Sarah Coyle, author of Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure, the fantastically fun and adventurous second book in the smash-hit ‘pick your own’ picture book series, has penned a piece for BookTrust about the importance of children having choice in what they read.

In the piece, which you can read in full here, Sarah explains how “being given choices is the first way we learn how to define ourselves. Choice encourages our creativity, harnesses our engagement and gives us a real sense of ownership,” but that, when writing for children, it’s also about getting the balance right as “choice overload is tantrum territory. Sometimes even the mightiest brains need simplicity…”

Sarah’s latest picture book, Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.

Do you love dinosaurs? How about robots? And unicorns?

Find them ALL in the pages of this laugh-out-loud interactive adventure!

It’s Gwen’s birthday but, oh no, the birthday cake that Dad’s been busy making has DISAPPEARED.
Gwen needs YOUR help to find it!
Has the cake been stolen by dinosaurs?
Or taken by robots?
Has it been snatched by unicorns?
It’s up to YOU to decide!

Discover not one but THREE fun-filled worlds in this PICK A STORY adventure. You’ll find twists and turns, hilarious characters . . . and decisions to make on every page. So what are you waiting for? Come on in and join the fun!