or adoptive parent, or another caring grown-up. The book makes room for the relationship you already have.
A birthday gift, a Christmas gift, or a reason to sit down together on an ordinary day.
Try a few pages together.
Download the free 15-page printable sampleand see how it feels to share the page.
No email address needed.
A few things you might wonder
Does my child need to write independently?
No. They can dictate, draw or ask for help. Their answer still belongs to them.
Is this only for parents?
No. It is for one child and a caring grown-up. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, godparents and other important adults are welcome too.
Do we have to complete it every day?
No. Start with one page or one question, and return whenever you have time together.
What do we need?
The book and a pen or pencil. Crayons are welcome for drawings. Avoid markers, felt-tip pens and paint that can soak through the paper.
What format is it?
An English-language, 269-page, 8 × 10-inch paperback with a black-and-white interior, available on Amazon.
Is it a digital download?
The full book is a physical paperback. The free printable sample lets you try some pages first.
About the author
Soren Kirkley writes books that give two people a reason to sit down together.
He is the son of a schoolteacher and a professor, a brother, an uncle, a father of twin daughters, and a Christian, like his whole family. He wrote the first version of I Want You to Know Me for his own daughters, after noticing how much he had never thought to ask them — and how much they had never thought to ask him.
The Together Pages is the imprint he publishes it under.
Start with one page.
Make a keepsake that holds both your voices.
English paperback · 8 × 10 in · 269 pages
For a child aged 6–10 and a caring grown-up
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