Custom Children's Book

Custom Children's Book

Softcover
£38.00 GBP
Sale price  £38.00 GBP Regular price 
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Custom Children's Book

Personalised storybook · ages 3–8

The story that gets through when you can't.

Their face, their name, the thing they’re obsessed with — built around the exact thing you’re stuck on.

✓ Nothing prints until it's approved by you.

£38.00 GBP
Sale price  £38.00 GBP Regular price 

Free UK delivery

Story ready in 2 days · delivered by Thu 8th Oct
Ages 3–8 — written to their reading level
Add an extra character free — a sibling, a friend, even the dog
Add your own message on the dedication page
Free gift

Custom print-at-home colouring posters

Created using scenes from their story. Print-ready A4.

Start Their Story
Shaped, edited and approved by a real teacher
Made to order in the UK
Nothing prints until it's approved by you
How it works

Made to order. Made for them.

1

Tell us about them

Their name, what they love, and what they’re finding tricky right now. Takes about two minutes.

2

Meet them, and pick their story

See their character drawn from your photo, then choose from four story ideas written for them — all before you pay.

3

We bring it to life

We write and illustrate the whole book from scratch — every page crafted by a qualified early-years teacher.

4

You approve it, then it’s printed

Read every page before anything goes to print. Ask for changes — as many as it takes — then it’s printed and posted from the UK, with your delivery date confirmed when you approve.

Real books. Real children.

Exactly as they hit the doormat.

Each story below started life as a questionnaire, before it was lovingly crafted into a magical story. What story will you tell?

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What the grown-ups think

FAQ

Before you order.

About the book

On the outside, it's just like any other children's book. The only difference is the adventure inside.

Size
200 × 200mm square
Pages
30 pages, full colour throughout
Paper
170gsm silk inners, 250gsm matt-laminated cover
Binding
Softcover, glued spine
Delivery
Printed and posted in the UK
Your book 200 × 200mm
Drawn to scale — big enough to fill their lap, light enough to carry around.
How is this different from other "personalised" books?

Most are pre-written templates with your child's name or face dropped in. We write the whole story — and illustrate every page — from scratch, around your child and what you'd like them to learn.

Will the character actually look like my child?

Share a photo when you order and we will capture their likeness — hair colour, skin tone, freckles, birthmarks, everything — all in our unique illustration style. Rather not share a photo? Just describe them and we'll bring them to life!

Do I get a say before it's made?

Yes — before you pay. You’ll meet their character, created from your photo, and choose from four story ideas written especially for them. You decide which one we turn into their story, and nothing is charged until you’ve seen what we’ve created.

How long does it take?

Story ideas in minutes. Once you’ve chosen, your finished book is usually printed and posted within three working days.

Is my child's photo safe?

Completely. It is stored privately, never publicly, and used only to bring their character to life. We permanently delete it 30 days after your book is dispatched, and it is never used for anything else.

What if I'm not happy?

You'll read the finished book — every page — before we print anything. Not quite right? Tell us what to change and we'll keep revising until it is, as many times as it takes.

Once the team has started your book, we don't offer refunds for a change of heart — every book is written and illustrated from scratch for one child, and that takes real time and skill. Instead, we keep working on it with you until you're happy, right up until you say print it.

Can I buy this as a gift if I’m not the parent?

A gift card is the better buy. The questions here are about one child — what they love, and what they’re finding hard — and the parent is best placed to answer them. Send a gift card and they choose the story themselves. It arrives by email in seconds and is valid for 12 months.

Let's build their world.

Four story ideas in minutes. You pick. Then you read the finished book before we print a thing.

  • 5 stars: 39 (78%)
  • 4 stars: 8 (16%)
  • 3 stars: 2 (4%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Laura McKnight

The book for my wee boy just arrived and I'm obsessed! Such a lovely idea to use something he loves and something he struggles with to create such a nice story with meaning behind it. Will be telling all my friends with kids to get one for their little ones!

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Lynne Mcmanus

My nephew was having trouble going back to school after the Summer holidays…he is only 5 yrs old and I thought this book might help him. He absolute loves it. I wish you could hear the message he sent me when the book arrived. It was so touching.
He asks his Mum to read it to him every night. His Mum says the drawing looks very like him and as the story is also about the things he loves it’s a real hit. Definitely one of the best personalised books I’ve bought.

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Christopher Naylor
Glad I listened

Colleague showed me hers and I ordered the same night. Four days. Boy is happy, wife is happy.

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Toby Ellingham
Top marks

Really lovely, fast delivery too

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Hannah Sedgwick
Twins sorted

Ordered one each and I was dreading them being too similar and causing a row, but they are genuinely different stories. Small miracle in this house.

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Georgia Prentice
Obsessed is an understatement

Four weeks in and it is still the only book we are allowed to read at bedtime. Send help.

