When the father falls down the ladder into a paint bucket and is covered with yellow paint and the brother tries to flush the shoes of all family members down the toilet then you have enough ideas to write and illustrate a book.

Kids' Own and writer Mary Branley in association with the Libraries of Roscommon, Boyle and Ballaghaderreen are offering children between 4 and 10 years to use their imagination to write, print and bind their very own books.