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Books for grandparents
A personalized book for grandparents they never have to fill in
A personalized book for grandparents turns your family's memories of grandma and grandpa into 10 illustrated chapters, drawn from your photos. The family brings the stories. Your grandparents only have to read.
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Ships in 10 business daysBooks for grandma, grandpa and the grandkids
Four ways to tell their story. Every book is written from what you share and illustrated from your photos, and you preview it before anything is printed.
4 books
For grandmaA book for grandma
Her kitchen, her sayings and the summers at her house, written by a grandchild across 10 illustrated chapters. The same book as our I love you mom book.
From $44.99
For grandpaA book for grandpa
The fishing trips, the jokes he still tells and what he taught you to fix, illustrated across 10 chapters. The same book as our I love you dad book.
From $44.99
For bothTheir love story book
How your grandparents met, the life they built and the family that came of it, retold across 10 illustrated chapters.
From $44.99
With the grandkidsA kids book with grandma and grandpa
Your child is the hero of the adventure, and grandma and grandpa are drawn in as part of the family cast.
From $44.99
Their 50th anniversary? Tell the story of the two of them.
Shop anniversaryBecoming grandparents this year? Start with the baby's story.
Shop baby giftsHow it works
Your story, illustrated, in three steps
No design skills, no writing, no blank page. Answer a few questions and read the first chapters before you pay anything.
Question 3 of 10
Where did you first meet?
In a hospitality class in Toulouse
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Share your story
Answer 10 simple questions and upload 2 to 6 photos of you both.
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Receive your storybook
Read your 10 illustrated chapters in 10 minutes. Edit the text as often as you like and regenerate images up to 30 times.
Preview free
Start my free previewFree to preview. Pay only when you love it.
The complete book
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Front cover
Appearance of the book
Want to hold your love story in your hands? Here's exactly what your printed keepsake will look and feel like.
Quality and details
Square format (8.5" × 8.5"): Perfect proportions for two-page spreads where both of you share the page.
Durable hardcover finish: Stays beautiful page after page, even after the hundredth re-read.
Vibrant color printing: Rich, true-to-illustration color that makes every scene glow.
Premium 170gsm Paper: Thick, smooth pages that feel substantial in your hands.
24 pages of your story: Ten chapters of personalized storytelling, beautifully bound.
Matte or glossy cover: Pick the finish that fits your love story.
What our customers say
Real reviews from couples who transformed their love story into a beautiful keepsake book
Trustpilot4.5 out of 5 · 58 reviews(opens in a new tab)What is the occasion?
TL;DR
- Four books cover most grandparents: one for grandma, one for grandpa, one about the two of them, and a kids book where the grandchildren share the pages with them.
- The family answers short questions and adds photos. Your grandparents do not write a word.
- The books for grandma, grandpa and the couple each have 10 illustrated chapters and a dedication page, in one of four art styles.
- You preview the first chapters free before paying, and you can edit the text as often as you like.
What is a personalized book for grandparents?
A personalized book for grandparents is an illustrated book written about your own grandma, your own grandpa or both, using memories only your family has. You answer a few questions and add a photo, and Love Tales writes and illustrates 10 chapters with your grandparents as the characters.
It is the opposite of a grandparents memory book. Those guided journals ask your grandparent to answer a few hundred prompts in their own handwriting, and many stay half empty in a drawer. Here the family does the remembering, and the book arrives finished.
Which book for which grandparent
The books share the same idea and differ in whose story they tell. Choose by who should be at the center of it.
A gift for grandparents from the grandkids
A gift for grandma from the grandkids reads differently at thirty than at five, and the books handle both. Grown grandchildren usually write alone, or collect a memory from each cousin so the book comes from all of them.
For young grandchildren, a parent sets up a kids book with grandma and grandpa added to the cast, each with their own photo and the name the children use for them. Ask each child one question about their grandparents and keep the answer word for word. Those are the lines that get read aloud at every visit.
- From one grandchild: your own memories, in your own words.
- From the whole family: gather a story from each parent, aunt, uncle and cousin before you start.
- From little ones: a parent creates the kids book and the grandparents appear next to the child in the illustrations.
Ten questions to ask before you start
The best chapters come from small, specific details. Ask these around the family table or over the phone, and write the answers down as they are said.
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How did they meet, and who tells that story better?
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What is the dish everyone associates with their house?
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What do they always say, word for word?
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Where did the family go on holiday when your parents were young?
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What did they teach you to do with your hands?
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Which story do they tell at every holiday dinner?
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What was their job, and what did they bring home from it?
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What is in the drawer, the shed or the garden that nobody else may touch?
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What did they do the day the first grandchild was born?
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What would you thank them for if you had one sentence?
When to give it
Grandparents rarely ask for anything, so most dates work. A book about the two of them is a natural grandparents anniversary gift, especially for a 40th, 50th or 60th. A book for one of them suits a birthday, Grandparents Day in September or the year they retire.
It also answers the yearly search for Christmas gifts for grandparents, because it is the one present they do not already own. Printed copies take 6 to 10 business days with standard shipping, so check the December cutoffs on our shipping page before you start.
For new grandparents, a book about the baby's first year is the version that lands. Our personalized baby gifts page covers it.
Personalized book vs other gifts for grandparents
Most grandparent gifts fall into three groups. The difference is who does the writing, and whether the result is finished when it arrives.
What makes it a keepsake
A book becomes a keepsake when it could not be about anyone else. Three choices get you there.
- Write memories, not compliments. "She kept a jar of butterscotch on the top shelf for us" is a chapter. "Best grandma ever" is a mug.
- Pick moments, not decades. Ten small scenes say more than a summary of sixty years.
- Use the names the family uses. Nana, Pop, Granny, Opa: put them in the story exactly as the grandkids say them.
What is included with every book
The books for grandma, grandpa and the couple have 10 illustrated chapters, a dedication page and artwork in one of four styles: 3D cartoon, 2D cartoon, watercolor or manga. The digital book is ready about ten minutes after you finish your answers, and the printed copy is an 8.5 by 8.5 inch hardcover on 170gsm paper.
- Unlimited text edits: rewrite any line until it sounds like your family.
- 30 illustration regenerations: adjust likeness, outfits, glasses and backgrounds.
- Preview the first chapters free before you pay.
- Printed delivery: 6 to 10 business days standard, 5 to 8 with express in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. See shipping.
- 14-day money-back guarantee: see our refund policy.
Questions
Personalized books for grandparents, your questions answered
It is an illustrated book written about your own grandmother, grandfather or both, from memories the family shares. Love Tales turns your answers and a photo into 10 chapters with your grandparents as the characters, as a digital book or a printed hardcover.
Give your grandparents the one gift they do not already have
A personalized book for grandparents works because only your family could have written it. Choose the book for grandma, the book for grandpa, the story of the two of them or a kids book they share with the grandchildren, gather a few memories, and preview the result before you decide.
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