Mei's Beautiful Family
"Mei plays between her two dads on an ordinary Saturday afternoon."
For two-dad families, adoptive families, and every family the storybook script forgot.
Personalised children's books
A storybook friend who's a lot like your child.
Custom-written, custom-illustrated stories about a child like yours — same family, same skin, same situation — facing the moment your child is facing, and figuring it out.
The idea
Why a friend, not a mirror.
Most personalised books cast your child as themselves. We craft a friend for them — a character who looks like them, lives like them, and is figuring out the same thing your child is.
Decades of research show kids gain more confidence from watching a peer who looks like them work through something hard than from being told they can do it themselves (Bandura's social learning theory; Schunk & Hanson, Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985).
The friend struggles, figures it out, succeeds. Your child watches — and realises they can too.
How it works
01
Tell us the situation
A sentence or two about your family and the moment you want a book about — moving house, a new sibling, two dads, anything.
02
Add your characters
Describe each family member — names, ages, how they look. They're saved, so future books reuse them.
03
We write & illustrate
A custom 12-page hardcover children's book in 1–3 minutes. Preview it, regenerate any page, then order print.
Two styles. Same custom story.
Choose the aesthetic that fits your child's age and your taste — every other detail of the book is yours to shape.
Style 01
Photo-style storybook
For the youngest readers. Toddlers recognise and learn from realistic images before they fully process illustrated ones — research has shown that children under three transfer information more reliably from photos than from cartoon images (Ganea, Pickard & DeLoache, Journal of Cognition and Development, 2008). It's the same reasoning behind why early-childhood educators favour photographic books for the very youngest readers.
Marcus — He Did It!
"Marcus has trained all year. Today, he holds the trophy."
Because representation in early-childhood books isn't a nice-to-have. It's whether your child gets to be the hero of their own story.
Theo's Little Sister
"Theo is meeting his baby sister for the first time."
For the moment a sibling joins the family, however that family looks.
Style 02
Storybook illustrations
Best for ages three and up — when imagination fills in the gaps and a softer, storybook world becomes part of the magic.
Maya's First Day
"Maya is starting kindergarten and worried no one will look like her."
For families that are biracial, mixed, or quietly the only one in the room.
Aria Hears the World
"Aria is starting a new preschool and doesn't want to wear her hearing aids."
For kids whose bodies look or work a little differently from their classmates.
Anya's Summer at Nana's
"Anya is going to Grandma and Grandpa's farm for the summer."
For multi-generational families and the magic of grandparents.
More than half
of US children's books published each year feature white characters or animals as the main character. Children of colour, multi-parent families, and kids with disabilities are rarely the protagonist.
Your child should grow up with no ceiling. That starts with seeing children like them as the protagonist.
Source: Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Simple pricing
Pay once, per book. No subscription. Free to preview before you order.
Digital
PDF only
$10
- ✓Full 12-page book as PDF
- ✓Print at home or read on a tablet
- ✓Same custom story & art
Softcover
Softcover + PDF
$15
- ✓Softcover printed book, shipped
- ✓Full 12-page book as PDF
- ✓Library-quality colour print
Most loved
Hardcover
Hardcover + PDF
$25
- ✓Hardcover printed book, shipped
- ✓Full 12-page book as PDF
- ✓Best for keepsakes and gifts
Questions
Why isn't my child the main character?+
The kid in the book is meant to be a friend to your child — not a copy of them. Decades of research from Albert Bandura's social learning theory onwards show that children learn courage and confidence from watching another kid figure something out — and the closer that other kid is to them (same skin, same family, same situation), the more powerfully it sticks. The psychological distance is the magic: your child sees a friend like them succeed, and realises they can too. It also sidesteps the uncanny-valley risk of a stylised version of your real child not quite looking right.
Can I include a photo of my real child?+
We don't put your child's photo in the book — that's intentional, not a missing feature. The character is meant to feel like a friend who's a lot like your child, not your child themselves. Most parents tell us this distance is what makes the story land emotionally.
Is this AI-generated?+
Yes — we use AI to write and illustrate, guided by your brief and characters. Every page is reviewed before printing for safety and quality, and you can regenerate any page you don't love. Each book is custom-written for the situation your child is in, not picked from a template.
What if I don't like a page?+
Hit "Regenerate" on any page in the preview to get a fresh version. You only pay when you order the printed book — preview is free.
How long does it take?+
The book itself is written and illustrated in 1–3 minutes. Once you order print, hardcover and softcover ship in 7–10 days within the US and Europe.
Where do you ship?+
United States and Europe (UK + EU) for printed books. Digital PDF is available worldwide.
Who owns the book?+
You do. Your story, your characters, your file. We never resell or republish your books.
A friend who's a lot like your child.
Facing what they're facing.
Free to write and preview. You only pay when you order print.
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