A custom storybook where their name, face, and biggest birthday wish are written into every page.
From first birthdays to ten-year-old adventures — pick the angle, we'll write the rest.
A gentle keepsake for the youngest readers. Their name, their family, their favourite stuffed animal — the story of their first year in 24 hardback pages. Grandparents adore these.
For toddler birthdays. A warm, low-action story where your child and their favourite plush set off on a tiny adventure. Familiar faces, soft worlds, lots of giggles at bedtime.
For ages 6 to 10. The kid is the hero, the world is wider, the stakes are real (dragons, space, mystery — whatever they pick). The book they'll actually want to show their friends.
Write the squad in. Their best friends from school, the cousins, the kid next door — each as a named, illustrated character alongside the birthday hero. Their party, on a page that lasts.
Every story becomes a 24-page hardback book, printed on premium paper. Sturdy enough for bedtime, beautiful enough for the bookshelf. The kind of birthday gift that gets re-read at six, seven, and eight — not the kind that disappears by next year.
Add a heartfelt birthday dedication on the inside front page. From the parents, from grandma, from the dog — the words they'll re-read on quiet evenings ten birthdays from now.
"To our brave, brilliant Sam — six years old and already changing the world for the better. Happy birthday, hero. Love, Mom & Dad."
Get the printed hardback for the long haul, and the digital edition the instant the story is done — so even if the party is tomorrow morning, they still get the book. Optional QR codes in the printed copy unlock the animated video version and a narrated audiobook.
Four small steps. No design skills required.
Upload a photo or describe them. Likenesses are drawn in.
First birthday, toddler adventure, big-kid quest, friends-squad — your call.
Tweak the text, add the dedication, perfect the details.
Instant digital copy. Print arrives in 7–14 days.
I made the "friends in the story" book for my son's seventh birthday and he flipped. There he was on page one with his best friend Jake on a dragon-hunting quest. He read it three times before bed and brought it to school the next morning to show everyone. Best birthday gift I've ever given him.
The ones we hear most often.
The story is ready in minutes. Pick an angle, add the birthday kid's name (and friends or siblings if you want them in too), and the AI writes and illustrates the book. Download the digital edition the moment it's done — useful when the party is tomorrow. The printed hardback ships in roughly 7 to 14 days. If you're cutting it close, lead with the digital copy and let the print arrive after.
Ages 0 to about 10. The story angles cover the full range: a gentle first-birthday keepsake for the youngest readers, a name-and-stuffed-animal adventure for toddlers, a bigger-imagination adventure for 6-to-10-year-olds, and a friends-in-the-book version for any age that wants their crew involved. The AI tunes the reading level to the angle you pick, so a 2-year-old's book reads differently from a 9-year-old's.
Yes — first-birthday books are one of the best gifts we ship. Grandparents and parents buy them for the keepsake. The story is gentle and low-action, focused on naming the world around the baby — their family, their favourite stuffed animal, the moments of their first year. It becomes a book the kid grows up flipping through, not a one-day gift.
Yes. Add as many characters as you want — siblings, cousins, best friends, even the family dog. Each gets their own name, likeness, and lines in the story. The friends-in-the-book angle is a favourite for school-age kids who want their squad written in alongside them.
Yes. Upload a photo and our character builder generates an illustrated likeness — same eye colour, hair, skin tone, glasses, the lot. It's the piece most other personalized-book brands skip; they swap in a name on a stock character. If you'd rather describe the child than upload a photo, that works too.
Most personalized birthday books just swap a name into a template story and pair it with a generic illustrated character. We generate the whole story and every illustration fresh per child, and we can match the actual kid's face — so when they open it on their birthday, the book really stars them, not a stand-in with their name printed in. Wonderbly and iSeeMe ship hardbacks too, but their personalization stops at the name. Ours doesn't.
The personalized hardback is $24.99 with free US shipping — digital edition included. See full pricing.
Ten minutes of work, one keepsake they'll re-read for years.
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