A custom storybook where Grandma or Grandpa and the kids are drawn in together. Names on every page, faces in every illustration, the story you couldn't buy off a shelf.
Different grandparents, different stories. Pick the angle, we'll write the rest.
The everyday-magic angle. Baking, the garden, a walk to the park, the secret cookie drawer. Quiet moments the kids will recognize from real life, with Grandma and the grandkids together on every page.
For the grandpa who tells stories at the dinner table. A treasure hunt, a fishing trip, a workshop disaster turned win — Grandpa as the unlikely hero, the grandkids as the crew. Equal parts daft and tender.
For long-distance grandparents. The story crosses oceans, time zones, or just a long drive — and ends with everyone in the same room. A physical artifact of the bond that lives between visits.
Multi-grandkid. Multiple siblings or cousins, all drawn in alongside Grandma or Grandpa, each with their own name and lines. The whole crew in one book — the kind of gift that gets re-read at every visit.
Three quiet differences that show up the moment they open it.
Beautiful, but it's an archive. Lovely once, then it lives on a shelf. The grandparent gets to relive a memory; the kids don't really enter the story.
Sweet, fast, easy. Also: there are already six of them in the cupboard. A grandkid's name on a mug doesn't ask much of anyone.
The grandparent and the grandkids are drawn in together. It gets read out loud, every visit, for years — and each reading becomes the new memory it was made of.
The digital edition is ready the moment the story is done. Share it on a screen-share, read it together over FaceTime, send the file across the country. If you also want the hardback to live by Grandma's reading chair, order the print and it follows in about two weeks.
Add a heartfelt dedication on the inside front page — from the kids, from the family, signed by the grandkids' names. It's the page they read first and come back to long after the story is read.
"To Grandma — for the cookies you always have ready, the songs you remember the words to, the way you say our names. We love you. Love, Lucy & Theo."
Four small steps. No design skills required.
Upload photos or describe each one. Up to 3 characters per book (5 on the upgraded plan).
A Day With Grandma, Grandpa's Big Adventure, Across the Miles, or the whole-family story.
Tweak the text, add the dedication, perfect the details before the AI illustrates each page.
Digital arrives the moment the book is done. Hardback follows in about two weeks if you order it.
My mom lives a flight away and we don't see her as much as we'd like. I made the "A Day With Grandma" book with my two kids in it — baking cookies, walking to the park, the whole thing. We video-called her on her birthday and read it together on the screen. She cried, then she made my kids read it again. The hardback arrived two weeks later and she keeps it on the side table.
The ones we hear most often.
Yes. Our character builder lets you add up to 3 characters per book on the standard flow (up to 5 with the upgraded plan), so Grandma, Grandpa and a grandchild all fit comfortably in a single story. Each one gets their own name, likeness, and lines on the page. If you'd rather make one book that's just for Grandma and a separate one that's just for Grandpa, that two-book pair gift works just as well — both digital editions arrive in minutes.
Up to 3 characters total fit in the standard flow, so 1 grandparent + 2 grandkids is a clean fit. If you want the whole crew (Grandma + 3 or 4 grandkids), the upgraded plan raises the cap to 5 characters per book. Etsy and Amazon products usually cap at one grandchild — being able to fit the whole bunch is one of the things grandparents end up loving most.
Uploading a photo gives you the closest illustrated likeness — hair, glasses, eye colour, beard, the lot. If you'd rather just describe Grandma or Grandpa in words (and the kids the same way), the character builder works that way too. Most gift-buyers upload at least one photo because the look-alike moment is the heart of the gift.
The digital edition is ready in minutes — you pick a story angle, add the characters, and the AI writes and illustrates the book on the spot. From there you can download and email it (or read it together over a video call). If you also want the printed hardback, it ships in roughly 2 weeks to US addresses.
It's one of the best uses for the format. The book becomes a physical artifact of the bond between Grandma or Grandpa and the kids — names on every page, faces in every illustration, a story they're in together. Grandparents tell us it's the gift that sits on the bedside table between visits. Read it on a video call and it becomes a ritual.
National Grandparents Day is Sunday, September 7, 2026 (the first Sunday after Labor Day). The digital edition is in your hands in minutes so it's never too late; if you also want the printed hardback to arrive by then, order it by mid-to-late August to allow for the roughly 2-week shipping window. A digital edition on the day plus a hardback that arrives a few days later is a perfectly good gift sequence.
Digital editions from $9.99. Premium hardback around $24.99 with free US shipping. See full pricing.
Ten minutes of work, one keepsake that lives by their reading chair for years.
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