A personalised big brother or big sister book, for the day everything changes
A new baby is coming, and your child is about to get the most important job in the house: the one only a big sibling can do.
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Look inside
A real book, made for Pia
Pia was 4. These are pages from Pia's Class Is Open, in Glowing Watercolor.
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"Pia's class is open! Sit up straight!" A baby is coming, and soon, not too late. Somebody brand new, so tiny and small, needs to know the important things. Pia knows them all!
Why this story
What it does for them
A new baby changes a child’s place in the family overnight, and the question underneath is rarely said out loud: is there still room for me? This story answers it with a job only they can do. The one who makes the baby laugh, who knows the silly song, who teaches them everything worth knowing.
The turning point belongs to your child. Grown-ups can cheer from the sidelines, but the click comes from something the big sibling notices or does, the way Pia works out the one lesson her brother actually needs. Children believe what they figure out for themselves far more than what they’re told.
Mixed feelings are allowed. A flash of jealousy or a cross face can sit on a page, briefly and with a smile, without turning it into a sad book. And it ends on what young children most need to hear: love doesn’t get divided, it gets bigger. Years from now, it’s the book that remembers how they became someone’s big sibling.
By age
How the story changes with age
Ages 2 and under
Very simple: there’s a baby now, and here’s what you can do that the baby can’t. Clap, wave, pull a funny face. Lines short enough to read in the middle of a feed.
Ages 3–5
Plenty to wonder about before the baby comes, a few lessons that go wrong in funny ways, and one that works. Pia’s book, made when she was four, is this kind.
Ages 6+
Room for real responsibility and honest mixed feelings, and a role that grows with them: today the helper, one day the best friend and partner in adventures.
Make it yours
The same moment, a hundred different stories
A few ways it could go. Yours starts with one sentence about your child.
- Theo teaches his baby sister the family’s secret handshake, which mostly means her grabbing his thumb.
- Twins are coming, and Mia has exactly two of everything ready.
- A baby who arrives in winter, and a big brother who promises to save her the first snow.
- Ezra’s baby brother is adopted, and his welcome-home banner took a whole week.
- Big sister for the second time, and this time she’s the expert.
Not quite this moment?Write your own. A book for any moment, big or small, in a sentence.
Write your ownYours to choose
What you can personalise
Their photo
One clear photo. We draw your child as an illustrated character who looks like them on every page.
Up to 3 people they love
A parent, grandparent, sibling or friend, from a photo or a few words of description.
The baby
Expected or already here, with or without a name or photo, face showing or tucked into a blanket.
6 art styles
From glowing watercolour to bold gouache and handmade paper worlds.
A dedication
Your own message at the start of the book, such as “To our first baby, now the best big sister we know.”
Read-aloud
Every paid book comes with a narrated version to play at bedtime.
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Before you start
Questions parents ask
Can the new baby be in the book before they’re born?
Yes. Add the baby as expected and the story builds toward the arrival. The baby appears only in the last pages, or not at all if you prefer. There are no pregnancy or hospital scenes unless you mention them.
Do we need a photo of the baby, or a name?
No. Choose newborn, a few months or nearly one, and whether the baby’s face shows or they’re tucked into a blanket. If there’s no name yet, or you don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, the story simply says “the baby”. If you have a photo, you can add it.
Will the baby look the same on every page?
Yes. We settle on one look for the baby before any drawing starts (skin, hair, eyes and outfit) and keep it on every page.
How is this different from the big sister books in shops?
A shop book tells one fixed story to every child. This personalized new-baby book is written for your family: your child’s face and age, the baby’s stage, and a role that suits your child.
Their moment, their story
Add a photo and check the idea. Before you confirm, you will see where the story is heading, and you can ask for up to three changes.
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