Tap to expandSam loved the local zoo, especially the quiet moments before the crowds arrived. They would often find a favourite bench near the entrance, pulling out a well-worn notebook and a stubby pencil. With a deep sigh of contentment, Sam would sketch the intricate patterns on a fallen feather or the curious curl of a dried leaf, imagining the creatures that once held them. Each tiny detail sparked a new adventure in their mind, ready to unfold.

Sam loved the local zoo, especially the quiet moments before the crowds arrived. They would often find a favourite bench near the entrance, pulling out a well-worn notebook and a stubby pencil. With a deep sigh of contentment, Sam would sketch the intricate patterns on a fallen feather or the curious curl of a dried leaf, imagining the creatures that once held them. Each tiny detail sparked a new adventure in their mind, ready to unfold.
Premium Print Quality
This isn't a print-out — it's a real, professionally bound storybook that starts as tonight's bedtime favourite and ends up in the box of things you kept. The kind of book that gets passed down, not thrown away.
Bound like a real book, because it is one — a sturdy softcover or a hardcover with a rigid protective case, made to stand up to years of eager little hands.
A substantial 200 × 200 mm (8" × 8") square book that sits beautifully in small laps, with the artwork running edge-to-edge across every spread.
Rich, full-colour pages on heavyweight coated stock, so the illustrations look as vivid in their hands as they did on your screen — on the hundredth reading as much as the first.
Every copy is made fresh for one child only — never mass-produced, never pulled from a warehouse shelf. There is exactly one book like it in the world.
Expect it on high rotation at bedtime first — then keeping its place on the shelf long after they can read it to you.
The book they'll rediscover in a box of childhood treasures at eighteen — their own name on the cover, their own face on the pages — and one day read to their own kids.
Bound like a real book, because it is one — a sturdy softcover or a hardcover with a rigid protective case, made to stand up to years of eager little hands.
A substantial 200 × 200 mm (8" × 8") square book that sits beautifully in small laps, with the artwork running edge-to-edge across every spread.
Rich, full-colour pages on heavyweight coated stock, so the illustrations look as vivid in their hands as they did on your screen — on the hundredth reading as much as the first.
Every copy is made fresh for one child only — never mass-produced, never pulled from a warehouse shelf. There is exactly one book like it in the world.
Expect it on high rotation at bedtime first — then keeping its place on the shelf long after they can read it to you.
The book they'll rediscover in a box of childhood treasures at eighteen — their own name on the cover, their own face on the pages — and one day read to their own kids.
From the cover to the very last page, every detail is chosen so the story of your child feels as magical in their hands as it looks on screen — a tangible piece of childhood you'll both hold onto.
Perfect for: children ages 3-5 — and anyone who loves seeing themselves in a story
What you get: 28 illustrated pages, with your child starring on 24 plus both covers
Printed locally: in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada — with free standard shipping, no international postage
Our guarantee:
Add your child. Upload a couple of clear photos and tell us their name — and Grandpa can join the cast of this story too.
We illustrate them in. Your child is illustrated into every page of "Grandpa's Silly Animal Challenge" in the book's own art style — same hair, same smile, unmistakably them.
Preview it, then make it yours. See a free preview of your personalised book before paying anything. Love it? Order the softcover or hardcover — the digital copy is included and saved to your library.
“Made one for my daughter's 5th birthday and she genuinely gasped when she saw herself on the cover. We've read it every single night since. Worth it for that reaction alone.”