StorySafari
Step 1
Start with the child
A real photo gave the adventure its curious hero: Murray.
Personalized Christmas book
Make a Christmas book where they are the hero
Turn their photo, personality, favorite people, pets, and wildest ideas into a one-of-one illustrated adventure waiting under the tree — the gift they reach for long after the wrapping paper is gone.
Made for one child
More personal than putting a name in a holiday template
Every StorySafari book begins with the child and an idea you choose. The characters, adventure, words, and illustrations are created for that story.
1
Create their character
Use a photo or describe how your child should look as the illustrated hero.
2
Choose their adventure
Write one idea or ask StorySafari for Christmas-ready ideas shaped around the character.
3
Review the gift
Read every finished page, review the cover, and choose where the hardcover should be sent.
Real StorySafari example
From one child's idea to a book the whole family shares
Murray imagined her family and Poki in a flower garden, became a watercolor character, and ended up holding her own printed mystery.
Step 2
Create the character
StorySafari turned Murray into a reusable watercolor character.
Murray's idea
My family in a flower garden
Her parents and Poki joined a mystery among gray, wilted flowers.
Step 3
Ask what they want
The story starts from the child's own spark, not a generic template.
Step 4
Make the story
The idea became The Gray Garden Mystery, where the family helps a magical garden bloom again.
Step 5
Wrap the keepsake
The story they helped imagine becomes the hardcover they unwrap.
Christmas story starters
Begin with something only they would choose
1
The night the stockings whispered
On Christmas Eve the stockings start whispering clues, and the young hero follows them to a surprise the whole family helped hide.
2
The reindeer who lost the map
A very embarrassed reindeer lands in the backyard, and only the child and their favorite pet can help find the way home before morning.
3
The ornament door
One ornament on the tree is secretly a tiny door, and it opens into a snow-globe world that needs exactly this child's kind of courage.
Preview first
Create the story before committing to the book
Start with a free four-page illustrated preview. On the web, $20 completes the 24-page story and includes one hardcover.
Shipping and applicable tax depend on the destination and speed. The exact quote appears after the story and cover are ready for review — creating early in the season leaves the most room for December delivery.
1
Read every page
Review the finished story before moving into print checkout.
2
Choose the finish
Select standard or premium full-color hardcover printing.
3
Send it where it belongs
Enter the recipient's name and delivery address when the book is ready.
Loved by families
The gift kids ask to read again
Each of us in the story got our own pet dragon.The Jones Family
My mom reads me my fairy story every night.Wren
Personalized Christmas book questions
How personalized is the Christmas book?
StorySafari creates an original illustrated story around your child as the main character, using the character and story idea you choose rather than placing a name into a fixed holiday template.
Will the hardcover arrive before Christmas?
Printing and shipping times depend on the destination and the shipping speed you choose, and the exact quote appears at print checkout. Creating the book early in the season leaves the most room for December delivery.
How much does the Christmas book cost?
On the web, $20 completes the 24-page story and includes one hardcover. Shipping and applicable tax are quoted at print checkout after the finished book is ready for review.
Can a grandparent or relative make the Christmas book?
Yes. A parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, or family friend can create the child as the hero, choose the story idea, and enter the delivery address at print checkout.
More personal book ideas
Start their Christmas adventure
Create the character and see the first four illustrated pages for free.
Create Their Christmas Book