From Grandma, Grandad or Auntie
The gift that isn’t another toy.
Write them into an adventure. Write yourself in too. No tech skills needed.
Start their storyPersonalised birthday books
Whatever they’re into this month, they can be the hero of it. You tell the story. We make the book, with their face on every page.
Start their birthday storyCraft your unique story and characters to preview 4 illustrated pages for free. No card needed.
Your own original storyUp to six characters, from photos or wordsPreview 4 pages before you payPrinted in Australia by a family business
Whoever you are to the birthday kid
Three ways in. One book they’ll keep.
From Mum and Dad
The bedtime story, finally in a real book.
That story you made up and they loved. Let’s tell it with pictures. Craft it end to end.
Make their story
From a school friend
Invited to the party?
Give them the story to make themselves. The birthday kid writes the plot. From US$13.00.
Send a gift cardIn their words
Everyone is a storyteller.
Made by families like yours
Every one of these started with a kid and an idea.
Matilda becomes a mermaid
Grandad's adventure days
How it works
You bring the birthday kid. We help with the rest.
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Start with the birthday kid
Their name, their age and what they love right now.
The printed book
A present that still gets read in a year.
- A4 hardcover or softcover, 32 to 40 illustrated pages
- Printed here in Australia
- Approve every page before printing
- Digital flipbook included, ready to read on the day
Will it arrive in time?
Birthdays don’t move. Check the date first.
Printed books take 8 to 12 business days to arrive in Australia. The digital flipbook is ready the moment you finish.
Pop the date in and we’ll tell you whether the printed book will make it, or whether to plan on reading it together on a screen first.
What it costs
Go a long way before you decide anything
Start for free
Free
- Write your whole story
- Create up to six characters
- Choose your illustration style
- See your first four pages illustrated
Unlock your book
US$7.40
- Read every page
- Regenerate up to fifteen illustrations
- Edit the words and layout
- Your US$7.40 is credited towards whichever format you choose
Choose your format
fromUS$11.40US$7.64
after your unlock credit
20%OFF your first book
- Digital PDF ·
US$11.40US$7.64 - Softcover ·
US$33.40US$25.24 - Hardcover ·
US$41.40US$31.64 - Digital flipbook included with every purchase
Start crafting for free
No card needed to preview your first four illustrated pages.
Your questions, answered
Before you start
Will it arrive before the birthday?
Printed books take 8 to 12 business days within Australia. Use the date check above. If it’s too close, the digital flipbook is ready the moment you finish, so you can read it on the day and hand over the printed copy a little later.
Will the character actually look like them?
Characters are built from a photo or a description and stay consistent through the book. You see your main character in the free preview before paying anything, and after unlocking you can regenerate up to 15 illustrations.
I don’t have a recent photo. Can I still make one?
Yes. Describe them in words: hair, eyes, the gap in their teeth, the dinosaur T-shirt they never take off. Many grandparents make books this way.
How is this different from other personalised birthday books?
Most drop a name into a story someone else wrote. Here the story is yours. You decide what happens, who’s in it and what it’s about, and the pictures are made for that story.
What can I do for free?
Write the story, create up to six characters, choose an illustration style and preview your first 4 illustrated pages. No card needed. Unlocking the full book and buying a copy are paid steps with prices shown before you pay.
Their birthday. Their story. Your words.
Another year older. One book they’ll never outgrow.
Start their birthday storyPreview 4 illustrated pages free. No card needed.
We’re Alba and Camilo. Bandigon began with stories we made up for our own kids on a family trip. Now we help other families make theirs, from our home on the Central Coast.