Your Pet’s Brave First Day
Your pet is the star of every picture.
See their cover — free$64.99 · Free U.S. shipping · We’ll ask for your email
Likeness guarantee: we repaint it or refund you.
Their photo. Their cover.
A customer sent us this photo of Oliver. We made this cover from it.
“OMG, it’s so cute! It captures Oliver’s little snaggle tooth perfectly — it looks exactly like him.”
A real person checks every picture against your photo before it prints. If a picture looks off, we paint it again.
The likeness guarantee. If the book that arrives still is not them, we repaint it or refund you.
Example
Example pages
Painted from photos of our sample pets. Your book stars your pet.
What you get
- The book
- 8.5-inch square hardcover. Your pet is the star of every picture.
- Who it’s for
- Ages 2–6 · and any grown-up who reads it to the dog
- Art style
- Painted Storybook
- Your note
- A page at the front with a note in your own words. We print it just as you type it.
- Delivery
- Printed just for you. Estimated to arrive Mon, Nov 9–Thu, Nov 12 — before Christmas — for most U.S. addresses, with free shipping. Faster from $9.99. The date shown for your address before you pay is the one that counts.
- Replaced if it arrives damaged
- Tell us right away and send photos. We send a new one for free. How it works
The story
A first-day-of-school story, for the morning they do not want to go.
Today is the first day of school, and your pet does not want to go. The walk up the hill only feels long. At the top, under the great oak, is everyone — running, tumbling, calling, loud — and that is exactly as far as one small hero can get. But down in the ferns, somebody even smaller has stopped too, and is crying. What happens next is the whole heart of the book: being afraid together is only half as much each. There are races, songs with all the wrong words, a pinecone game nobody wins, one hard bit in the middle where home hurts to think about — and a walk back down a golden hill to the light left on, much too full of the whole entire day to sleep. Tomorrow: school again. And a friend who knows your pet’s name.
Who it’s for: For ages 2–6 — written for the child who is dreading a first day, with your pet doing the being-scared so they don’t have to do it alone. Read it the week before school starts.
Questions
My child is genuinely anxious about starting school. Does this help or make it worse?
The book never pretends the fear isn’t real — the flutter even comes back a little at the end, and that is allowed. What it models is the refrain: you can be scared and brave. It’s written to be read ahead of the morning it’s for, so the words are already there when they’re needed.
Why is a pet going to school?
Because it’s easier to talk about a pet’s worry than your own. Your child watches their own animal stand at the edge of the noise, and gets to be the expert who already knows it comes out all right.
When should this arrive if school starts in early September?
Every book is made to order and takes about two weeks door to door, so order about three weeks ahead. It also works after the first day — plenty of first days aren’t the first.
What do I get for $64.99?
A 24-page 8.5-inch square hardcover, printed just for you. Your pet is the star of every picture, and their name is on the cover. A page at the front has a note in your own words. A real person checks the book before it prints. Shipping in the U.S. is free. If it arrives damaged, we send a new one for free.
Can I see more than the cover first?
Yes, one page. After the cover, you can see one page from inside the book with your pet in it, free. We paint the rest after you order. A real person checks every picture against your photo before it prints.
What makes a good photo?
One pet, facing the camera, in good light. Daylight near a window is best. The face, colors and markings should be sharp. Skip heavy shadows, busy backgrounds and photos with two pets. A phone photo is fine.
Is the art made with AI?
Yes. We make the pictures with AI from the photo you send. They are not painted by hand. A real person on our team checks every book before it prints.
What happens to my photo?
We keep it, with what you typed and the art we made. That way we can reprint your book if something goes wrong, and make your next book without a new photo. To have it deleted, email support@illustratedyou.com, or ask us to close your account. No public gallery. No ads without asking you first. We don’t train AI on your photos, and we set up the AI services we use so they don’t train their general AI models on them either.
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