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title: "Examples | Once Books"
description: "Flip through a real sample book and see the proof: one child, one art style, recognisable on every page. Then start your own from any story theme."
source: "https://www.oncebooks.com/examples/"
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Examples

# See it hold, page after page

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

![Maya following a floating lantern under a full moon](https://www.oncebooks.com/sample/cover.svg) Maya and the Whispering Wood

Cover

“Maya and the Whispering Wood” — a preview mock. Your book stars your child, by name and face.

The whole point

## 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 all six [art styles](https://www.oncebooks.com/styles/).

![Maya following a floating lantern under a full moon](https://www.oncebooks.com/sample/cover.svg)

![A silver lantern floating past a moonlit garden](https://www.oncebooks.com/sample/garden.svg)

![Tall trees leaning over a glowing path](https://www.oncebooks.com/sample/wood.svg)

![A small bear holding a lantern, waving a paw](https://www.oncebooks.com/sample/bear.svg)

Start from a theme

## What kind of story?

Pick a starting point — your child is the hero of whichever one you choose.

- ### Bedtime & dreams

  A gentle wind-down story that ends where your child already is — ready for sleep.
- ### Big adventures

  Your child as the hero who sets out, meets a friend, and finds their way home.
- ### First days

  The first day of school, a new sibling, a new home — the big changes, made smaller.
- ### Kindness & feelings

  Stories about being brave, being kind, and what to do with a big feeling.
- ### Animals & nature

  A companion creature and a world worth exploring, from the garden to the deep wood.
- ### Space & the stars

  Off past the rooftops and into a sky close enough, almost, to touch.