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See it hold, page after page

This is a real example of a personalised children's book, rendered by the same reader the studio uses. Flip through it: the hero stays recognisable and the art style holds, cover to back.

My Very First Day at School
A sunlit cottage and flower garden, the boy's home at the end of his first school day.
A smiling boy with a blue backpack stands in front of a welcoming school on a bright morning.

Sometimes the things that make us nervous at first become the things we love the most.

My Very First Day at

School

Tap to read “My Very First Day at School”, a real 29-page sample. Open the full book, or see all sample books. Your book stars your child, by name and face.

A whole family

Not just one hero

A book can star a whole cast. Here a mum and her two children hold their faces across every page, in one frozen style. Wide beats span both leaves, the same reader the studio uses.

Our Rainy Day Rainbow
Maya and Noah hold hands while splashing playfully in a rain puddle in the front garden, while Mum Amara smiles warmly beside them under a bright colorful rainbow.

Our Rainy Day

Tap to read “Our Rainy Day Rainbow”, a real 15-page family sample. Open the full book.

Same child

One child, every page

Four pages from the same book. Same face, same style, no drift from watercolour to a different child halfway through. Browse every art style.

A young boy in striped pyjamas wakes up in bed, rubbing one eye and smiling in his cosy bedroom.
The boy stands at a tall mirror in a blue shirt and khaki trousers, doing up his collar.
The boy kneels by his bed, packing a notebook and crayons into a blue backpack.
The boy, wearing his blue backpack, opens the front door of his home to leave for school.
Behind the pages

Meet the cast, tour the sets

Consistency starts before page one. Every character is locked to an Identity Sheet (the same person from every angle and every mood), and every place to its own Environment, so the classroom on page three is the classroom on page nine.

The cast

Character reference sheet for a young child with curly reddish-brown hair in a school uniform of a white shirt, blue tank top and grey trousers, shown standing from the front, three-quarter, side and back, sitting down, and in a grid of six facial expressions, beside a red backpack with a fox badge.
The hero (your child)
Character reference sheet for a young child with long dark-brown braided hair and freckles, in a school uniform with a grey pleated skirt, shown from the front, three-quarter, side and back, sitting down, and in a grid of six facial expressions, beside a red fox-badge backpack.
The friend (the recurring best friend)
Character reference sheet for a woman teacher with curly auburn hair, wearing a green cardigan over a floral blouse and a grey skirt, shown from the front, three-quarter, side and back, sitting down, and in a grid of six facial expressions, beside a brown leather satchel with an owl charm.
The teacher (the grown-up who returns)

The sets

Environment reference sheet for a bright primary-school classroom with a colourful alphabet rug, wooden cubbies, low tables with red, blue and yellow chairs, a whiteboard and windows onto greenery, drawn from eight different angles.
Classroom
Environment reference sheet for a school gate and entrance, a brick building with arched teal double doors, stone steps and a cottage garden of lavender and roses, shown from several angles, including a view looking out through the open doors.
School gate
Environment reference sheet for a school garden with raised vegetable beds, sunflowers, a wooden bench under a large tree and a stepping-stone path, the school building behind, drawn from several angles plus a top-down plan view.
School garden
Environment reference sheet for a family home, a sage-green two-storey cottage with a tiled roof, brick chimney, yellow front door and white picket fence, shown from the front, three-quarter, side, from the street and approaching the front door.
Family home
Environment reference sheet for a cosy family living room, a green sofa with a patterned throw, a wooden coffee table, built-in bookshelves, framed photos and a toy-strewn rug, drawn from the front, three-quarter, and toward the sofa, the window and the doorway.
Living room
Environment reference sheet for a residential neighbourhood, a winding street of cottages with lamp-posts and trees, a corner bakery with a red postbox, a small park with a pond and footbridge, and a view approaching the school, drawn as four labelled scenes.
The neighbourhood
Environment reference sheet for a bus stop, a wooden shelter with a green roof and bench beside a suburban road with a bus-stop sign, autumn trees and cottages, shown from the street, along the pavement and looking out from inside the shelter.
Bus stand
Environment reference sheet for a cosy reading nook with a low picture-book shelf, floor cushions and a star-patterned rug by tall windows, with an owl ornament and bunting, drawn from three angles.
Reading nook
Environment reference sheet for a yellow school bus with teal trim and star details, shown in front, side, rear and three-quarter exterior views plus interior aisle and seating views.
School bus

Curious how the locking actually works? Read about the Consistency Engine.

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