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The Big One Now - the cover, with your child as the heroNdidi the Big One
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The Big One Now

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Digital$14.90Read tonight, any device
Softcover$38.90 + shippingPrinted keepsake
Hardcover$42.90 + shippingPremium keepsake

Upload one photo, add their name. Your child becomes the named hero of this story, drawn on every page.

Yesterday your child was the small one. Today there is somebody smaller, and being the big one turns out to be a whole job with actual responsibilities.

Your photo is only used to draw your child - never published, sold or used to train AI.

  • Truly their faceBuilt from one photo, recognizable across all 12 chapters.
  • 12 illustrated chaptersA real story arc, one full-page illustration per chapter.
  • Ready in minutesPreview free tonight - pay only if you love it.
A peek inside

How the adventure unfolds

These are just sample lines. Your book is written fresh for your child - their name woven through every page, with the words, sentence length and tone tuned to their age, and shaped by the story, interests and details you choose.

Two children on a sofa, one very new, the other suddenly and visibly much larger.
Chapter One

Somebody Smaller

Yesterday your child was the smallest in the house. Today, quite suddenly and permanently, that was somebody else.

Two children on a sofa, one very new, the other suddenly and visibly much larger.

A job being done properly: a bottle held, a blanket straightened, an adult standing back.
Chapter Two

A Job With Rules

Being the big one came with rules: quiet feet, gentle hands, and knowing exactly where the soft blanket was.

A job being done properly: a bottle held, a blanket straightened, an adult standing back.

The older one asleep with an arm across the smaller one, both of them completely out.
Chapter Three

Good at It

By the end of the week your child was extremely good at it, and did not want the job given to anybody else.

The older one asleep with an arm across the smaller one, both of them completely out.

These three sample the opening, middle and ending of a 12-chapter book. All twelve are drawn with your child in them when the book is made: the cover and chapter one free in your preview, the remaining eleven once you order.

Is this the one?

Who the Big One Now is for

The Big One Now is for the fortnight after a baby arrives, when the promotion has already happened and nobody asked. It gives the older child an actual job with rules rather than a compliment, which is what most of them want. Parents reach for it when the initial excitement has worn off and the sulking has started.

Nought to eight. A two-year-old needs the pictures and the repetition of being the bigger one. From five, the idea that the job comes with real responsibility rather than praise is the part that helps, and it is worth reading when the baby is asleep. Reading level chosen at setup.

For Noam, who did not ask to be the big one and has been extremely good at it anyway.
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What age is The Big One Now for?

The Big One Now is written for ages 0-8. The story is generated at the reading level you pick during setup, so the same book works at the younger or older end of that range.

How is The Big One Now personalized?

You upload one photo of your child. That photo becomes the illustrated hero - same face shape, hair and skin tone - and stays recognizable across all 12 chapters. Their name, age and a dedication are woven in too.

How long is the book, and what formats are there?

Twelve illustrated chapters, one full-page illustration per chapter. Digital is $14.90, softcover $38.90 and hardcover $42.90 plus shipping; the hardcover is a 8x8 inch matt-laminated keepsake.

Can I see it before I pay?

Yes. The cover and the whole first chapter - artwork included - are generated free. You only pay if you want the remaining eleven chapters.

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. See it up close

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