This Mother's Day, Mom is the hero of the book
A personalized Mother's Day book starring Mom, written from what her kids love about her and made from her photo, whether those kids are three or thirty-three.
Flowers are gone by Friday. A personalized Mother's Day book is still on the nightstand in October, because Mom is inside it, made from her photo, in a story written around the real things she does: finding the lost shoe, knowing every word of the bedtime song, talking a grown son through his first lease. It is the card that turned into a book.
Little kids give it with a partner's help, and their answers about what Mom is best at become the plot. Grown kids give it with thirty years of material and a dedication she will read twice. Choose watercolor or painterly for a book that looks lovely on a shelf, or cartoon if she is the one who laughs first, and read the digital edition tonight.
A gift she reads out loud, about her
Most Mother's Day gifts are things she uses alone. This one is a story she reads to the people who gave it. It stars her and the kids, so bedtime becomes a small celebration of the way they see her: chef, mechanic, finder of lost things, the person who always knows. When the kids are grown, it becomes the book she keeps on the coffee table and opens for guests. Either way, the mom on the page is the real one, drawn from her photo.
Five ways this book could go
Use one as it is, or tell us your own. The story is written fresh either way.
Mom's secret superhero cape is hidden in the laundry basket, and the kids finally catch her wearing it.
A morning where Mom finds every lost thing in the house, ending with the one she was actually looking for: her coffee.
Three grown kids plan the perfect Mother's Day brunch, and the story of everything that goes wrong is the gift.
Mom and your daughter grow a flower nobody has ever seen, and the botanists have to name it after her.
A first Mother's Day, told by the baby, who has been keeping careful notes on her since the hospital.
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
- Record the kids answering what Mom always says, and use one line as the story's refrain.
- Use the photo of her that she would choose herself; you know which one.
- Grown kids: include the story she tells at every holiday dinner, and let her be the hero of it.
- Order the hardcover by mid-April for a mid-May Mother's Day; the digital edition covers the morning itself.
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.
Mother's Day book questions
What is a personalized Mother's Day book?
A storybook in which Mom is a main character, made from her photo, in a plot we write around your family. The kids can be in it with her, up to three people or pets in total. It prints as an 8.5-inch square premium hardcover with a dedication page and printed bookplate, and the digital edition is included so she can read it on her phone at work.
Can it be from a partner on behalf of a baby?
Yes, and first Mother's Day books are a favorite. The story stars Mom and the baby, each made from a photo, with the dedication written in the baby's voice and signed with a footprint if you are feeling ambitious. Pick a soft style like watercolor and she will read it to that same baby at bedtime for years.
Can it be for a grandmother, stepmom or a mother figure?
Any mother figure works, because we write the story from the relationship you describe. Grandmothers get the grandkids as co-stars, stepmoms get the kids they raised, and the aunt who stepped in gets a story that finally says so. Tell us who she is to you, and the pages follow. Three people or pets can share the book, her included.
Can adult children give it?
Absolutely, and the material is better. Twenty-five years of her sayings, her driving, her Thanksgiving table and the way she answered the phone give us a story no template could hold. Tell us the highlights, and we write and illustrate a book in which she is the hero of her own family, drawn from a photo you love of her.
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.
