Grandma, Grandpa and the grandkids, all in one story
A personalized book for grandparents that stars them beside a grandchild of any age, or a gift from a grandparent that puts the grandchild on the cover.
This page runs in both directions. If you are shopping for Grandma or Grandpa, give them a book in which they and the grandkids are the characters, made from photos, doing what they really do together. If you are the grandparent, give a grandchild a story with their own face on the cover and your handwriting on the dedication page.
The grandkids do not have to be small. A twenty-six-year-old who still calls every Sunday can give Grandma a book about the two of them, and a grandfather can give one to the grandson who just bought his first house. We write and illustrate it for you from what you tell us: the garden, the fishing pond, the card game only Grandpa knows the rules to.
For the grandparent who says not to buy them anything
Grandparents do not want more things, and grandchildren do not need more toys; what both want is a reason to sit down together. A book that stars them supplies it. Grandma reads about herself and the grandchild reads about themselves, and the story becomes a script they act out on the next visit. Adult grandchildren use it differently: it becomes the record of a relationship, the fishing lessons and the phone calls, written down while everyone can still laugh about it, and shown to every neighbor.
Five ways this book could go
Use one as it is, or tell us your own. The story is written fresh either way.
Grandpa teaches your daughter to fish and the two of them catch a rumor about a lake monster instead.
Grandma's recipe box turns out to be a map, and the kitchen is the portal.
A sleepover at the grandparents' house where every creak has a story and your son solves them all.
Your grown daughter and her grandmother swap places for a day, and Grandma finally learns what a group chat is.
The old photo album comes to life and a grandchild of thirty meets Grandpa at nineteen, just off the bus.
Your idea
The stuffed rabbit, the trip to the lake, the sourdough that never rose. Type it in and it ends up on the page.
Start the bookReady tonight, printed in about ten days
Tell us about them
Name, age, what they love, the occasion, and a photo or two. Up to three people or pets in one book, any age.
See the first pages free
We write and illustrate a story around them in the style you picked. Change anything before you pay.
Read it, then hold it
The digital book is yours in minutes. Add the Keepsake Hardcover with your dedication printed on the first page.
Gifting tips
- For a gift to grandparents, use photos from a recent visit with faces clear and uncovered.
- Write the dedication in the grandchild's words, whether they are four or forty; that page gets kept forever.
- Long distance? Ship the hardcover to their address and keep the digital edition to read together on video.
- Put the grandparents' dog or cat in; it will be everyone's favorite character.
One price per book
The Storybook
- Up to 24 pages in any art style
- Their photo becomes the hero
- Online, PDF and a link to share
Keepsake Hardcover
- 8.5″ square premium hardcover
- Dedication and bookplate printed inside
- Ships in 7–12 business days
Not sure of their photo or their favourite things? Send an e-gift and let them make it.
For grandparents book questions
Can the grandparents and the grandchild all be in it?
Yes. One book holds up to three people or pets, so Grandma, Grandpa and one grandchild, or one grandparent and two grandkids. Each is made from their own photo and stays recognizable from the first page to the last. Families with more grandchildren tend to order a book per child, each starring that child with the grandparents.
Can a grandparent send it from far away?
Yes. Ship the hardcover straight to the grandchild's house with a dedication in your words. If you lack a recent photo, an e-gift code lets the parents upload one and build the book while you stay the giver. The digital edition is made for reading together over a video call, one page at a time.
What is a good personalized book for Grandma?
One in which she is the hero. Tell us what she is famous for in your family, the pie, the tomatoes, the story about the goat, and we write her into an adventure with the grandkids, drawn from her photo in a soft style like painterly or watercolor. Have the grandchildren sign the dedication, whatever their ages, and expect it to be shown around the whole street.
Can an adult grandchild give one?
Some of the best ones come from grandchildren in their twenties and thirties. You have decades of material: the summers at the lake, the driving lessons, the letters she wrote you at college. Send us the highlights and we turn them into a story starring the two of you, made from your photos. Add your own kids and Grandma becomes a great-grandmother on the page.
Do you ship outside the United States?
Yes. Shipping is free anywhere in the United States, and we also print and ship to Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Books for those countries are printed in the same region, so they do not travel far; the exact shipping cost is quoted on the order page before you pay.
