🎒 Back to school
Make the first day feel like their day.
Upload one photo and they walk into the classroom as the hero of their own book — their real face, hair, and skin tone on every page. The digital book is ready in minutes, so you can read it together the night before the big day. Preview the opening pages free before you pay.
Make their first-day book — free preview →
Takes ~30 sec — their name and one photo, then their cover appears. No card needed.
School start dates run from early August to early September. Printed books arrive in 5–7 business days, so order print now if their first day is late August or later. Starting sooner? The digital book is ready in minutes — you can read it tonight.
- 💛 Love it or your money back
- 🔒 Free preview — no card needed
- 🗑️ Your photo is deleted in 24h
- 🚚 Free US shipping on print
Books for the whole back-to-school stretch
Pick the one that fits the kid you're buying for — in every single one, they're the hero.
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First Day of School
The big-day milestone book
Nervous → brave → belonging. The night before, the goodbye at the door, the new classroom, and one friend who says "sit by me." Written differently for a preschooler than for a 9-year-old starting a new school.
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The Story of Their Name
5-page meaning story
They're about to write their name on everything — the cubby, the folder, the top of every page. This turns what that name MEANS into a 5-page hero's journey.
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Great Explorer
12–16 page bravery adventure
For the kid who needs proof they can do hard things: an adventure where they're the explorer who keeps going. Bravery, without the school setting.
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Things I Love About Grandma & Grandpa
Grandparent keepsake
Grandparents Day (2nd Sunday in September) lands just as the school year gets going. This is the book the child gives THEM — a list of every little thing they love about Grandma and Grandpa.
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How it works
From "I want to make this" to reading it at bedtime tonight — the digital book takes minutes.
1
Pick a story
Choose a theme above — First Day is the back-to-school one.
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Add the kid it's for
Upload one photo — they become the illustrated hero. The illustrations are AI-generated from that photo, so the face is unmistakably theirs.
3
We write + illustrate
Personalized story + matching illustrations, ready in about a minute.
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Read or print
Download the digital PDF or order the printed hardcover.
Simple pricing
Every book includes the free Hero Pack — coloring pages, certificate, and wall art.
Digital
$9.99
Instant PDF download
Softcover
$29.99
Free shipping · arrives in 5–7 business days
Hardcover
$39.99
Free shipping · arrives in 5–7 business days · keepsake
Questions back-to-school buyers ask
Will it arrive before the first day?
That depends on your district's start date, so here's the honest version. The digital book is ready in about a minute for our most popular themes (4–6 minutes for fully bespoke customizations) — you can read it together tonight, whatever the date. Printed books arrive in 5–7 business days with free US shipping, so order print now if their first day is late August or later. If it's sooner than that, get the digital book for the big day and let the printed keepsake arrive in their first weeks of school.
What age is the first-day book for?
Ages 2–10, and it's written differently at each end. For a 2–4-year-old starting daycare or preschool it's about the grown-up always coming back at the end of the day. For a 5–6-year-old in pre-K or kindergarten it's about learning the shape of the day — hooks, cubbies, circle time, recess, pickup. For a 7–10-year-old walking into a new school it's about being the new one and finding one real friend.
Does it actually help with first-day nerves?
That's what it's built for. The story goes nervous → brave → belonging: the butterflies get named honestly on one page, your child does one small brave thing while they're still nervous, and then the day gives something back — their name on a cubby, a teacher who was waiting for them, one friend. It never ends on a worry, and it's not a book about being scared. It's a storybook, not therapy — but a day you've already read about is a day that feels rehearsed.
Can I get it in Spanish?
Yes — a bilingual edition puts English and Spanish side by side in the same book for +$10. French, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese are available too.
Is it really their face?
Yes. You upload one photo and we use it as the likeness reference — the illustrations are AI-generated and render their actual face, hair, and skin tone on every page, not a preset avatar. You'll see it on the cover and the opening pages free before you pay, and if they don't light up when they see themselves, we'll refund you in full and they keep the book.
I'm the grandparent — can I send it for the big day?
Yes, and it'll be signed. As you create the book, tell us who it's from and we print a dedication page — "For Maya, with love. From Grandma." — as the first page of the book. It shows up in your free preview, so you can check it before you pay.
Is my child's photo safe?
We delete your uploaded photo within 24 hours. We never train AI models on it. See our privacy policy.
Love it or your money back. If they don't light up when they see themselves in the book, we'll refund you in full — and they keep the book.