An open picture book resting on a child's lap in lamplight

Twelve stories, twelve situations

Social story examples.

Every book here starts from a different family’s real moment. The first three are complete books you can read cover to cover; the other nine show the range of situations you can start from.

First day of school · ages 4–7

Milo’s First Big Morning

Every page below is the published file, edge to edge. Open the book to read it page by page.

01 · Tomorrow had been hiding behind every breakfast. Now…
02 · Mum made the morning small enough to see: breakfast,…
03 · Milo put the picture cards in order. First the jacke…
04 · He zipped his rust-red backpack himself and tapped t…
05 · The brick school was still big, but now Milo knew th…
06 · At the gate, Mum showed him the whole goodbye: one h…
07 · The teacher knelt down to say hello. Milo did not ha…
08 · A blue circle marked his hook. Milo hung up his own …
09 · At the activity table, one boy held the rocket stead…
10 · When they needed a place for the rocket, Milo tried …
11 · After school, Milo ran toward Mum with a yellow star…
12 · At home, he drew the morning in six boxes. Tomorrow …