Give a printed book

A book about your grandchild,
printed and posted.

Tell us their first name and the sort of adventure they would love. Once you have paid, we write it and draw it, then print it as a real hardcover picture book with them as the main character. You have 24 hours to read every page before it goes to the printer.

Illustrated example of a keepsake cover titled Ruby and Nan by the Creek, a story for Ruby, showing a girl and her nan on a picnic rug beside a creek, the book resting on the arm of a chair beside a cup of tea.
An illustrated example with a made up name, not a photograph of a printed book, and not the book you will receive.

A$89.99, delivery included. GST included, no subscription.

You do not need the app to order, and you do not need to be their parent.

StoryLink is for iPhone and iPad, from the App Store in Australia and New Zealand. There is no Android version.

Describe the book

Two lines is plenty. The things they love, the place it happens, who is with them. We take it from there.

First name only. It goes inside the story, not stamped on afterwards. We keep it in your StoryLink account, and once you have paid it goes to the services that write, illustrate and print the book. Please use a name the child's family is happy for you to use. See our privacy policy.
How old are they
Up to 300 characters. Nothing here needs to be clever, plain words work best.
Printed word for word on the dedication page at the front of the book, under “For Maya”. Please get it right before you pay, because it is printed as you type it.
Nothing is charged at this step.
The plain answers

Why you pay before you see the book

The book does not exist until you order it. We write and illustrate it for the child you name, and every one is made new, so there is nothing to show you first. We would rather say so plainly than show you a sample that is not your book. What you do get is the whole book, every page, to read for 24 hours before it goes to the printer. If it is not right, tell us in that time and we will help.

How long it takes

After you pay, we write and illustrate the book and email you when it is finished. You then have 24 hours to read every page. It is then typeset, printed, bound and trimmed one copy at a time, and posted, so allow around two to three weeks once printing begins. We will email you when it ships, with tracking. If it is for a birthday, order with a few weeks up your sleeve.

Where the book lives

A copy of the story is kept in the StoryLink library attached to your new account, and we will email you when it is there. You read it in the StoryLink app on an iPhone or iPad, with the child on a video call. A Storybook, yours to make in the app, is included with the printed book. The thing you are buying is the printed hardcover. It is not a subscription.

After you order

We will show you, on the next page, how to install StoryLink on an iPhone or iPad, find the book, and invite the child to read it with you. StoryLink is on the App Store in Australia and New Zealand.

What you get

A 200 × 200 mm hardcover with the artwork wrapped right around the boards, so there is no dust jacket to lose. 52 pages on 170 gsm coated silk, matt laminated so small fingers do not leave marks. The child's first name is in the story itself.

Changing your mind

Because each book is personalised and made to order, we make it as soon as you pay, and it goes into your StoryLink library. Change your mind before it goes to the printer and we refund all but A$16.99, the price of one Grand Adventure book in the StoryLink app. You keep the book in your StoryLink Library, which you read in the app on an iPhone or iPad. We keep the A$16.99 only when you change your mind, not when the book has a fault. You can cancel from the page we email you, or write to support@story-link.com.au and we will sort it. Once it is printed we cannot resell it to anyone, so change of mind refunds stop there. That does not touch your rights under Australian Consumer Law: if the book arrives damaged, misprinted or not what was ordered, you get it reprinted or refunded. Just send a photo.

Who you are buying from

StoryLink, a registered Australian business (ABN 48 372 445 638) in Queensland, not Apple and not the App Store. Payment is handled by Stripe in Australian dollars. StoryLink is registered for GST, so the price includes GST and a tax invoice is available on request. Full terms are on the terms page.