A story where your child is the hero.
Let your child's imagination run wild as they become the hero of a personalized illustrated storybook you weave together. Give it as a magical surprise or create it together, side by side—then build the story and make lasting memories today.
Free preview · No signup up front · Full book in 20–40 minutes
- 20–40 min
- full book generation
- 10 illustrated story sections
- 10 story sections, plus a custom cover
- Ages 3–8
- wholesome by default
- Free preview
- pay only to keep it
Your child, on the coverMira and the Moonlit Birthday
A real cover baked from one photo and a sentence — titled, illustrated, and credited by The Tallyhorn Team.
How it works
Three steps from photo to printed book.
A clear head-and-shoulders photo is all we need.
Pick a world — moonlit forest, pirate lagoon, and more.
Your finished storybook lands in your inbox, ready to read.
Shared by parents
Stories parents made
Featured stories
Real covers. Real kids. Real bedtime.
A handful of covers from parents who've shared theirs — here to show what a Tallyhorn book actually looks like once it's just for them.
What you’ll see
One cover, 10 story sections, and one matching illustration for each section — all in one continuous digital book.
The preview is meant to feel like the first read-aloud of a real book — not a card grid of feature boxes. So we built it like one: title, hero, and the byline printed on the cover so the book reads as theirs from page zero.
a real cover for Mira · by The Tallyhorn Team
Page 0 · Cover
Meet the hero · Mira
Your child’s actual photo, featured on the cover so the book reads as theirs from the very first page.
“Are you coming?” Mira whispered to the moon.
The fox offered the last crumb of starlight he'd been saving.
And the moon, finally, set down its teacup and turned around.
Loved by parents
Made for one kid. Loved by many.
The preview is free. The reaction in the first thirty seconds of opening it is the part every parent ends up talking about.
“She saw her own name on the cover and refused to put the book down. We have read it four nights in a row and counting.”
Priya — parent of a very stubborn four-year-old.
“He picked it up before I even offered bedtime. Asking for a second one is the highest review we have ever gotten from him.”
Marcus — parent of an eight-year-old who "doesn’t like reading anymore".
“Each twin got a version with their own photo and name, and they still fight over whose story is better. We are keeping both.”
Elena — parent of our six-year-old twins.
Pricing
Three ways to keep the story.
The preview is free. When you're ready to keep it, choose a one-time digital copy, a printed book, or a monthly subscription with 3 story credits each month that you use when you click Generate Story.
Instant digital access — read on any screen tonight.
Shipped to your door — a real, hardcover keepsake, printed on demand.
3 credits per month, used when the parent clicks Generate Story. Stories are not generated automatically.
Cancel anytime from your account. Your 3 monthly credits are ready when you are.
Free preview — pay only when you choose a tier in the order panel below your story.
What's next
More ways to live inside the book.
Today you can generate as many previews as you like and order digital, print, or monthly-subscription copies. We're working on what comes after that.
Adjust the prompt for one page and regenerate just that illustration, without re-running the whole book.
One-tap remixes of an existing story for a new child — same world, new hero, different name on the cover.
A clean, sleepy narration of each book, streamed from your dashboard so bedtime doesn't need a parent awake to read.
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