About Papillon

Little stories for some very big things.

Papillon is a not-for-profit children's publishing organisation creating beautiful, personalised stories with a purpose. We create books for the things childhood doesn't always come with an instruction manual for.

The things we help with

The moments parents don't always know how to explain.

Starting school A new sibling Perseverance Big feelings Family changes Grief Hospital stays Illness

Our approach

Rooted in bibliotherapy.

Using carefully created stories to help children explore experiences, emotions and challenges in a safe and familiar way.

But to a child? It's just a really good book.

Human made, gently personal.

Our stories are human-written, human-illustrated and developed with child psychology expertise. We then gently personalise the character so a child can see themselves inside the story.

No lectures
No worksheets
No screens

Just stories created to entertain little minds — while doing something rather meaningful in the background.