A storybook that helps your child name what they're feeling, with them as the hero learning it on the page. Written around the feeling you pick, drawn from their photo.
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Telling a kid "it's OK to feel sad sometimes" only goes so far. Showing them, in a book where the kid having that feeling is them, with their face, getting through it, does something different.
The same page at every reading level. Pick one to see how the story reads.
Swish goes the brush! Hannah paints dark clouds. Drip, drop, rain! Now tap, tap, tap. Out comes yellow sun! Puppy snoozes soft. Zzz goes little pup. Bright flowers smile now.
Hannah dipped her brush into yellow paint. "Shoo away, grumbly rain!" she giggled. Her brush danced across the canvas. Out peeked a giant, happy sun! Down below, her fluffy puppy snored. "See that, sleepy pup?" Hannah whispered. The storm was turning into flowers. Her room felt warm and bright.
Hannah swept her paintbrush across the easel, blending stormy purple shadows into golden sunshine. Her legs ached from a long day, but watching the colors swirl made her heart feel light again. Beside her stool, her golden pup let out a soft snuffle from his cozy rug. "Almost finished," Hannah whispered, dotting pink blossoms onto the bright green meadow. Every stroke washed away the gray chill outside.
Brushing lavender across the paper, Hannah coaxed the thunderstorm into retreat. Her crutches stood quietly by the wall, patient sentinels waiting while she sat at her easel and reinvented the morning. With every measured sweep of bristles, jagged lightning surrendered to warm cascades of sunrise. On the rug below, her puppy sighed in his sleep, curled in a golden knot of easy peace. A hard ache lingered in her limbs, but here, surrounded by jars of pigment, Hannah could turn any gathering darkness into an open, blooming meadow.
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Choose a feeling to start with, or describe what's going on at home:
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
Social-emotional learning books work best when the kid actually identifies with the character. Personalized books skip the identification step entirely. The kid IS the character, learning the lesson on the page.
Read it before the feeling shows up. Read it during the storm. Read it after, when you're talking through what happened. Same book, different moments, and your kid is the hero in every reading.
“They read it to each other at night and the illustrations rendered from their photos strike the perfect balance between whimsical character and accurate portrait, so they see themselves so fully in the story.”
Lauren E.
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“I like that u can review and modify it over and over again before approving it and then submitting the print.”
Julie
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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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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.
Paperback Storybook
A full-color story to read together.
The same custom story and illustrations in a lightweight, softcover format.
Hardcover Keepsake
The keepsake families choose most.
A premium, durable hardcover made to be loved and saved for years.
You review your book before it's printed.
No printing happens until you approve every page.
Specific situations, which feeling, what it is not, ages, and who can be in it.
Upload a photo and pick a feeling to focus on. Your child is the hero of figuring it out.
Create their feelings bookAnger, sadness, fear, joy · Hardcover available
