The keepsake
A hardcover built to be re-read for years.
Not a printout. A real hardcover with heavyweight pages and 24 or more custom illustrations, all of your child. The kind of book they point at on the shelf long after the wrapping is gone.
The details
What you actually get.
A true 8 by 8 square. Sits open in little hands, stands proud on the shelf.
- Size
- 8 × 8 inches, square
- Format
- Matte hardcover, standard
- Pages
- 24+ custom illustrated
- Paper
- Heavyweight, built to last
- Origin
- Founded, printed, and bound in the USA
- Personalization
- Your child as the hero, every page
- Price
- $49.99 all-in, US shipping included
Every page, theirs
No two books alike.
Every page is painted for your child alone. The hero looks like them. The story fits their reading level, and loved ones can join the page.
- 24+ pages of custom illustrations, all your child
- Reading level tuned to toddler, early reader, or older
- A story with a few life lessons woven in, not bolted on
- You read every word in the free preview before we print
Front to back
What you hold when it arrives.
A cover with their name on it
The hero on the front looks like your child, and the title carries their name. This is the part they spot from across the room.
A dedication page that is yours
Open the cover and the first thing inside is from you. A line that turns a book into a gift from a specific person.
24+ pages of their story
A real arc, written at their reading level, with a few life lessons folded in. Every illustration rendered for this one child.
A keepsake that survives a toddler
Matte hardcover, heavyweight pages, bound to be opened a hundred times. Built for the floor, the car, and the third bedtime in a row.
Inside the book
Go ahead, flip through a real one.
This is a real Story Genie book, made from one photo, the same way yours will be.
Click a page or drag a corner to flip through
CoverMade to grow with them
Not just their name in a book. A story that helps them grow.
Every book carries a life lesson you choose, told in words matched to their age. And because they are the hero, they actually want to read it.
You pick the lesson
Bravery before the first day of school. Sharing before the new sibling arrives. 55 lessons to choose from.
Be Brave
Be Kind
Never Give Up
Be Honest
Friendship
Be Yourself
Work Together
SharingTap a lesson to start your book with it built in.
The words grow with them
We match the reading level to their age automatically. You can also set it yourself. Real pages from real Story Genie books:
“Zoe played by the big, blue ocean. The sun shone bright on her face. She found a pretty, sparkly shell in the sand.”
You stay in control
Change anything. It’s their book, your call.
Your free preview opens in a full editor. The story, the art, the cast, the names. Say the change and we repaint.
Dragon added ✨Edit as many times as you like
Tap the page, say the change, watch it repaint. No limit, no charge per edit.
One photo → in the storyAdd anyone with a photo
Grandma, a best friend, the dog. One photo paints them in. It is used once, deleted right away, never stored.
- KieraEvery page updates
Rename in one tap
Change a name and every page follows. If the title carries it, the cover repaints too.
3D
Anime
Watercolor
ComicFour art styles
3D, Anime, Watercolor, or Comic. The same story, painted the way your child loves.
- Saved for the next story
KieraAdd familyAdd a friendA character library for your family
Characters you make once are saved. Next book, they are one tap away.
Reviewed before it shipsReviewed before they see it
Every illustration passes a safety review before it reaches your child. Not right? We repaint it.
The whole truth
Read the whole book.
This is the same real book from the demo above. Every page, complete and unedited. No cherry picking.