Their favorite story already lives in your family. It just isn't a book yet.
Start their story Gift a story
Hardcover from $59 · Arrives in about two weeks
How it works.
It starts with what you tell us.
Talk it through with Wallace, our AI guide, or fill in a short form. Tell us as much as you like.
The note behind Frankie's book: Frankie gets her very first glasses on a Tuesday. On Wednesday the whole world looks different. Mittens, who everyone always called the cat, has clearly been a raccoon the entire time.
Then we draw her.
She looks like herself on every page, from the round red glasses to her favorite coral pinafore.
Then we write her story.
Set in the book's own typeface, each line ending where a grown-up reading aloud would pause, with the words they can hear painted right into the picture.
Not a cloud. Not exactly.
It was round. It was enormous.
It had dents and shadows and one grey smile.
Every page is read, refined and approved before it prints.
Then it comes home, ready for bedtime.
An 8.5 inch square hardcover with a matte cover, 30+ pages.
Arrives in about two weeks
Made from the moments you already have.
The way Grandpa reads the voices.
The dinosaurs he lines up before every bath.
The pancakes Dad flips every Saturday.
Four ways it can look.
Pick the style that feels like them.
Cozy Watercolor
Soft, layered washes of color, like a classic storybook.
Painted Collage
Cut-paper shapes and bold, painted color.
Soft Charcoal
Soft charcoal lines, smudged and quiet.
Sunny Sketchbook
An ink line first, then a splash of color.
Everything that makes them, them.
Glasses, a wheelchair, hearing aids, a guide dog, the way they move, speak or think. If it's part of their life, it's part of the picture on every page.
And when life gets hard, a story can help. A hospital stay, a new diagnosis, a change that is difficult to explain. We can write the book that walks them through it gently, in a world that looks like theirs.
Read our guide to disability in children's books
- Isla and the Shell Path
- Frankie and the Daytime Moon
- Tuesday Is Orange
Meet Wallace, my grandpa.
Most personalized books are templates or prewritten stories that replace names and faces.
They work at scale, but they weren't built for everyone.
What's the occasion?
A birthday.
Every candle they counted, and the wish they won't tell.
The holidays.
Their traditions, their people, and the table everyone squeezes around.
A big change.
A new school. A new sibling. A new home.
A family story.
Where they come from, and the memories made to last.
Remembering someone.
For someone they miss, kept close in the stories they grow up with.
Peek inside our books.
Giving it as a gift?
I know them well. I'll make it myself.
Perfect for grandparents. Tell us about them, and the book comes to you to give.
Let their family fill it in.
- You choose the edition and pay.
- You get a private link to share with their family, with your note.
- Once they add the details, we make the book.
Questions families ask first.
- How is a Wallace book made?
- We write every story new and paint every illustration new for their book, using AI tools, from the details and photos you share and in the style you pick. Then a person takes over. Every page is read, refined and approved before it prints.
- When will it arrive?
- Printed books arrive in about two weeks.
- What does it cost?
- The Hardcover is $59 plus shipping, shown at checkout. The Gift Edition is $79 with free shipping, through Gift a story.
- Can I give one if I don't know all the details?
- Yes. Reserve it, and you get a private link for their family, so the people who know them best can add the rest. Share it yourself, or add their email and we send it for you.