Turn Your Child's Writing Into a Real Illustrated Book

Transform your child's stories, journal entries, and creative writing into AI-illustrated printed books. Their words. Real illustrations. A hardcover they'll treasure forever.

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Type or Paste Your Child's Writing

Enter your child's story, journal entry, letter, or creative writing directly into ToonyStory. Copy it word-for-word from their notebook, school assignment, or typed document.

AI Illustrates Each Scene

Our AI reads your child's words and generates original, kid-friendly illustrations for every page. Choose from watercolor, cartoon, storybook, and more. Edit any image until it's perfect.

Print as a Hardcover Book

Order a premium hardcover in 4 sizes, shipped worldwide. Hand your child a real published book with their name on the cover and their words inside. It's their book.

Everything you need for the perfect story

Creative Writing Projects

Turn your child's original stories — dragons, space adventures, magical kingdoms — into illustrated books they can show off to friends and family.

School Story Assignments

That story they wrote for class deserves more than a grade. Turn it into a printed book and watch their face light up.

Daily Journal Entries

Compile weeks or months of journal entries into a single illustrated book. A time capsule of their thoughts, drawings, and daily adventures.

Letters to Family

Letters to grandma, notes to a new sibling, messages to a faraway cousin — collect them into an illustrated keepsake book the whole family treasures.

Birthday Stories

Have your child write about their year — favorite memories, biggest adventures, funniest moments — and turn it into a birthday book tradition.

Summer Adventure Journals

Camp stories, vacation tales, backyard explorations. Capture a whole summer of adventures in one illustrated book before school starts again.

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Child

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Make It Your Style

12 Art Styles to Choose From

Every story gets its own look. Pick the style that fits your vibe.

Animated

Cinematic 3D

Soft & Dreamy

Gentle pastels

Watercolor

Hand-painted

Storybook Classic

Warm & timeless

Anime

Ghibli-inspired

Realistic

Cinematic

Comic

Graphic novel

Pencil Sketch

Graphite & charcoal

Plastic Brick

Brick toy diorama

Paper Craft

Layered papercut

Volumetric Pixel

Voxel blocks

Playful Cartoon

Bold & bouncy

More journal-to-book ideas

Family History Book

Turn family stories into an illustrated keepsake.

Kids Storybooks

Personalized illustrated storybooks for kids.

Travel Journal Book

Turn your travel diary into an illustrated hardcover.

Keepsake Books

Preserve your family's most precious memories.

Frequently asked questions

Any age that can write (or dictate). We've seen books from 4-year-olds (with a parent typing their words) up to teenagers writing full short stories. The AI illustrations adapt to the content — a 5-year-old's dragon adventure gets whimsical cartoon illustrations, while a 12-year-old's mystery story gets more detailed scenes.

Totally up to you. Some parents type their child's words exactly — misspellings and all — because that's part of the charm. Others clean up grammar while keeping the child's voice. Both approaches make wonderful books.

Watercolor and cartoon styles are the most popular for younger kids. Storybook style works great for fairy tales and adventures. Older kids often prefer a more detailed or realistic illustration style. You choose one style and every page matches.

There's no minimum. A short story can be a 12-page book. A collection of journal entries can be 40+ pages. Each piece of writing becomes one or more illustrated pages. Even a single page story makes a meaningful keepsake.

Creating your book starts free — you get credits on signup to generate illustrated pages. Unlimited generation requires a subscription starting at $9.99/month. Printing and shipping are separate, starting around $25 depending on book size and destination.

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Type your child's writing, let AI illustrate every scene, and print a hardcover book they'll treasure forever. Start free — no credit card required.

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