A storybook where your kids and both their parents are illustrated from photos, named, and woven into the adventure, exactly as your family actually looks.
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Most personalized books still ask you to pick one mom or one dad. Ours does not. Upload photos of both parents, add the kids, and the AI illustrates your whole family on every page of a custom adventure, with everyone's name in the text and the names your kids actually use for you.
The same page at every reading level. Pick one to see how the story reads.
Squish went the sand! Sage took a step. Step, step, splash! Mama held one hand. Mommy held the other. Look at you walk! The waves tickled toes. Splish, splash, yay!
Cool sand squished under Sage's toes. "Look at our big walker!" Mommy cheered. Sage gripped two hands tight. She wobbled forward on sandy feet. A foamy wave splashed her ankles. "That is cold!" Mama laughed. Sage giggled and took another step. Golden water sparkled all around them.
Warm seafoam surged across the shore, soaking little Sage's bare feet. Squealing with delight, she squeezed both of their hands and leaned forward into the salty breeze. "Steady now, sweet pea," Mama coaxed, matching her careful stride along the tide line. Mommy grinned as the evening sun dipped lower, casting amber light across the tumbling waves. Sage lifted her chin bravely, taking one glorious step after another into the shining surf.
Sage wobbled into the retreating tide, her laughter rising above the gentle murmur of rolling surf. Held secure between two pairs of loving hands, she anchored herself against the shifting wet sand. The sun melted into the horizon, tinting the coastal spray in shades of apricot and amber. "Every journey begins with a splash," Mama murmured, trading a tender glance across Sage's sunlit head. Together, step by tender step, they guided her through the shallows, weaving footprints that the ocean would claim, but their hearts would keep forever.
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Start with one of these, or describe your family and the names your kids use:
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
There is a specific frustration in shopping for a kids' book and realizing you will have to explain to your child why one of their parents is not in the picture. A personalized book skips that whole problem. Your family shows up exactly as it is.
Whether it is a gift to your own kids, a baby-shower present for friends, or something a grandparent buys to hand down, this is the book where the kids' actual family is the family in the story.
“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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“My only regret is not getting three copies so each daughter could have their own, because I see this as something they will want to keep and take with them when they leave the nest!”
Lauren E.
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“I used Genie in a Book as a gift to various family members – they all loved it!”
Patrick A.
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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.
Both parents in the pictures, the names you use, origin stories, how many people, and gifts.
Upload photos of both parents and your kids. Your whole family is the cast, and nobody gets left out of the pictures.
Create your family's bookBoth parents on every page · Hardcover keepsake
