A mother and child walk hand in hand along the Lagos waterfront at sunset.

A story where your child is the hero.

Personalised picture books for African families, wherever you call home. Choose your child’s skin tone, hairstyle and name, then read every page before you order.

Make your book

Two stories to start

Each one is a keepsake: one family, one ordinary day or one big lesson, and a lot of love. Every book is a premium hardcover, printed to order.

Tobi & Mummy: All the People You Will Be, shown as a hardcover on an oak table.

For mums

All the People You Will Be

At bedtime, a mother imagines all the people her child might become: a doctor, a builder, a pilot, a star. Whoever they grow into, tonight they are just small enough to hold.

“Tobi & Mummy”, or your child and whatever they call you: Mum, Mama, Maman, Mamãe…

Personalise this book
Tobi & Daddy: Little Lessons, Big Love, shown as a hardcover on an oak table.

For dads

Little Lessons, Big Love

A father teaches his child to fix a wobbly chair, cook Saturday jollof and build a robot. Every little lesson is really one big one: you are loved.

“Tobi & Daddy”, or your child and whatever they call you: Dad, Papa, Baba, Tata…

Personalise this book

From your child’s name to their own book

  1. Create your characters

    Pick skin tone and hairstyle for your child and for you. Type their name, and the name’s meaning if you like.

  2. Read the whole book

    Every page updates as you choose. Flip through it all, so you know exactly what will arrive.

  3. We print and deliver

    A sturdy hardcover, printed to order and sent to your door. Ordering opens very soon.

A page from Little Lessons, Big Love

The last page of Little Lessons, Big Love. With your child’s name in it, it lands differently.