Their face. Their name.
Start with a clear photo and their name. Check their illustrated character before we make the rest of their adventure.
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Sample pages, drawn with an example child. Your book is drawn with yours.
Your Monster Truck Rally
A homemade truck, a muddy track and one very big jump
The Backyard Rally is today and every kid has a shiny truck, except one. A story about building your own, getting stuck, flipping over and going for the big jump anyway.
- Written for ages 2 to 8
- Their photo, their name, their own adventure
- Choose a digital book or a printed keepsake
- You see every page before you pay
Hardcover
A hardbound keepsake with their name on the cover, printed only after you’ve checked every page
$37.99
Softcover
The same book, lighter and cheaper
$22.99
Digital
A PDF to read on any screen
$9.99
Choose your edition after previewing. Shipping for printed books is calculated at checkout.
What if the drawing doesn’t look like my child?
You’ll see their illustrated character before the story is made. You can try another drawing or upload a different photo before approving it. You also see every page before you pay.
How is the book personalized?
You upload a clear photo of the hero and choose a story. We draw them once in that book’s house style and ask whether it looks like them. If it doesn’t, we can draw it again twice, or you can send a different photo. Only after you say yes do we illustrate the pages, into a story written by people. You read the whole book free and approve it before anything is printed.
Their name, their age band, three things they love, and who else is in the book. You can edit the words on any page while you’re making the book, and change the cover text and the dedication right up until you order it.
Can I check and change the book before I buy?
Yes. See every page, edit the story’s words, and change the cover text and dedication before you pay. Once you place your order, the book is final and we can’t make changes.
Size and binding
Every story has 30 pages. Choose a digital edition to read on screen, or a softcover or hardcover to hold and keep. Printed books are 206 × 206 mm square.
Shipping and delivery times
Printed books are made and posted in 5–7 days. That is the time before dispatch; delivery takes additional time and depends on your address. Shipping is quoted at checkout. For free standard shipping on your first hardcover, sign up at the bottom of this page and we’ll email you a code.
Shipping, cancellations and refunds
From photo to storybook
A familiar face. A whole new adventure.
See the photo beside the illustrated character it became. When you make your own book, you’ll check their drawing first, then see every page before you pay.
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Their photo
Their storybook illustration
Made just for them
The little details that make it theirs.
The things they love
Dinosaurs, dancing, or days at the beach? Tell us three things they love and we’ll weave them into the story.
For all the adventures ahead. I’m so glad I get to share them with you.
Example dedication
A few words from you
Add your own dedication: a little message they can return to each time you open the book together.
You can also add family members or a pet, and choose the reading age that fits them.
Sample pages, drawn with an example child. Your book is drawn with yours.
A look inside
A little of the adventure you’ll share.
Today was the Backyard Rally, the muddiest race on the street. Every kid had a truck, polished and shiny and ready to roar. Every kid except Leo, who had one idea, three hours and a garage full of junk.
Leo knows a great deal about football, and one thing you learn from football is patience. Back, and forth. Back, and forth. Ella pushed, and got most of the mud. Then, with an enormous squelch, the truck popped out.
The truck flew. It flew over the ramp, over the straw bales, over three astonished pigeons and over the finish line. It landed with a crunch, a bounce and a very long HONK. Leo had won.
A book you make together. A story they can keep.
Make it theirs
Add their photo, name and favorite things.
Make sure you love it
Check their drawing and every page. Edit the words before you order.
Choose how to keep it
Pick your edition when you’re ready to buy.
How we make the illustrations
Written by people. Illustrated with the help of AI in our house styles, and checked page by page by you.
About this story
A homemade truck, a muddy track and one very big jump
The Backyard Rally is today, and every kid has a shiny truck except one. So the hero builds their own from a wagon, a laundry basket and a lot of tape, then takes it through the mud pit, over the ramps and up to the biggest jump of all.
The hero is drawn into all thirteen spreads, told at their reading level: 2–4, 4–6 or 6–8. Add a brother or sister, a pet to ride as co-pilot and the thing they love most, and each one has a part in the race.
The details
- Pages
- 30 pages
- Size
- 206 × 206 mm square
- Formats
- Digital, softcover or hardcover
- Dispatch
- Within 5–7 days
For printed books. Delivery time is additional.
How customers react
The moment they find themselves in the story
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Once upon a time, there was a child just like them.
