MyLittleStoriesPersonalised illustrated storybooks

Where your child becomes the hero of their own story.

Personalised illustrated storybooks across three story worlds — magical adventures, real-life moments, and the big moments that matter.

Instant ebook for £4.99 · Upgrade to hardcover from £20

Begin their story

✨ Loved by families · 🇬🇧 Made in Manchester

How it works

Minutes from your photo to your child’s first adventure.

Four polaroid photographs of a family laid out on a soft cream surface, ready to be turned into storybook characters
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Upload your photos

One for each character you want in the story — your child, siblings, grandparents, even the family dog.

Four polaroid cards showing watercolour storybook character portraits of a family
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Meet your characters

Choose your illustration style — classic watercolour, vivid 3D or painted portrait — and we'll bring each character to life for your approval.

Three labelled hardcover storybooks representing themed adventures, real life moments, and big moments
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Choose your adventure

Pick from a magical theme, capture a real-life moment, or guide them through a big moment.

A beautifully bound personalised hardcover children's storybook with the family illustrated on the cover
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Receive your book

Instant ebook for £4.99, or upgrade to a printed hardcover from £20, delivered in 5-10 working days.

Why I built this

See your child in a story — before you start

Curious how your child will look as a storybook character? Create a free account and try our Playground — upload a photo, pick a style, and see them illustrated as a hero. When you’re ready, bring that character straight into their first story.

Try the Playground

See the books we make

A few finished examples across our three story worlds — each one personalised and illustrated from scratch.

See all our books

Three story worlds

Choose where your child’s adventure takes place.

The Enchanted Forest themed storybook with a family illustrated on the cover

Themed Adventures

Magical journeys with our story friends. Ember the dragon, Marina the mermaid, and others — each adventure starring your little one alongside a magical companion.

Begin a magical adventure
Olive's Adventures storybook showing a child swimming in a pool

Real Life

Capture a real moment in their life — a holiday, a birthday, a first day. You describe each page, we illustrate your child as the star.

Capture a real moment
Big School storybook showing two sisters at the school gates

Big Moments

A gentle story for a life moment that matters — starting school, a new sibling, moving home, a sleepover, a holiday.

Mark a big moment
Bubbles, a friendly purple dragon character with green eyes, pink wings, and a spotted belly — an example of an imaginary character a child might create

Build your child’s own cast of friends

Grab your child and let them dream up someone all their own — a dragon in slippers, a brave little fox, a fairy with a sparkly tail. Whatever they can imagine, you can bring it to life as their very own character, ready to come along on the adventure.

And imaginary friends aren’t just for one book. Once a character has joined a story, it comes to life on Imaginary Island — a place where the characters your child created live on, going on new adventures and meeting creations from other families. Like toys that never stop being played with, every imaginary friend stays busy, finding new stories to live in.

Create your first character Explore Imaginary Island

Your child’s photos, your peace of mind

We know trusting anyone with your child’s photo is a big deal. Here’s exactly what happens to it.

  • Deleted once the character is made.

    Once the character exists, the original photo is gone from our systems.

  • Never used for anything else.

    Photos are only ever used to create your child's character. They're never used for AI training, marketing, or shared with third parties — ever.

  • Encrypted end-to-end.

    All photos are encrypted in transit and at rest from the moment they leave your device.

  • If you don't finish, we don't keep it.

    Photos that never became a character get swept up too, on a schedule.

  • UK GDPR + ICO Children's Code compliant.

    Built to the strictest UK and EU child privacy standards from day one.

Mr Bramble, a friendly badger storyteller, sitting at his writing desk in a cottage workshop, quill in paw, working on a children's storybook

Made by Rob and Mr Bramble

MyLittleStories is a small family-run brand based in Manchester. Every story is shaped with care, beautifully illustrated in your choice of classic watercolour, vivid 3D or painted portrait, and printed in the UK on premium paper.

I built this because I wanted my own children to see themselves as the hero of stories worth keeping. Mr Bramble is the storyteller who lives at the heart of every book — quill in paw, working away in his cottage workshop, helping each story find its way onto the page.

— Rob, founder of MyLittleStories

How it started

What’s in every book

  • Hardcover printed in the UK on premium paper
  • Three illustration styles — classic watercolour, vivid 3D or painted portrait
  • Approve your character before you pay
  • Delivered in 5-10 working days
  • Read instantly as an ebook, or keep a printed hardcover
  • Up to 4 characters per story
  • Photos deleted once the character is made
  • Reprint or refund if anything's not perfect

Loved by families

What parents say about their books.

  • I’ve been searching for the perfect gift for my daughter for some time. As soon as I came across mylittlestories I knew I’d found what I was looking for! The website was so easy to use and I loved creating my own little story for my little one. She was so thrilled when she opened her present. It really is her favourite book. Couldn’t recommend enough!

    — Dom

  • These books are something really special. The quality is incredible, the illustrations are beautiful, and the stories are so thoughtfully put together. Making my child the hero completely transformed story time—it made them so excited to read and really brought the story to life. Such a unique, meaningful gift that creates lasting memories. I can’t wait to order another one. Highly recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

    — Arko

  • Magical! A forever keepsake. I am quite particular about the books I choose for our bedrime but this blew me away. My little one’s face lit up when they saw they were the main characters in their story. Not just a name swap but the character illustration looked like my children. Durable hardback which was great for my toddler. It’s become a true fave at bedtime :) will be ordering more for sure!

    — Amy

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Frequently asked

The questions we hear most often.

Choose a story world, pick your illustration style — classic watercolour, vivid 3D or painted portrait — and upload photos of your characters. We illustrate your characters in your chosen style and show you the character avatar to approve before anything else. Once you're happy with the likeness, we write and illustrate a personalised storybook starring your child. The ebook is £4.99; if you love it, you can order a printed hardcover from £24.99 (plus £3.95 UK delivery).