Create a picture book starring your child.
Upload one to three photos, choose a story, and TuckJoy draws your child as a storybook character and writes a gentle 24-page book around them. Read it on screen, print it at home, or publish it through your own Amazon KDP account.
Tell me at launch See how it works
Try one illustrated spread free. No payment, no card.
How it works
Tell us who
A first name, an age, and 1 to 3 clear photos. Choose a story: bedtime, a first day at school, a new baby, a birthday.
Meet the character
We draw your child in the style you choose and show you three versions. Pick the one that looks right. Your photos are deleted the moment the drawing is made.
See a page free
We illustrate one spread of your story free, before you pay anything, so you can see your child in their book first.
Get the book
Read it as a flip-book, share a private link with grandparents, download the PDF and every picture, and get print-ready files.
Your child's photos stay private.
- Photos are deleted as soon as your character is drawn. Every page after that is drawn from the illustration, never from the photo.
- No face recognition. We never compute a face template or any other biometric data, and nobody trains an AI model on your photos.
- Your book, for 7 days. Finished books are kept for 7 days, with reminders 5 and 1 days before deletion. Need longer? Keep it another month for 1 credit.
- No ads, no tracking cookies, and your data is never sold. Accounts are for adults (18+).
One character. Every page.
The hard part of an illustrated book is keeping the same child on all 24 pages. TuckJoy draws the character once, then draws every page from that one drawing, so hair, eyes, skin tone and clothes stay the same from the cover to the last page. Pets and friends stay themselves too, even when they share a scene.
Stories for the moments that matter
Bedtime
A calm wind-down, ending with your child asleep and safe.
First day of school
Nerves turning into confidence, the night before the big day.
New sibling
Welcoming a new baby, and still being the one who is loved.
Birthday
The whole day belongs to the birthday child.
Bravery
A small fear faced, and courage found.
My pet's big day
The family pet as the hero, with your child beside them.
Every story is written around your child's name, age and the details you give, and you can edit every word before it is illustrated.
4 styles at launch: Soft 3D, Watercolour, Flat vector and Coloured pencil. All sample art on this site is TuckJoy output, illustrated with AI.
Making children's books? TuckJoy handles the hard parts.
Draw a character once and keep it consistent across every page, build your spreads, and export files that are ready for Amazon KDP, without fighting the formatting.
- KDP-ready interior and cover PDFs: 8.5×8.5 or 8×10 paperback, 24 to 48 pages.
- Use your own character art. Several characters can share one scene and stay consistent.
- Every file is checked against KDP's rules before you download it: bleed, margins, fonts, resolution.
- Text can't be placed where the fold or the trim would cut it.
A complete 24-page book: $15
One payment, no subscription. A Story Pack is $15 for 30 image credits; a 24-page book uses about 13 of them, so there is room to redo any page you'd like changed. See pricing
Questions
Will my child actually look like themselves?
We draw your child as a storybook character from your photos: face shape, hair, skin tone and eyes. You see three versions and choose the one that feels right, and you see a free illustrated spread, before you pay anything.
What happens to the photos?
They are used only to draw your child's character, and are deleted automatically the moment that drawing is made, even if something goes wrong. Uploads that are never used are deleted within 1 hour.
Do you print the book and post it to me?
No. TuckJoy is digital: you get the flip-book, the pictures, a screen PDF, a print-ready PDF for your home printer or a print shop, and KDP-ready files if you want a paperback printed through your own Amazon KDP account. We don't print or ship anything ourselves.
How long do you keep my book?
7 days after it is ready. We email you 5 and 1 days before deletion, and you can keep it another 30 days for 1 credit. Please download your files.
Can I use it for my pet instead?
Yes. A pet can be the hero of the book, or appear beside your child, drawn from photos the same way.
Is the art made by AI?
Yes. Every illustration is AI-generated, and every file we deliver says so, including a machine-readable mark. See our AI disclosure.
Can I get a refund?
If you haven't used any credits, you can get a full refund within 14 days. Credits for pictures that fail or are blocked by our safety filter are returned automatically. See Refunds.
Ready to make your child's story?
Tell me at launch See how it works
Try one illustrated spread free. No payment, no card.