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Jamal Hussain
Class

Ordered Thursday arrived Monday. Couldn’t believe how quickly it came 😂

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Liam Foster
perfect

exactly what i wanted thank you. Excellent value for what it is.

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Megan Lloyd-Price
Miles better than the one we had before

We ordered a personalised book from one of the big well known ones a couple of years back and it was the same story with her name dropped in. This one is actually about HER. Completely different level and she knows it.

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Elaine Tsang
Really pleased

Arrived earlier than the estimate and well packaged. Only thing I would say is I would have liked a slightly bigger format, this is around the size of the usual smallish childrens books.

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Bernadette O'Hare
Sent one to Ireland, no bother

Got there in under a week. Very chuffed, im currently the favourite uncle.!

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Zainab Iqbal
Beautiful and thoughtful

Wanted something for my niece that was not another plastic toy. The illustrations are lovely, warm colours rather than the harsh bright stuff you get now. She asked if the girl in the book was really her.

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Fiona MacGregor
Braw wee book

Granddaughter is delighted with it. Lovely and colourful.

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Lucy Hetherington
Nice, wish there were more options

No complaints about how it turned out. Would have liked more story options to choose from, the choice felt a bit limited. Hopefully more get added.

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Leah Cartwright
So happy with this

Beautiful colours and it came a day earlier than expected. She has taken it everywhere including, unfortunately, the bath. Survived.

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Harvey Corcoran
good stuff

arrived quick, looks great, kid loves it. what more do you want

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Katie Lomax
Best gift I've given in years

She went quiet, which never happens, then went through it page by page pointing at herself. Ordering another for her brother.

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Owen Pritchard
Went down a storm

Christening gift instead of the usual silver frame nobody uses. Three people at the do have since ordered their own.

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Michael Osei-Bonsu
Brilliant

He has memorised the whole thing and now 'reads' it to us at bedtime without looking at the words.

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Amelia Kirkbride
Worth doing properly

A word of advice for anyone ordering - take your time over the photo and fill in all the optional bits about their personality. I nearly rushed it. The friend who recommended it told me the difference between a good one and a great one is how much you put in, and she was right. Ours came back with our son's gap tooth grin and the way he stands with his arms folded, and it feels like it was drawn by someone who knows him.

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Craig Sutherland
Solid, one small niggle

Print is sharp and the story is decent. Two pages have her in a slightly different top to the rest which my wife noticed and now cannot unsee. The wean does not care.

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Stephanie Mullins
This has been huge for my son

My son is autistic and he can find it hard to engage with stories that are not about his specific interests (trains). He has read it every day for six weeks. I think seeing himself in it, and being able to put his actual routine and his actual favourite things in, made it click in a way nothing off the shelf ever has. I have shown it to his speech therapist and she has taken the details down.

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Claire Donnelly
I actually cried, be warned

This is going to sound daft in a review of a children's book but I got a bit emotional the first time we read it. My daughter has had a rough year and starting school knocked her confidence right back. Seeing herself as the brave one in a story, with her own face on the pages, did something a hundred pep talks from me didn't. She carries it in her book bag now. Thank you, honestly.

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Gemma Braithwaite
Do double check your spelling

This is on me not them - I typed her name wrong on the order form and did not spot it until the book arrived with Grace spelled Grcae on every page. They reprinted it at a discount which was more than fair given it was my own fault. Beautiful book and she loves it.

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Chidi Eze
Very good

Good book, on time, daughter is delighted. Would buy again.

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Alan Threlfall
Grandad approved

Bought it, read it, granddaughter loved it, grandma cried. Full house.

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James Whitfield
Great quality

This is the first time I’ve actually thought.. AI might actually be pretty good afterall. bought for my nephew. Arrived in 3 days, lovely hardback, he was made up.

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Duncan Armitage
Was sceptical about the AI, didn't need to be

When I saw the illustrations were AI I nearly clicked off, I have seen the wonky hands elsewhere. It does not look like that. Looks hand painted and she is recognisably her on every page rather than a slightly different child each time, which was my worry. The illustrations are completely consistent accross every page, and I’ve been burned by one of these before. Very happy to be proved wrong.

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Martin Bagshaw
A bit short for the price

No issue with the quality, it is well printed and the pictures are nice. It is just a short story for what it costs, we get through it in about four minutes. She likes it well enough but it is not the epic I was imagining from the website.

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Paul Etherington
Decent

Quality is fine, story is fine, delivery was fine. Grandson liked it. Bit pricey but it was a birthday.

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Ryan Beattie
Does what it says

Looks so much like my toby. You’ve just earned a subscriber 👍

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Nathaniel Owusu
Good, but not cheap

Lovely book and the quality is there, no arguing. Just a lot of money for a picture book. Wife loved it, boy loved it, so what do I know.

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Marie Sadowska
My son ask for it every night

The pictures look like real illustration not computer, I could not tell. Colours are strong. 6 days to Manchester.