Nobody knows them like you do
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Today's obsessions.Tomorrow's memories.

You already know the words they say, the thing they can't stop talking about, the moment last week that was so completely them. Tell us. We'll turn it into the adventure only they could star in.

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Their real life, turned into adventure

You tell us about them. We turn the ordinary, wonderful truth of who they are into a story only they could star in.

What you tell us

"She's obsessed with twirly dresses and won't stop singing."

↓ What we make

The kingdom had seen dancers before. Singers, too.
But never both, in the same girl, at the same time.
So on the night the music went quiet, it was the Twirl Princess they called for.
Because everyone knew: when she sang, the whole kingdom held its breath.

…and that's just the opening page.

A sample watercolour storybook illustration of a girl twirling in a pink dress, in the style used for printed keepsakes

A peek at the illustration style. Every keepsake is illustrated like this, built around your child.

We don't put your child in a story.
We build the story around them.

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Most personalised books

A name dropped into a story that already exists

The plot, the pictures and the adventure were written long before your child came along. Swap the name and the hair colour, and it's the same book every other family receives.

A typical page might read

"[Child's Name] was a brave, kind child who loved adventures. One day, [Child's Name] set off to explore the big, wide world…"

Thousands of other children are reading that exact same page tonight.

The same illustration in every copy.

Stories That Remember

An adventure that could only ever belong to your child

We start with your child: their obsessions, their quirks, the moment from last Tuesday that captured exactly who they are. Then we grow a one-of-a-kind adventure outwards from there. Got more than one? Each child is their own hero, together in the same story.

The reaction we're after: "that's me!"
Dexter, an illustrated storybook character Dexter
Clara, an illustrated storybook character Clara

Every child gets their own hero moment, bespoke illustrations and all.

Sometimes a story needs to do more than entertain.

Starting school. A new sibling. A big feeling that doesn't have a name yet. Tell us what's going on, and we'll write with it in mind, woven gently into their adventure, never a lesson in disguise.

Starting somewhere new
A wobble with confidence
Big feelings, no name yet
However they take a story in
A change at home
What you tell us

"She's starting school in September, and I think she's nervous about it."

↓ What we write

On her first morning at Willowbrook Infants School, her tummy did somersaults.
But she'd faced worse. She once turned the grumpiest goose in the whole village into her best friend.
If she could do that, she could do anything.

The stories don't diagnose. They just meet them where they are.

Stories that remember

This is the part no one else does.

I.

Every story remembers the last

Characters, milestones, family in-jokes, all carried forward. One child or a houseful, the stories remember how they grow up together.

II.

Built from who they are today

Update their profile any time. Tell us what landed. The next story reflects who they are now, not who they were when you started.

III.

The ones that matter, kept forever

A story that really lands, or a big day worth marking, starting school, a birthday, their first Christmas, can become a printed keepsake.

I.
The Twirl Princess
Her very first adventure.
II.
The Song at Sea
Remembers the Twirl Princess, and her big brother joins the crew.
III.
Return to the Sunlit Kingdom
A year on, older and braver, and the song from Book I returns.
✦ Became a keepsake

How it works

A few honest steps, whether it's a two-minute favour before bed or a keepsake worth printing.

1

Tell us who they are

We capture the obsessions, the sayings, the little things properly, so we're never starting from zero, and it only gets richer as they grow.

2

"Can we have a story?!"

They throw in the idea: pirates, a dragon scared of the dark, outer space. You add it in seconds, and it's ready in moments.

3

They shape it, they star in it

Not a name dropped into a template. Because we already know their obsessions and the way they really are, it sounds like them.

4

For the ones that land

Some stories get asked for again and again. Turn those into an illustrated, printed keepsake: something to hold, not just read.

One story. Two people who'll never forget it.

The child
"Read it again!"
The parent
"That's exactly them."
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