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Valentine's Day gifts

Personalized Valentine's books to say I love you

Skip the sweets and say it with a story: a warm Valentine's keepsake starring the child you adore.

A Valentine's gift a child can keep - a gentle story about love and kindness with them as the hero, from someone who cherishes them.

Great Valentine's gift picks

A Heart Full of Love - personalized children's book coverNora's Heart Full of Love

On Valentine's Day, your child spreads little hearts of kindness wherever they go.

Ages 2-8

From $14.90
The Kindness Quest - personalized children's book coverElla's Kindness Quest

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

From $14.90
The Kindest Princess - personalized children's book coverPrincess AmaraNew

Your child rules a candy-colored kingdom - not with a scepter, but with kindness.

Ages 0-6

From $14.90

Ordering in time for Sun, 14 February 2027

The clock starts when you approve your book, not when you pay - nothing is printed until you have seen every page.

  • United Kingdomapprove by Sat, 6 February 2027
  • United Statesapprove by Tue, 2 February 2027
  • Irelandapprove by Fri, 29 January 2027
  • Germanyapprove by Thu, 4 February 2027
  • Australiaapprove by Fri, 29 January 2027
  • Canadaapprove by Mon, 1 February 2027
  • New Zealandapprove by Thu, 4 February 2027
  • Singaporeapprove by Thu, 4 February 2027
  • Netherlandsapprove by Wed, 3 February 2027
  • Austriaapprove by Mon, 1 February 2027
  • Swedenapprove by Sat, 30 January 2027
  • Denmarkapprove by Fri, 5 February 2027

Add the date in your basket and we tell you before you pay whether print gets there in time. Left it late? The digital edition unlocks the moment you pay. All delivery times

Free preview before you pay Add a dedication - "For them, with love" Ships straight to their door

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Common questions

What is a sweet Valentine's gift for a child?

A personalized storybook about love and kindness, starring the child - a keepsake far more lasting than candy.

When should I order for Valentine's Day?

Approve your book by the very start of February - six days to the UK and nine to ten inside the US, plus a margin, and mid-February post is busy. The digital edition unlocks immediately if the 14th has crept up.

Is Valentine's Day an odd thing to give a child a book for?

Not from a parent or a grandparent, which is who orders these. It is read as the day you say the thing out loud rather than as romance, and a story is a more durable way of saying it than a card.

What should the dedication say?

Something only you would write. Write to the child rather than about them, say who it is from, and date it - in ten years the date is the part that does the work.

Will it actually look like them?

  • Reference portrait: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hair, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: Deep brown skin, tightly coiled hairDeep brown skin, tightly coiled hair
  • Reference portrait: Fine, fair, barely-there hair, age 1The illustrated character kept from it: Fine, fair, barely-there hairFine, fair, barely-there hair
  • Reference portrait: Straight black hair with a fringe, age 7The illustrated character kept from it: Straight black hair with a fringeStraight black hair with a fringe
  • Reference portrait: Curly ginger hair and freckles, age 4The illustrated character kept from it: Curly ginger hair and frecklesCurly ginger hair and freckles
  • Reference portrait: Round glasses, age 6The illustrated character kept from it: Round glassesRound glasses
  • Reference portrait: Long braids with beads, age 8The illustrated character kept from it: Long braids with beadsLong braids with beads
  • Reference portrait: A visible hearing aid, age 5The illustrated character kept from it: A visible hearing aidA visible hearing aid
  • Reference portrait: A baby with no hair, 6 monthsThe illustrated character kept from it: A baby with no hairA baby with no hair

Skin tone, hair texture and freckles all carried through - including the cases most generators get wrong. See it up close

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Make them the hero of their own valentine's day story.