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Becoming a Big Sibling

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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.

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Softcover$38.90Printed keepsake
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  • Truly their faceBuilt from one photo, recognizable across all 12 chapters.
  • 12 illustrated chaptersA real story arc, warm hyper-realistic art.
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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.

The news being told, your child sitting very still on the arm of a chair, taking it in.
Chapter One

The Big News

Your child learned a wonderful secret: soon your child would have the most important job of all - being a big sibling.

The news being told, your child sitting very still on the arm of a chair, taking it in.

A cot being built wrong and then right, with your child handing over the small parts.
Chapter Two

Getting Ready

Your child picked out the softest little blanket and practiced being ever so gentle and kind.

A cot being built wrong and then right, with your child handing over the small parts.

The first hold: the baby in your child's lap, an adult's hands hovering just out of shot.
Chapter Three

A Heart That Grows

Your child discovered that a big sibling's heart just keeps growing, with plenty of love to go around.

The first hold: the baby in your child's lap, an adult's hands hovering just out of shot.

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 Becoming a Big Sibling is for

Becoming a Big Sibling is bought in the weeks before a birth, and it is written for the worry underneath the excitement: whether there will be enough love to go around. The book answers that directly in the third chapter rather than leaving it implied. It works best read several times before the baby arrives, not once afterwards.

Nought to eight, which is unusually wide because the job is wide. A two-year-old needs the pictures and the repetition. A six-year-old needs the sentence about a heart that grows, because that is the fear they have not said out loud. Reading level is set at setup and matters here.

For Maayan, who was somebody's whole world first, and who still is, exactly as much as ever.
Every book opens on a dedication page. You write your own - this is one that suits this story.
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Common questions

What age is Becoming a Big Sibling for?

Becoming a Big Sibling 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 Becoming a Big Sibling 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 - including the cases most generators get wrong. See it up close

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