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Personalized books for toddlers.
For ages one to three, a book is about recognition. The child sees their own face, hears their own name, spots their own red tricycle, and points. We draw the toddler from your photos, keep the words short and the pictures big, and print it on pages that survive being grabbed.
Few words. Big pictures. Their name in every line.
N° 01This age
Recognition, not plot.
A three-year-old can follow a small story. A one-year-old cannot, and does not need to. What a toddler wants from a book is to find things they know: their cup, their shoes, the cat, the front door, and above all themselves. A personalized book built for this age is a book of familiar things with the child at the centre of every page.
The text is short and repetitive on purpose. The same shape of sentence with the child's name in it, page after page, is how toddlers learn to expect the next line and say it with you.
N° 02What's inside
Built for ages one to three.
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Drawn from your photos
Three photos in, a character sheet back, then the pages. The toddler recognises themselves because the likeness was approved first.
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Their things
Send photos of the cup, the toy, the pram, the bedroom. Familiar objects are what a toddler points at.
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Their people
Parents, siblings, grandparents and the pet, all drawn from photos.
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Simple stories
Waking up to bedtime, a park day, bath time, getting dressed, goodnight to everything in the room.
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Two formats
Board book for under-twos: twelve thick spreads. Sturdy hardcover for two to three: sixteen pages, slightly more story.
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Made to be handled
Rounded corners and wipe-clean board, or a hardcover with thick coated pages.
N° 03Investment
Two ways to work together.
Toddler board book
From $390
Ages one to two. Twelve thick spreads.
- Child drawn from photos
- Name on every spread
- 12 board spreads plus cover
- Rounded corners, wipe-clean
- One printed copy
- Digital files for reprints
Toddler hardcover
From $480
Ages two to three. Sixteen pages with a short story.
- Child drawn from photos
- Name through the text
- 16-page illustrated hardcover
- One of our toddler story templates
- One printed copy
- Digital files for reprints
- 1 round of revisions
N° 04Questions
The answers we give most often.
- What makes a book right for a toddler?
- Few words, one clear picture per spread, familiar things, and pages that survive grabbing. Recognition, not plot.
- Board book or hardcover?
- Under two, board book. Two to three, either. The hardcover carries a slightly longer story.
- Can the toddler be drawn from photos?
- Yes. Three photos, a likeness you approve, then the pages.
- What stories work?
- A day from waking to bedtime, the park, bath time, getting dressed, goodnight to the room.
- How long does it take?
- Three weeks for a board book, two for the hardcover.
Start your book
Make the book they point at.
Tell us the child's name and age and attach three photos. We reply within two working days with the format that fits.