Personalized birthday books
Turning one, three or seven? Make a birthday book that's really about them: the year they just had, the party they've been planning for months, or the dragon they want to ride for their big day. You tell us the story, and we turn it into an illustrated hardcover with their name and face on every page.
Free to preview. You only pay once you love it: $39 for one book, or $25/month.
Kids get plenty of toys on their birthday. A book where they're the main character, doing the things they actually love, is the one they ask to read again the next night and the night after that.
It's also a keepsake. Make one each birthday and you end up with a shelf that shows who they were at one, two, three and four, in stories you'd otherwise forget.
Pick one, mix a few together, or write your own. A paragraph or two is plenty.
“Mila was born in a snowstorm last March. This year she learned to crawl backwards, said 'dog' before 'mama,' and fell asleep in her high chair at least once a week. A book about her first year for her first birthday.”
“Jonah is turning four and has asked for a dinosaur party for months. Grandma is making a volcano cake. We want a story where his party turns into a real dinosaur adventure.”
“At six, Priya learned to ride her bike without training wheels, lost her first tooth at the zoo, and started first grade. A book about her big year, ending with blowing out seven candles.”
“Make it up: on the morning of his fifth birthday, Leo finds out his wish came true, and he gets to be a firefighter for the whole day, with his little brother as his partner.”
Add your family once, with photos if you have them. Then write the story in a paragraph or two, the way you'd tell it to a friend.
We write and illustrate a 12-page picture book in the art style you pick. Edit any line or redraw any picture before it prints.
Approve it and we print a hardcover storybook and ship it free anywhere in the US.
Some families make a birthday book every year. Once your family is set up, the next one takes a paragraph, and so does a book about anything else: a lost tooth, a first sleepover, or a made-up trip to the moon.
Families who keep going get a new hardcover each month for $25, about anything that really happened or anything your kids dream up. Skip a month or cancel whenever you like. Or just make this one book. That's fine too.
Any age from a first birthday up. For a first or second birthday, keep the story short and simple. For older kids, you can include more of what they say and do.
Yes. Anyone in your family profile can be in the story, including siblings, parents, grandparents and pets. To have a best friend drawn from a photo, add them to your profile too.
Yes. When you approve the book, mark it as a gift, add a short message that's printed inside, and ship it to any US address.
Yes. We write and illustrate the whole book first, and you review every page. You can edit any line or redraw any picture. You only pay once you approve it.
$39 for one hardcover book, with free US shipping and no subscription. Or $25 a month for a new book every month, if you want to keep going.
Yes. Your family profile is saved, so the next book only takes a paragraph. It can be about any real memory or any adventure your kids make up. Order books one at a time for $39, or get a new one every month for $25. You can skip a month or cancel anytime.
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