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Personalized Books for Blended, Step, and Foster Families

A custom storybook where the family your child actually has is the family in the story: stepparents, stepsiblings, foster parents, grandparents raising grandkids, two houses, drawn from photos and named the way your child names them.

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Blended family book, The Welcome Quilt: parents and kids gather around a patchwork quilt, drawn from a girl's photo

The Family in the Book Is the Family in the House

Off-the-shelf family books assume one house and two parents. A personalized book starts from your outline: the stepdad who does the pancakes, the two bedrooms, the foster mom, the grandma who is really the parent, the new stepsister who is suddenly in the bunk bed. Your child's name and face on every page, and everyone else called what your child calls them.

  • Your child stars as the hero, drawn from a photo
  • A custom story written from your description of your family, in your words
  • Works for stepfamilies, two-house families, foster and kinship care, and grandparents raising grandkids
  • Add the people who matter, up to 4 from photos, and write the rest in by name
  • Hardcover keepsake for a family that is figuring out its traditions

Peek Inside the Book

The same page at every reading level. Pick one to see how the story reads.

Customize the look

Stitch by Stitch

Janet pulls the thread. Pull, pull, zip! Her bright star shines. Brother makes music notes. Sister sews a heart. Snip goes the scissors! Everyone smiles together. Look at our quilt!

Making the Star Shine

Janet guided yellow yarn into fabric. "My thread is wiggling!" Leo cried. He stitched a crooked music note. "Pull gently," Mom said softly. Maya tugged on her pink heart. "Mine holds big love!" she beamed. Janet smoothed down her shining star. The bright squares were coming together.

Golden Threads and Good Stories

Janet looped the sunny yellow yarn through the quilted fabric, holding her breath with concentration. Beside her, Leo tugged his needle around the navy music note, nearly tangling his string in excitement. "Slow and steady," Dad reminded them with an easy grin. Maya patted her puffy pink heart with pride while Janet smoothed down the star. Around the table, warm laughter blended with the soft rustle of calico as their family masterpiece grew.

Tethered by Thread

Janet guided her needle through the dense batting, anchoring the yellow star firmly beside her brother's crooked melody. The quiet around the table felt weighted with transition, every tug of floss binding scattered memories into something sturdy enough to hold them. "It doesn't have to be perfect," Mama murmured, watching three sets of hands coax thread through linen. Janet caught her father's knowing smile across the vibrant squares. Home was no longer a distant address, but this slow, patient assembly of love and thread.

Inside page of a blended family book: Janet and her new siblings sew squares onto the family welcome quilt

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Stepfamily storybook, The Fort with Four Doors: a boy with a compass in front of a blanket fort his new siblings share

Blended Family Story Ideas

Pick the shape closest to your family, or describe your own:

  • Two Houses, One Kid: A story that moves between both homes and finds the good in each
  • The New Grown-Up: A gentle story about a stepparent finding their role, told from the child's side
  • Suddenly Siblings: An adventure that needs the new stepsiblings to work together to pull it off
  • Grandma's House Is Home: For kinship care: a story where living with grandparents is simply where the hero lives
  • The Family That Made Room: For foster families: a warm, present-tense story about the people who made room, with no promises about the future
  • Build Your Own Family Story: Describe who lives where, what they are called, and what you want the story to say

How It Works

From a single photo to a professionally printed book — about 15 minutes of your time.

Upload photos

Pick your style

Approve characters & story

Approve illustrations

Printed & shipped

Coloring-style blended family book, The New Tradition Club: a girl spins a family tradition wheel with her new family

In Your Words, With Nothing Assumed

Blended and foster families have to be careful with words, and the book should be too. The story is written from your outline and nothing else: it does not decide who is a "real" parent, does not promise forever, and does not mention anyone you leave out. You review every page of text before it is illustrated.

That makes it a workable gift across houses, too. A copy at Mom's and a copy at Dad's, with the same kid as the hero in both.

What Families Are Saying

“I love how u can have many people and build ur own story! U can even choose the animation and text style.”

Julie

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“I am pretty skeptical toward AI, especially when it comes to the arts, but the way my daughters gushed over seeing themselves star together in their own sisterhood adventure, is a moment I won't forget.”

Lauren E.

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“It’s a very special keepsake, and their kindness made the experience even more meaningful.”

Leslie P.

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Pricing Options

Choose how their custom story comes to life.

Personalized Coloring Book

A full storybook they can color.

Same custom story and cover, printed in black & white on coloring-friendly paper.


$15
Full-length book, not a mini version
Black & white pages for coloring
Same cover and page count as paperback
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Paperback Storybook

A full-color story to read together.

The same custom story and illustrations in a lightweight, softcover format.


$35
Full custom story & illustrations
Glossy softcover format
Full-color pages
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Hardcover Keepsake

The keepsake families choose most.

A premium, durable hardcover made to be loved and saved for years.


$50
Full custom story & illustrations
Full-color pages
Durable hardcover binding
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You review your book before it's printed.

No printing happens until you approve every page.

Questions blended and foster families ask before ordering

Names, foster children's photos, what the story promises, who can be in it, and timing.

A story about the family you actually have

Upload photos of your child and the people who matter, tell us what everyone is called, and get a book that assumes nothing.

Create your family's book

Written from your words · Hardcover keepsake