Your child discovers an extraordinary power - and an even bigger heart.
Ages 4-8
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Ages 4-6 - preschool and early school age
Personalized books for 4, 5 and 6 year olds
The widest choice in the collection, and the age where a personalized story does the most work.
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Between four and six a child can hold a whole story in their head - beginning, middle, the bit where it goes wrong, the end. They also start comparing themselves to other people, which is the age at which being the hero of something stops being a novelty and starts being useful. Starting school, learning to swim or ride a bike, moving house, making a friend and losing a tooth all tend to land in this window. This is also when many children first want to read a page themselves, and a page with their own name on it is a far better reason to try than a page without.
What matters in a book at 4 to 6
A real arc, with a wobble in it
At this age the moment it nearly goes wrong is the part they remember. A story with no difficulty in it does not hold.
Something they are proud of
Bike, swimming, first day, a brave night. Pick the thing they have just done or are about to - it turns the book into a record.
Their name in print
Seeing your own name set in a real book is a specific thrill at five and six, and often the first reason a child asks to read a line themselves.
97 stories written for ages 4-6
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Your child blasts off on a journey across the stars.
Ages 4-8
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Your child ventures deep into a wild, whispering jungle.
Ages 2-6
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Your child travels back to the age of gentle giants.
Ages 4-8
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Your child earns a place at a school where anything is possible.
Ages 4-8
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Your child sets sail in search of hidden treasure, with a clever parrot as first mate.
Ages 4-8
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Your child dives into a shimmering world beneath the waves.
Ages 2-6
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A slow, cozy journey to dreamland where your child says goodnight to the whole wide world.
Ages 0-6
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A tender story about your child getting ready for a brand-new role - big sibling - and discovering a heart that just keeps growing with more love to share.
Ages 0-8
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A reassuring story for the big first day, where your child learns that a brand-new place can quickly start to feel just like home.
Ages 2-8
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A warm-hearted story where your child discovers that the smallest acts of kindness can light up the whole world around them.
Ages 2-8
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A joyful celebration story where your child turns another year older, surrounded by wishes, laughter, and a sprinkle of birthday magic.
Ages 0-8
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Your child guards a kingdom of wonder and learns that the bravest knights have the kindest hearts.
Ages 4-8
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Your child slips through a hidden gate into a garden where flowers glow and fairies flutter.
Ages 2-8
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Deep below the waves, your child discovers a shimmering tail and a voice that can calm the whole ocean.
Ages 2-6
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Your child sets out across the golden savanna to meet its gentle giants.
Ages 2-6
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Your child bundles up and sleds across a glittering land of ice and snow.
Ages 4-8
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Your child builds a clunky little robot that beeps to life and becomes the best friend a kid could invent.
Ages 2-8
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Your child follows the clues to crack the town's trickiest mystery.
Ages 4-8
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Your child finds a paintbrush that brings everything it paints to life.
Ages 4-8
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When your child taps out a tune, the whole world starts to dance.
Ages 0-6
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It's the big game, and your child is nervous - until a deep breath turns the jitters into joy.
Ages 4-8
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When the music plays, your child twirls brighter than any star.
Ages 2-8
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Your child plants one tiny seed and learns the quiet magic of patience.
Ages 2-8
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The moment your child falls asleep, a whole world of dreams swings open.
Ages 2-6
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When the lights go out, your child meets a friendly little glow that turns shadows into wonders.
Ages 2-6
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Sometimes your child's feelings feel too big to hold, and that is okay.
Ages 2-8
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Your child sets out to say thank you to the whole wide world.
Ages 2-8
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Your child's very first tooth is wobbling, and a tiny visitor is on the way tonight.
Ages 4-8
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Today your child tries riding without training wheels for the very first time.
Ages 2-8
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Your child welcomes home a wiggly, waggy new puppy.
Ages 0-8
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Your child steps up to the water's edge, a little nervous, and learns to float, kick, and glide.
Ages 4-8
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Cap on and grin wide, your child celebrates finishing a big year of learning and growing.
Ages 2-6
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On a snowy Christmas Eve, your child follows a trail of twinkling lights into a night of wonder.
Ages 0-8
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Night by night, your child watches the glow of the menorah grow.
Ages 0-8
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On Halloween night, your child dresses up brave and bold and befriends the sweetest little monster of all.
Ages 0-8
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A fluffy bunny leads your child on the springtime egg hunt of a lifetime.
Ages 0-8
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On Valentine's Day, your child spreads little hearts of kindness wherever they go.
Ages 2-8
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As the old year twinkles goodbye, your child makes a wish for the year to come.
Ages 2-8
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Your child is ready for a very big step - goodbye diapers! A cheerful, pressure-free story about trying, celebrating little wins, and becoming the proudest potty champion in town.
Ages 0-6
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Boxes, a new front door, and a room that echoes - your child is moving! A warm story about saying goodbye, finding treasure in new corners, and discovering that home comes along with you.
Ages 0-8
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A checkup can feel scary - until your child discovers how brave one small hero can be.
Ages 0-8
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Your child gets a first pair of glasses - and suddenly the world sparkles with details nobody mentioned! A confidence-boosting story about seeing clearly and loving what makes you, you.
Ages 4-8
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All aboard! your child takes the driver's seat of a gleaming express train.
Ages 0-6
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Tonight the kitchen belongs to your child! A deliciously fun story of flour clouds, bubbling pots, and the secret ingredient that makes everything taste like magic.
Ages 4-8
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Your child rules a candy-colored kingdom - not with a scepter, but with kindness.
Ages 0-6
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A tent, a flashlight, and a sky full of stars - your child's very first campout! A cozy outdoor adventure about night sounds, marshmallow sparks, and sleeping under the whole wide sky.
