I saw my kitchen in a mess, and it made me smile.Dishes in the sink. Watermelon remains in the juicer. Little toys scattered everywhere, waiting for me to step on them and say ow!Once, I had one pot and one pan, and a cupboard with little more than eggs and three-minute noodles.Now, this mess meant I had people to cook for. I had my health, my family, and the freedom to leave the dishes until later.In the chaos, I felt joy. I felt freedom. I felt life.And that's the heart of Little Non-Adventures: stories where nothing spectacular happens, except life itself.

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Wall Story
For moments you don't want to forget.

A real memory from your life - a feeling, a morning, a look across a room turned into a beautifully written story. Delivered as a print-ready file or arranged as a printed, framed piece delivered to your door. This is your life, as art.How it works- A no-pressure conversation to draw out your memory
- A story written entirely in your family's voice
- A beautiful print-ready file delivered digitally, or we arrange printing and framing for you
Hang it up as your life art.

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Letters

Some things are too important to stay unsaid.
A letter for the moment that deserves its own words. Vows to a child you haven't met yet. A thank you to the person who changed everything. A note to your future self on the other side of something hard. Written personally, in your voice, from your story.

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Personalised Storybooks

Little Non-Adventure StorybooksFor the parent who knows this version of them won't last forever.
There is a version of your child that exists only right now. The way they mispronounce a word. The things they do every single morning. The face they make when they are thinking hard about something small. You know it is passing. You just don't know how to hold onto it. Our Little Non-Adventure Storybooks do that for you. We write custom, deeply down-to-earth stories from real life, their real routines, their real personality, their real ordinary magic.Written and illustrated. Printed and delivered.

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Jackie's Little Non-Adventures

These are personal non-adventures that happen every day in my own life. My favourite is the messy kitchen adventure.

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Little Non-Adventures for Kids

Explore eight-year-old Tanaka Rime and his older sisters' fictional non-adventures. Perfect for reading aloud and slowing things down.

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Meet Jackie

For a long time, I lived life as a chronic overachiever. I believed that a life's worth was measured solely by the next milestone, the next degree, or the next trophy. But along the way, I discovered a quiet, radical truth: the things we rush past are often the exact things we once wished for.I’m Jackie Chikambure, a narrative designer, published author, and the founder of Little Non-Adventures. Through my travels, I spent years understanding how to map out grand journeys. Yet, I realized that the true magic of any journey and of life itself lies in its smallest, quietest human moments.Little Non-Adventures is a narrative studio and independent publishing house born from that realization. Whether I am writing custom heirloom storybooks for families who want to capture the passing magic of their child's current routines, or collaborating with world-class luxury brands, my mission is identical. I help humans stop, breathe, and fall deeply in love with the quiet splendor of being alive.

Little Non-Adventures, stories where nothing spectacular happens except life itself.