The Pyjama Edition

Each morning the paper arrives as an email laid out like a front page, with the family surname on the masthead. The public sample, The Johnson Herald for October 24, opens with a good-morning shout-out to two children and a pep talk for each. Then comes a rainy forecast for Brighton with sunrise times and a what-to-wear line, a gratitude question, a joke and a riddle, animal and ocean facts, a trip countdown to Bali, birthday countdowns, a chore list and a puzzle section. Each child gets a maths question pitched at their age, and the answers sit at the bottom.

Setup asks for the surname, the town and the kids' first names. You choose a tone (fun and silly, warm and cosy, or curious and clever) and either keep the starter paper or pick from 12 themed packs. Adding birthdates lets the puzzles adjust to each child.

The pitch is less TV at breakfast, and the site admits the email is still a screen. Its answer is one screen for the whole table, or a print button that fits the edition on a single double-sided A4 sheet with the puzzle answers upside down on the back. The print version is the stronger idea. A page on the table is something everyone can pass around.

Some content comes from public sources. The forecast is from Open-Meteo, and history and place facts are credited to Wikipedia. That keeps each edition fresh, but the October 24 sample shows the catch. Its On this day section included an item about a Hong Kong bookseller abducted by Chinese authorities, which sits oddly next to the homepage's promise of good news only. Parents of younger readers may want to skim before printing.

The privacy policy, updated October 8, 2026, lists children's first names and optional birthdates and says the service never asks for children's surnames, photos, schools or contact details. The database is Neon in Sydney, emails go out through Resend, and deleting your paper from its settings page removes everything straight away. The website loads Meta and X ad measurement tools only if you accept its cookie notice, and the policy says those tools aren't put inside the emailed papers. The About page says it's made by a parent in Australia, and it costs nothing.