Once Upon a Time
An old fairy-tale book: parchment pages, gilt frames and castles.
Once Upon a Time is an old storybook. Sections are numbered chapters, the first page is an Ex Libris plate, and the mascot gets a Hero's Profile with a kingdom and a secret power. Kindergarten Tales begins once upon a time, the 5th graders send Wishes From the Well, and The Map of the Kingdom turns the school into a realm with a Library Tower. It ends with a Royal Decree and a Castle Guest Book.
Every page of the book
The cover, every spread and the back cover. Class pages repeat for each class in your school.
Cover 
Pages 2 and 3 
Pages 4 and 5 
Pages 6 and 7 
Pages 8 and 9 
Pages 10 and 11 
Pages 12 and 13 
Pages 14 and 15 
Pages 16 and 17 
Pages 18 and 19 
Pages 20 and 21 
Pages 22 and 23 
Pages 24 and 25 
Pages 26 and 27 
Pages 28 and 29 
Pages 30 and 31 
Pages 32 and 33 
Pages 34 and 35 
Pages 36 and 37 
Pages 38 and 39 
Pages 40 and 41 
Pages 42 and 43 
Pages 44 and 45 
Pages 46 and 47 
Pages 48 and 49 
Back cover
Backgrounds
Papers and scenes to rotate through your pages, all in the Once Upon a Time palette.
Style guide
The fonts and colors Once Upon a Time is built from. In Canva, any of them can be changed to suit your school.
Suggested typefaces
Color palette
- Parchment
#fdf1dc - Aged edge
#f0d9ae - Plum ink
#3b2a4d - Royal violet
#8e4a9e - Gilt
#c9a24a - Honey
#f2a93b - Forest
#3f6b4f - Rose
#d9727f
Style guide pages
Style guide, page 1 
Style guide, page 2
What is included
- A cover and a back cover
- 44 page layouts across class, event, club and memory pages
- Class pages in 6 sizes, from 12 to 30 portraits plus the teacher
- 16 backgrounds
- A style guide (2 pages), a named palette of 8 colors and two suggested typefaces
- A Canva design your whole committee can edit at once, and recolor for your school
- $0 for a Rethink school, along with the page libraries and First Draft
Who it suits: Schools that love reading and storytelling, and committees that want something elegant rather than loud.
Once Upon a Time, answered
What is the Map of the Kingdom page?
A map spread that renames places around school, such as the Library Tower, the Gym Mountains and the Art Studio, so students see their school as a kingdom.
Which fonts does Once Upon a Time use?
Playfair Display for headings and Fraunces for body text, two serif faces that suit parchment and gilt.
What can students write in Once Upon a Time?
All About Me: The Tale of ____ asks them to design a crest and name their greatest treasure, and All About Future Me: The Next Chapter asks what they will be when they grow up.
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Every child is in the shared school pages of a Rethink yearbook, and families who choose personalization get pages built around their own child’s class and grade.