Step 1
Tell it
Type a few lines, talk for 30 seconds, or snap a photo of your notes.
For a new big sister or brother
A picture book about the day the baby came home.
Tell us how it really went. We write it, paint your family and print it.
Hardcover or softcover
Your photos stay private
A real Storytruly preview
One photo and one sentence became this
What her mom typed
What Storytruly made
Try it free · a minute or two · no sign-up
Try it with the day the baby came home
Type what happened, add a photo of the big sister or brother, and see two real pages.
Your book
Your pages appear here
Pick a moment and press Make my pages. Your first two pages show up right here.
Writing your story…
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Words first, then pictures
Same Maya, every page.
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Maya's Tiny Door
A true story
We'll write the whole story, paint every page and print it as a hardcover or softcover.
Same pages, different art style
Switch between these three for free. Your account has all 20.
It really is this small
The small moments are the story
The first time she held him. The way he waits by the crib. That is already a book.
How it works
Three small steps. We do the rest.
Step 2
Add a photo
Your child becomes the main character, and looks like themselves on every page.
Step 3
Pick a style
Twenty art styles, from soft watercolor to claymation you could almost pick up.
We write it, paint every page, and print it, hardcover or softcover.
Change any line or redo any picture before it prints.
20 art styles
One scene, twenty ways to paint it
Same girl, same puppy, same tiny door. The only thing changing is the style, so you can compare them fairly.
Maya's Tiny Door
A true story
The real book
A real book they'll ask for at bedtime
Printed and bound as a landscape hardcover or softcover, with your child's name on the cover and their story inside.
Size11 × 8.5 in
Pages24 or more
Art styles20 to choose
BindingHard or soft cover
The last page is a gallery wall of the real photos your book came from. Years from now, it's the page they'll stop on.
A gift that's really about them
Birthdays, a new sibling, or a grandparent who lives far away.
A sibling book about your family
Not a story every family gets
Most books for a new big sister or big brother tell the same story to every child, with a name swapped in. A Storytruly book starts from your own family's day: how the news came, the first hello at the hospital, the car ride home, the quiet first night.
Tell us one of those moments in a sentence or two. Add photos of your children. We write the story and paint everyone, so your oldest sees herself, and the baby, on every page.
More than one big kid
Every child in the family can be in the same book. Add each name and age. The youngest reader sets the vocabulary, and the dedication is for all of them.
Before the baby or after
Two good times to make it
While you wait
Tell us what has actually been happening: the crib you built, the belly she talks to, the name you picked. It becomes a story about the waiting, told with her in it.
After the baby comes
The first cuddle, the first time he laughed at her, the day she sang to the baby. These small things are the ones you forget, and the ones she will want to hear again.
Moments that make good pages
- The day you told her she was going to be a big sister.
- Meeting the baby for the first time.
- The car ride home, with a new seat beside her.
- Helping with a diaper, a bottle or a song.
- Sharing the couch, then sharing a toy.
- The first time the baby smiled at her.
How it works
Tell it, add photos, check the pages
- Tell us what happened. Type it, record a voice memo, or photograph a page you wrote by hand.
- Add photos. Your big sister or big brother, the baby, and the rest of the family, so the pictures look like you.
- Look at every page. Change a line, or redo a picture with a note like “more hair” and Storytruly remembers the fix for the rest of the book.
- Order it. The price is shown in the app before you order. The last page is “Based on a true story,” with the real photos the book came from.
Other ways families use Storytruly
Every book starts with something that happened
Questions
Good to know
Can the book include the baby and both parents?
Yes. Add a photo of each person you want in it, or describe them in a sentence. Everyone appears in the pictures.
Can I make it before the baby is born?
Yes. Tell us about the wait: the name you chose, the room you prepared, the things she says to the belly. Every book is about things that really happened, so you can make a second one after the baby arrives.
What if there is more than one older sibling?
All of them can be in one book. Add each name and age; the youngest reader sets the vocabulary and the dedication is for all of them.
Is there a version for a big brother and one for a big sister?
It is the same book: you tell us who the story is about, and the words and pictures use their names and faces.
Will the baby look like our baby?
Add a photo of the baby and the pictures use it. If one is off, redo it with a clearer photo or a note like “more hair,” and Storytruly remembers the fix for the rest of the book.
Can I tell it out loud instead of typing?
Yes. Record a voice memo, type it, or photograph a handwritten page. Storytruly writes the book from whichever you use.
Are the pictures made with AI?
Yes. The pictures are painted with AI from your words and photos, in the art style you pick, and you can redo any of them. You look at every page before anything is printed.
Is it a real printed book?
Yes. It is printed in full color as an 11 by 8.5 inch landscape book, hardcover or softcover. You check a page-by-page proof first, and the team gives it a last look before it is printed.
How much does it cost?
The two-page preview is free and needs no sign-up. The price of the printed book is shown in the app before you order, so there is no surprise at the end.
Start with one moment
The funny thing that happened at breakfast is already a book. Tell us about it.
Make my book