Personalized adventure

A Personalized Pirate Book: Your Child Is the Hero

A ship with creaky boards, a parrot with opinions and an X on the map. The captain? Your child, obviously.

We fill in the story idea for you. You can change every word.

Sample illustration from a personalized LittleReaders children's book
Sample illustration from a personalized LittleReaders children's book
Sample illustration from a personalized LittleReaders children's book

Every page of your book is drawn in one of 10 art styles. These samples were created with LittleReaders, exactly as your pages will be.

Every backyard captain deserves a real voyage. In this book your child takes the wheel, sails through sea spray and gull cries to a secret island, and follows a crinkled map through palm shadows to the spot marked X. The shovel thuds against something wooden. The rest is theirs to open.

The captain on the cover is your child, drawn from a single photo in the art style you choose, and the crew can include the whole family. Every book is written from scratch, so no two voyages are alike. Read it digitally the same day, or print the softcover for story time on the high seas of the sofa.

The story idea, ready to go

Sailing a pirate ship to a secret island and following an old map to buried treasure

This is what we'll suggest when you start. Keep it, tweak it or replace it entirely.

How it works

1

Add your child

Add a photo or description and choose from 10 art styles. Prepare drafts for your child, siblings, parents and friends, or reuse saved portraits.

2

Shape the story

Start from the story idea on this page, keep what you like and change the rest. You choose the length: 16, 20 or 24 pages.

3

Read, edit and print

Review and pay for your book. We create any new portraits, then write and illustrate the story. When it is ready, edit pages, download the PDF or order a printed softcover.

Good to know

What does a personalized book cost?

Pay directly for each book: from $7.20 for 16 pages to $9.35 for 24 pages. New character portraits selected for the book are included and created after payment. There is no subscription. Prices are in USD; Stripe shows applicable tax and any local-currency option at checkout.

How long does it take?

About half an hour for most books. Every page is written, illustrated and quality-checked from scratch, and we email you the moment your book is ready, so there is no need to wait around.

Can we get a printed copy?

Yes. Every book includes a digital copy you can read anywhere, and books with 16 pages or more can be ordered as a 21 x 21 cm printed softcover for $19.99 plus shipping, printed and delivered by our print partner Peecho.

Your child's next favorite book is one photo away

Set it up in a few minutes. The book is written, illustrated and ready to read in about half an hour.

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