Painted from one photo · checked by a real person
Their face.
Painted, not pasted.
Send one photo. Your child is painted into every page of a real hardback, a real person checks every face, and we post it to you. Nothing to build, nothing to edit.
See it first — pay only if you love it
Order by Monday 14 December for delivery before Christmas
- £39.99 delivered for the printed hardback — free UK delivery, nothing to pay today
- 19 stories to choose from — or tell us your own
- A human checks every page · your photo deleted after
“Absolutely magical book and flawless service”
“We will treasure it forever! Highly recommend.”
It arrives as a real book. A thick 210 × 210 mm square hardcover, gloss pages, printed in Britain — see it close up.
how it works
You send a photo. We do everything else.
Your part · about a minute
- Pick a book
- Upload one photo
- Type their name
Our part
- Every page painted from the photo
- A person checks every face
- Fix anything you mark, free
- Print a hardback in Britain and post it
Buying for a grandchild? If you can send a photo, you can order. No apps, no account, no editing.
Same face, every page.
Real demo books, painted the same way yours will be.
Nothing to imagine — read it now
Flip through Arthur’s real book
This is a real finished book, unretouched. The pages below show Arthur, our demo star — your edition is repainted from scratch around your child, with their name woven through every page.
swipe or tap the arrows · all 12 interior spreads
The real thing
Made to be held.
This is what turns up: a thick 210 × 210 mm square hardcover with gloss pages that make the paintings glow — printed in Britain and delivered free to your door, £39.99 all in, and nothing to pay until you have seen your child painted in.
The bookshop
19 books, ready to become theirs
Every one painted from your child’s photo — four Christmas stories, and a book for every other day of the year.
Your Child and the Pocketful of Brave
Ages 3–5Rhyming verse
The night before school, Dad brings out a little empty tin — for the BRAVE. The first-day gift that packs their pocket full of courage.
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Your Child and the School-Gate Lion
Ages 3–5Classic story
A small, worried lion turns up on the doorstep on the first morning of school — and somebody has to be the brave one.
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Your Child and the Big Kid Promotion
Ages 2–5Rhyming verse
A new baby is coming — and she's the BIG one now. Jealousy melts into pride, page by page.
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Your Child and the Big Kid Promotion
Ages 2–5Rhyming verse
A new baby is coming — and he's the BIG one now. Jealousy melts into pride, page by page.
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Captain Your Child and the Star Treasure
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
A pirate voyage where the real treasure turns out to be courage.
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Your Child and the Dinosaur Next Door
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
There’s a dinosaur in the garden next door — and your child is the one who makes him fit in.
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The Night Your Child Saved Christmas
Ages 4–8Rhyming verse
The sleigh is stuck, the snow is deep — and only one child can help.
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Your Child's First Christmas
Ages 1–3Rhyming verse
Twinkle, crinkle, jingle, munch — a baby's first Christmas in sounds and rhymes, with the whole family painted in from your photo.
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One Whole Year of Your Child
Ages 0–1Short read-aloud lines
The first smile, the first laugh, the first carrot (mostly on the nose) and one candle they cannot blow out yet — their whole first year, with your baby painted from your photo on every page.
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Your Child's Night Before Christmas
Ages 2–6Rhyming verse
Christmas Eve through your child's eyes — Santa's visit, a secret kept, and a robin to find on every page.
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Your Child teaches their toy to use the potty
Ages 2–4Rhyming verse
Their own toy learns the potty. Your child teaches it. Both painted from your photos.
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Your Child's Big Birthday Wish
Ages 3–6Rhyming verse
Their birthday, their face on every page, and one secret wish that turns out to be the best thing in the room.
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Your Child Can Be Anything
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
What will they be? Nine jobs, one dressing-up box, their face on every page — and the answer at the end.
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Your Child and the Kindest Crown
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
A palace, a missing crown, and the discovery that crowns choose kindness.
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Your Child and the Almost-Flying Cape
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
A home-made cape that never quite flies — and turns out not to need to.
