A personalized book for a child starting a new school
Starting school, or moving to a new one, is a big day. A TinyHeroes book makes your child the hero of a story about exactly that: the new classroom, the new faces, the worry the night before, and the friend they find by the end.
Tell us about the change: the school's name if you like, what your child is worried about, and what they love to do. The story is built from those details, so they meet their first day in a book before they meet it for real.
Read it in the week before school starts, or in the first weeks when mornings are hard. It also works for a move to a new town, a new daycare or a new class.
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Personalized brave hero picture book
A personalized picture book where your child is the hero who faces the dark, a new baby, a new school or a big feeling, and ends the story feeling braver. 16 scenes, each with its own page of story, and 15 full-page pictures, with Pip the cat along for the adventure.
- Digital PDF: CA$19.99
- Hardcover, with the PDF: CA$49.99
Christmas: order the hardcover by Mon 30 Nov for Canada and the US, by Fri 20 Nov for everywhere else. The PDF: by Wed 23 Dec.
- Ages 3 to 8. Read it aloud to little ones; older kids read it themselves.
- Hardcover, about 8.5 x 11 inches (21 x 28 cm), full colour, shipped free. Or a printable PDF.
- 30-day returns: if the book isn't right, we reprint it or refund you.
- In English only for now.
How ordering works
- Tell us your child's name, age and look (or add a photo) and what they are facing.
- See a free preview of your child as the hero before you pay.
- Choose the PDF or the hardcover. The PDF is ready, usually within 1 hour.
- The hardcover is made in 5 to 7 business days once we have checked every page, then shipped free.
Story and pictures made with AI writing and illustration tools, guided by what you tell us. Every picture is checked, and a person checks every page before a hardcover is printed.
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Common questions
Is there a personalized book about starting school?
Yes. Our brave hero book can be written around starting school or a new school: tell us about the change when you order. Order it here as a hardcover (CA$49.99, the PDF comes with it) or a printable PDF (CA$19.99), and see a free preview first.
How long does it take?
The digital PDF is ready to read and download, usually within 1 hour of ordering. For a hardcover we check every page first, then it's made in 5 to 7 business days and ships free. Order a few weeks before the first day.
What ages is it for?
Ages 3 to 8. Read it aloud to little ones; older kids read it themselves.
Will the hero look like my child?
The hero is drawn from your description or a photo, so add detail: hair, skin tone, eye colour, glasses, freckles. You see a free preview of the hero before you pay.
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