Ages 4-8
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The crescent moon is smiling, the lanterns are glowing, and your child has a basket of sweets to share.
Ages 0-8
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Sunshine, sandcastles and a sea that sparkles for miles - your child's greatest beach day ever! A splashy summer story with a cheeky crab, a grand sand tower, and waves that play tag.
Ages 2-8
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When the night light flickers out, your child discovers the dark is not empty at all - it is full of small, glowing, friendly things.
Ages 2-8
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Every night your child names three good things from the day, and the moon listens to every one.
Ages 2-8
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A new playground, nobody your child knows, and one small decision: be the one who says hello first.
Ages 4-8
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The party is loud and your child is not.
Ages 4-8
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There is one ornament left in the box, and it belongs right at the top.
Ages 0-8
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Your child is absolutely not going to sleep tonight.
Ages 0-8
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Your child gives the little dreidel one ordinary spin, and it simply keeps going - across the floor, up the wall, and once around the moon.
Ages 0-8
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One more candle every night, and the room gets warmer each time.
Ages 0-8
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Your child carves a friendly face into the roundest pumpkin on the porch - and the pumpkin, being polite, smiles back.
Ages 0-8
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Every costume in the trunk wants to be worn tonight, and they are all talking at once.
Ages 2-8
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The eggs are hidden, but so is the map - and the map is drawn in a rabbit's handwriting, which is famously difficult to read.
Ages 0-8
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One egg in the basket is warm, and warm eggs are never chocolate.
Ages 0-8
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The little lantern your child is carrying tugs gently forward, then a little more insistently, until it has led the way through the whole glowing evening.
Ages 0-8
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Your child receives the exact present that was wished for - and then meets someone small and shivering who needs it more.
Ages 2-8
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Staying awake until midnight is the hardest job in the world, and your child has exactly one wish saved up for the moment the year turns over.
Ages 2-8
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A brand-new year, still completely blank, and your child is the first one awake to leave a footprint in it.
Ages 2-8
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Your child cuts out one paper heart, then another, then ninety-eight more - and the wind decides where every single one of them should go.
Ages 2-8
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There is a folded note in your child's coat pocket, and nobody knows how it got there.
Ages 2-8
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The bus is enormous, and yellow, and it stops right at the end of the road.
Ages 2-8
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Everything about the first day is new except the lunchbox, which is from home.
Ages 2-8
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You are supposed to throw the little square hat at the end, and your child throws it harder than anyone has thrown a hat in the history of hats.
Ages 2-6
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The peg with your child's name on it is coming down today.
Ages 2-6
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Your child went to choose a kitten.
Ages 0-8
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A new goldfish needs a name, and no name is quite right.
Ages 0-8
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The tooth goes under the pillow, and in the morning there is something under there that is definitely not a coin.
Ages 4-8
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It wobbles on Monday.
Ages 4-8
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The little wheels come off in the morning, and for most of the day the bike is entirely against the idea.
Ages 2-8
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Your child can ride perfectly well on the flat.
Ages 4-8
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There is a drawer full of pants with dinosaurs on them, and today is the day they come out.
Ages 0-6
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Daytime is sorted.
Ages 2-6
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Yesterday your child was the small one.
Ages 0-8
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A second small bed arrives in your child's room, and at first there is no space for it anywhere.
Ages 2-8
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Everything your child owns is in boxes, and one box is going in the car instead of the van.
Ages 0-8
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The new bedroom is the wrong shape and the window looks at the wrong things.
Ages 0-8
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The waiting room has a fish tank and the chair goes up and down.
Ages 0-8
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There is a jar of stickers at the end, and you only get one if you sit still.
Ages 0-8
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Your child lives one way, and someone who loves them lives a long way the other.
Ages 2-8
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There is one chair, one blanket, and one voice that makes the dark feel smaller.
Ages 0-6
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One day, two grandparents, and absolutely no plan.
Ages 2-8
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A folded note, an old key, and a whole family that agrees to follow it.
Ages 4-8
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New shoes, a packed bag, and a gate that has to be walked through alone.
Ages 2-6
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The house is louder, the days are different, and your child is suddenly the big one.
Ages 2-6
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A rope swing, a dare, and a summer that neither of them will forget.
Ages 4-8
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A morning of waiting by the window, and then the doorbell starts and does not stop.
Ages 2-8
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Your child gets up before everyone else to make a surprise breakfast, and it goes gloriously, spectacularly wrong.
Ages 2-8
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Just one more squirt of bubble bath, thought your child.
Ages 2-6
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Your child is not sleepy.
Ages 2-8
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Somebody has been at the chocolate cake, and your child happens to be standing right beside the evidence, looking very innocent indeed.
Ages 4-8
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Common questions
What is the best personalized book for a 5-year-old?
Five-year-olds respond best to stories about something they have just achieved or are nervous about - starting school, swimming, riding a bike without stabilizers, a first sleepover. Every title on this page is written for the 4-6 band, which is the largest part of our collection.
Can a 6-year-old read it themselves?
Partly, and that is often the appeal. The story is generated at the reading level you choose during setup, so you can pitch it at read-to-me or nearly-read-it-myself. Most six-year-olds read some lines and let you take the rest.
Is a personalized book a good starting-school gift?
It is one of the better ones, because it can be about the specific thing they are anxious about rather than school in general. See the first-day-of-school gift page for that.
Other ages
Will it actually look like them?
Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hair
Fine, fair, barely-there hair
Straight black hair with a fringe
Curly ginger hair and freckles
Round glasses
Long braids with beads
A visible hearing aid
A baby with no hair
Skin tone, hair texture and freckles all carried through. See it up close
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