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Your Child and the Muddiest Match
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
The muddiest football match of the season — and losing it well.
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Your Child and the Very Polite Dragon
Ages 4–7Rhyming verse
A knight's tale where kindness beats fire — and manners beat everything.
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Your Child and the Little Fallen Star
Ages 3–5Classic story
A tiny star falls into the garden — and needs help finding its way home.
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Nothing painted for that yet — tell us your own story and we will write one.
Or the second door
Can’t find the one? Tell us YOUR story.
We’ll write a one-off around your child — the battle they are actually facing — then paint them into it from one photo. You approve it before paying a penny. A one-off book: £59.99, the printed hardcover with free UK delivery — you see the story and painted pages first.
Glasses refused · the dark · a new school · a move · a wobbly tooth · saying goodbye to someone
Tell us the story you approve the idea before anything is madeReal one-offs we’ve written and delivered: Theo and the See-More Glasses Zuri and the Velvet Dark Milo and the Hungry Colours
How it works
Sixty seconds now. A book that's properly theirs.
- Type & tap ~60 seconds Their name, one photo, your email. That’s genuinely everything — no account, no payment.
- See them painted within the hour Your child is painted into the story — face, hair, their own clothes — and we email you the first pages free, watermarked. Judge the likeness with your own eyes. A real person checks every page before we send it, so if you order late at night, your preview will be waiting for you in the morning.
- Love it? Then it’s theirs only if you smile Order the printed British hardcover from the preview page. Every page is painted, then checked by a person, the ebook copy comes free with it within 24 hours, and the hardcover follows, delivered free to your UK door.
The Little Tailor Promise
You see your child painted into the story before you pay anything. If the preview doesn’t make you smile, you owe us nothing and your photo is deleted. And if you love it but something isn’t quite as you expected, tell us what’s off — we’ll put it right, free of charge. A real person checks every page before it reaches you.
Questions parents ask
Before you ask…
Will it actually look like my child?
That’s exactly why the preview is free. Your child is painted from your photo: face, hair, skin tone, even the clothes they really wear. You judge the likeness with your own eyes before paying anything. If something isn’t right, like the hair, the eyes or the glasses, tell us and we’ll put it right, free of charge.
Who paints the pictures?
An AI image model paints every page from your photo, in our watercolour style. A real person then checks every face, anything that is not right is repainted, and you see sample pages free before you pay a penny.
What photo works best?
One clear, front-facing photo with their face easy to see — close up, in good daylight, looking at the camera, nothing in front of the face. The closer and clearer the face, the better the likeness on every page. You can change it later if the preview isn’t right.
What happens to the photo?
It’s used only to paint your book, then deleted within 30 days of your book being finished — and within 90 days if you never go ahead. It is never used to train an AI model and never shared. No account is created. Our photo promise →
Do I need to do anything technical?
No. Pick a book, add one photo and type their name — about a minute. Every page is painted, a real person checks every face, and we print and post the book. No apps, no account, nothing to edit.
Can I add Mum, Dad or Grandma?
Yes, on the books with a family photo box: the Pocketful of Brave (starting school), the Big Kid Promotion (big sister or big brother) and Your Child’s First Christmas. Add a clear photo of each person and they are painted in too. More books are coming.
What does it cost?
£39.99 for the printed hardcover, delivered free in the UK — and you see your child painted in first, so you pay only if you love it. A second copy of the same book is £24.99. All prices →
How fast is delivery?
The free preview usually lands within the hour — a real person checks every page before we send it, so if you order late at night it will be waiting for you in the morning. Say yes and the whole book is painted and checked within 24 hours, with the ebook copy free the moment you approve it. The hardcover is printed in Britain and posted with tracking: up to 6 working days to print and 1 to 4 for the courier, so 7 to 11 working days after you approve (about two weeks). These are the printer’s and courier’s estimates, not a guarantee — busy times, like the weeks before Christmas, can be slower.
Who are you?
Little Tailor Books is a small British business — a trading name of Complete Asset Solutions Ltd, registered in England & Wales. Every book is checked by a human before it reaches a family.