A hardcover storybook starring your child. Free preview in under a minute.A hardcover storybook starring your child in any story you dream up. Free preview in under a minute.
Real books, real kids
Every cover below is a real Story Genie book. Your child becomes the hero, in any world and art style, printed as a keepsake hardcover.
Starring your child
Their name and face on every page, as the hero of the story.
A real matte hardcover
A keepsake-quality book at your door in 9 to 12 days.
Any world, any style
From watercolor bedtime to a bold 3D adventure.
Preview the whole story free
See the full book in 58 seconds, before you ever pay.
How it works
Send one photo and the hero looks like your child, or just answer a few questions. Pets, siblings, anyone you love can join.
Bedtime, birthday, the day they meet their new sibling, the dragon under the bed. Pick a theme and the whole book takes shape in 58 seconds.
Preview the whole story free. Approve it, and the matte-hardcover keepsake is at your door in 9 to 12 days.
No credit card. Pay only when you love the story.
Total customization
Most personalized books just print your child’s name on a story someone else wrote. Ours is different. Add your child plus up to three of their favorites, and they all become characters, looking like themselves.
Upload them together and they all show up in the story, drawn to look like themselves. No extra steps.
Pick up to three to join your child
And it can be any story. Any world, any adventure, any lesson they need. Rhyming or not.
Loved by parents and grandparents across the US
“I had a blast building my order.” Terry · first-time customer
A library, written for them
The keepsake
A premium one-of-a-kind gift. Completely custom artwork, no two books alike. Heavyweight pages. Matte hardcover. The kind of book they’ll point at on the shelf for years.
Built for the moment you’re shopping for
Loved by parents and grandparents across the US
She loves it!!!! I read it to her before bed and it's her favorite book now.
Dennis · Hazel's dad
I have read my StoryGenie a few times now and it is truly fantastic. The physical quality is first class.
Terry · Story Genie customer
Seeing the cover photo generated from the picture I uploaded of Macen is close to bringing me to tears.
Luke · Macen's dad
Straight from our inbox
Real texts, real emails, real group chats. Typos and all.
I sent the book to be printed! Everything was great!! It was a wonderful experience.
I love that there is a moral to every story. I think I was so excited the first time that I went at it too fast. This time I took my time and did it right.
I will be ordering more for sure. I love it.
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Why Story Genie is different
No templates. No two books alike. Just your child, the people they love, and a story written only for them.
Every page is illustrated for your child. No templates, no two books alike.
Your pet, their stuffed animal, grandma, their best friend. Upload a photo and everyone in it becomes a character, looking like themselves.
Toddler, early reader, or older. The language meets your child where they are.
Edit the story, regenerate art, change the ending. You only pay when it’s right.
Stories where the hero’s choices model the values you’re teaching at home.
Matte hardcover. Heavyweight pages. The shelf-book they point at twenty years later.
Our privacy promise
We use your photo once, just to make sure the hero on the page actually looks like your child. We don’t train AI on it. We don’t share it with anyone. We delete it from our servers within 30 days. Privacy is the default, not a setting you have to find.
Used once
Just for your book. Nothing else.
Never trained on
Not used to teach AI models. Yours or anyone's.
Deleted on completion
Auto-removed within 30 days of order.
One simple price
$49.99
Printed and shipped, all-in
Free to preview. Pay only when you love it.
The moment that matters
She opened it and couldn’t stop pointing at herself on every page.
Common questions
We print your custom book within 48 hours of approval. Standard shipping in the US takes 5–7 business days.
Yes. Once you purchase, you unlock Unlimited Revisions. You can regenerate the story, change the artwork style, or edit the text as many times as you like before printing.
Absolutely. You select the reading level during creation, so we tailor the language for toddlers, early readers, or older children.
Yes. Your photo is used once, to make sure the hero on the page looks like your child. Then it’s deleted within 30 days. We never train AI on it, and we never share it with third parties.
Make a free preview first. If the story isn’t right, regenerate it as many times as you need. You only pay when you love it, so there are no surprises. Each book is personalized and printed to order, so we can’t take returns once printing starts. If it arrives damaged or defective, or doesn’t arrive, contact us within 30 days and we’ll make it right.
