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Turn screen time into story time
Your whole family, beautifully illustrated into a story built for your child's age.
Most personalized books stop at the name. We don't.
Three things you won't find in the others.
Your whole family, in the story
Every YouVerse book flexes to your family: 2 to 4 people in The Day My Feelings Got Loud, up to 10 in Family ABCs, Family 123s, The House That Holds, and Heart of Christmas. You choose who's in the story. Siblings, parents, grandparents. Everyone's in the adventure, not watching from the cover.
Written for your child's age
Some books come in age-specific versions, with reading bands tuned so a 5-year-old and a 10-year-old each get a story written for where they actually are.
The same line from The Day My Feelings Got Loud
Something UNFAIR happened. I feel MAD. My face got hot. My hands made fists.
High-quality illustrations
Not a rough cartoon that could be any child. A photographer's eye shapes every page, so your child is genuinely recognizable, the same care from cover to cover.
Your family, illustrated into the story
Real printed pages, and the hardcover they become.
Their photos
Their book, actually printed
Personalized books
Stories of home, big feelings, first letters, first numbers, and Christmas, all starring your family.
Family ABCs
A Personalized Alphabet Adventure
Your whole family hides, peeks, and poses through all 26 letters in a personalized alphabet book for pre-readers.
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The House That Holds
A Personalized Three Little Pigs Adventure
A warm retelling of The Three Little Pigs where your child crosses over to help Pip, Pop, and Penny build, test, and rebuild their houses, picking up real ideas about planning and building along the way. Up to 10 family members and visitors join the story, plus one family pet (a dog or cat).
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The Day My Feelings Got Loud
A Personalized Social-Emotional Learning Adventure
Follow your child through a day of big feelings, learning to name, understand, and manage emotions with age-appropriate coping strategies. Available in three tiered versions for ages 5-6, 7-8, and 9-10. Up to 4 family members join the story, plus one family pet (a dog or cat).
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Family 123s
A Personalized Counting Adventure
Your child and family count from 1 to 20 in a personalized first numbers book. Each giant balloon number has a family member beside it.
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The Heart of Christmas
A Personalized Search-and-Find Adventure
A search-and-find Christmas adventure, like Where's Waldo, except the family hiding in every scene is yours. Twenty destinations around the world, real geography and cultures, and acts of kindness at every stop.
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Upload Photos
Upload photos of your child and loved ones. We detect faces automatically.
Customize Characters
Set each character's age, gender, body type, and preferred attire colors. Then we transform photos into beautiful illustrations.
Receive Your Book
We print and ship your personalized book in about 8-11 business days.
What early readers told us
The first families to hold the finished book
“The level of personalization is incredible. Our family’s cartoonized pictures are incorporated into the book and they do such a great job making everyone recognizable while still fitting naturally into the illustrations… The finished book came quickly, is high quality, hardcover, personal, thoughtful, and completely one-of-a-kind.”
Lillian C.
Redondo Beach, CA
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“What a special gift! The level of personalization is incredible. Our family’s cartoonized pictures are incorporated into the book and they do such a great job making everyone recognizable while still fitting naturally into the illustrations. The best part is being able to make your child the main character of their own story or fairytale. It’s so much more special than simply adding a child’s name to a generic book as the story genuinely feels like it was created just for them. In addition, there is a “lesson” after every story. In The Three Pigs, there is a section at the end where kids are taught what materials are used to make housing all around the world and what they make look like. The finished book came quickly, is high quality, hardcover, personal, thoughtful, and completely one-of-a-kind. My daughter will want to read it over and over, and is something she will keep forever. Such a fun idea for birthdays, holidays, or a keepsake for your own family. We highly recommend You Verse Books.”
“Great idea as a birthday or Christmas gift for kids that don’t like to read. Of course a kid will start reading a book when they are the star of the book! Extra points because the animation is so realistic!”
Anne N.
San Diego, CA
“If you want a little help encouraging your children to read, This is your solution. Familiar story line, personalized characters, fantastic graphics. What more could you ask for?”
Jeff B.
San Diego, CA
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