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Personalized Superhero Books for Kids

Your child discovers their powers, designs their costume, and saves the day, in their very own illustrated adventure. Drawn from their photo and printed as a book they can hold.

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Personalized superhero book, The Dashing Dash Hero: a boy in a red cape flies over the city, drawn from his photo

Every Kid Deserves Their Own Origin Story

Most superhero books star someone else. Yours stars your child. From the moment they discover their powers to the page where they save the day, your kid is the one in the cape.

  • Your child in the cape on every page, drawn from their photo
  • An origin story that starts with them, not a costume pasted onto someone else's
  • Pick their power: flight, super-strength, invisibility, mind-reading and more
  • Choose their costume colors and the city they protect
  • Redraw any page before it prints, until the cape is right

Peek Inside the Book

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

Customize the look

Catch the Clock Hand

Whoosh went the wind! The big clock broke. Crash went the stones! A giant hand falls. Can Jackson catch it? Zoom goes Jackson fast! He reaches out far. Got it!

No Time to Lose

The giant clock hand broke loose! Heavy stones tumbled through the sky. People cheered from the square below. "Hold on, everyone!" Jackson shouted. He zoomed past the rooftops fast. The golden hand spun downward quickly. Jackson stretched his red glove out. "I will save the time!"

Midair Rescue

Stone bricks shattered as the clock tower groaned, sending the massive metal pointer tumbling toward the square. Below, the townsfolk gasped around the fountain, scattering beneath the sudden shower of dust and masonry. "Not on my watch!" Jackson grinned, carving through the golden sunset air. With a burst of speed, he stretched out his gloved fingers, determined to snatch the runaway clock hand before it struck the cobbles.

A Race Against the Sky

A deafening crack split the twilight as the great tower yielded, casting its colossal arrow into free fall amid a shower of crumbling mortar. Far below, the crowded plaza froze in collective terror, their upturned faces pale in the fountain's spray. Yet Jackson met the chaos with a fearless grin. Banking sharply through the amber sky, he outpaced gravity itself, extending one steady hand toward the plunging bronze. Saving the city was never just about stopping disasters; it was about ensuring tomorrow still had time to arrive.

Inside page of a personalized superhero book: Jackson in his red cape flies over a cheering city to catch a giant clock hand falling from the tower

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Superhero storybook, The Dazzling Light Guardian: a girl sends out streams of light by a wishing well, next to her photo

Superhero Adventures They'll Star In

Choose an origin, or tell us the power they've already decided they have:

  • The Day My Powers Showed Up: An ordinary morning turns extraordinary when your child realizes they can do something nobody else can
  • Sidekick to Hero: Your child starts as the helper and ends as the one saving the city
  • The Secret Superhero Squad: An adventure where your child joins a team of kid heroes with complementary powers
  • Costume Day: Your child designs their suit, picks their symbol, and tests their powers for the very first time
  • The Villain Who Wasn't: A kindness-powered story where the bad guy turns out to need help, not a fight
  • Build Your Own Hero Story: Describe the powers, the suit, and the city that needs saving

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

Superhero book for kids, The Cape of Unseen Deeds: a boy in a cape spots a kitten stuck in a tree

Why Superhero Books Build Real Confidence

Kids who grow up imagining themselves as heroes carry that imagination with them. When the hero on the page looks like them, and the book says so out loud, that imagination gets a little easier to believe.

It's the kind of book that gets read at bedtime, in the car, and once more before school, because the hero is the one person they never get tired of: themselves.

What Families Are Saying

“Such a fun way to make bedtime stories a little more exciting! I got it for my youngest but it quickly became a hit with all 3 of my kids.”

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“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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“This book turned out 100 times better than I could have imagined!”

Lauren E.

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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 parents ask before ordering a superhero book

Powers and costumes, famous heroes, ages, the team, and real-life powers.

Suit them up and send them flying

Send one photo and pick their power. We'll write the day they first use it, and draw them saving the city.

Create their superhero story

Their power, their suit · Hardcover available