Why this picture book starts with a photo, not a cartoon
The Macmerise Journal · Parenting
Most personalised children's books work the same way. You type a name, pick a skin tone, choose one of six hairstyles, and a cartoon child who looks a bit like yours appears on the cover.
Children notice. "That's not me" is the most common review a template book gets from its actual reader.
One phone photo, and the cover it became.
What's different here
This book starts with a photo. You upload one clear picture of your child's face, and the illustrator paints them: their hair, their grin, the tooth they just lost. The same photo is used for every picture in the book, so the child on page fourteen is the same child as on the cover.
A real spread: text on one side, painting on the other.
Everyone they love can be in it
Add up to three more people: Papa, Mumma, Dadi, a sibling, a best friend. Each one is painted from their own photo, and each one gets a real part in the story, not a face stuck in a corner.
Papa's photo, and Papa in the book.
The story is written for them
Tell us what your child loves (rockets, dinosaurs, trains, diggers, big cats, or your own idea) and how old they are. A new story is written around it, with sentences set to their age, then painted page by page.
- 32-page picture book, 11 × 8.5 inches, printed in India
- Softcover ₹1,299 · Hardcover ₹1,699
- Your child's name on the cover is checked letter by letter
- You see the painted cover free before you pay
Try it before you decide
Upload a photo and watch the cover get painted. If it doesn't look like your child, don't order. That's the whole deal.
See your child’s cover, freeAbout three minutes. You pay only if you order the book.
