A real book, not a throwaway
A story with a proper beginning, middle and end, pictures that match, and a cover. Something your family keeps and reads again.
About The Storybook Studio
Every child has a story only they could dream up.
The Storybook Studio is where your child’s ideas become illustrated storybooks: real books with a cover, the same characters on every page, and a story your family will want to read again.
It started at bedtime
We kept running out of new stories. And the stories a child asked for, the ones with their own wild ideas in them, were never on the shelf. So we started building a way to make them.
Getting AI to write a story was the easy part. The hard part was making a real book: a story with a proper arc, pictures that keep the same characters on every page, and a cover. That is what The Storybook Studio is for.
How a storybook is made
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Bring your child’s idea
A fox who finds a secret treehouse, a first day at a new school, a dragon who is scared of the dark. Then choose an age band: 3–5, 6–8 or 9–10.
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Meet the characters
See every character before the book is made. Change a description, make a new portrait, or upload a photo that becomes an illustrated portrait.
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Watch the book come together
Guided AI writes and illustrates every chapter and paints a cover, and the characters look the same on every page.
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Make it yours, then read it together
Review and change the words and pictures. Then read it in your browser, or download a PDF to print or an EPUB for an e-reader.
Want to see one first? Read a sample storybook.
Made together
Your child brings the ideas, and you stay in charge. You can review and change every page before you read it with your child.
A calm place to create
There are no ads in the studio, and we never sell your information. Example books are chosen by hand, not an open feed.
Read more about how we keep stories safe and how pricing works, or say hello.
What will your child dream up?
Your first storybook is free, with no credit card.