A useful way into the shelf
Find the pet book that fits the person and the moment
Start wherever the decision is easiest: the kind of story, the animal, the person opening it, or the day you are marking. Each guide answers a different buying question and points to a real book from the current Illustrated You shelf.
Start with the book
Choose the kind of story
Compare the broad personalized-book guide with bedtime, adventure, storybook, photo-to-book, and keepsake options.
A personalized pet book that is unmistakably theirs
Create a personalized pet book from one photo. Your real dog, cat, or other pet stars throughout a painted hardcover with free U.S. shipping.
Read the guide custom pet book from photoA custom pet book, painted from a photo you already love
Turn one clear pet photo into a custom hardcover storybook. See the painted cover free, then make a dog, cat, or any-pet keepsake.
Read the guide personalized pet storybookA personalized pet storybook with a plot worth rereading
Make a personalized pet storybook starring your real animal. Professionally authored, painted from one photo, and printed as a hardcover keepsake.
Read the guide personalized pet bedtime bookA personalized pet bedtime book that actually settles
Make bedtime personal with a calm pet storybook starring your real animal. Painted from one photo into a short hardcover read for ages zero to four.
Read the guide personalized pet adventure bookA personalized pet adventure book with kindness at its center
Turn your pet into the hero of a personalized adventure book. One photo becomes a brave painted character across a hardcover quest.
Read the guide pet keepsake bookA pet keepsake book made for the years you are living now
Create a pet keepsake book from one favorite photo. Their real likeness and name become the hero of a painted hardcover story made to reread.
Read the guideStart with the animal
Dog and cat book guides
See what makes a useful source photo and how the stories suit the way dogs and cats move through a page.
A personalized dog book that looks like your dog
Create a personalized dog book from one photo. Your dog’s face, markings, and name become the hero of a painted hardcover adventure.
Read the guide custom dog bookA custom dog book for the brave day ahead
Give your dog a custom hardcover story with their real likeness and name. Start with one photo and see the painted cover before you pay.
Read the guide personalized cat bookA personalized cat book with your cat’s quiet authority
Create a personalized cat book from one photo. Their real face, coat, markings, and name star in a calm painted hardcover story.
Read the guide custom cat bookA custom cat book for the household detective
Make a custom cat book starring your real cat in a painted forty-page mystery. One photo becomes the cover and the hero throughout.
Read the guideStart with the person
Choose for the reader or pet parent
Find a book for a child, dog mom, dog dad, or cat mom without reducing the gift to a generic pet-lover label.
A personalized pet book for kids who call the animal family
Choose a personalized pet book for kids starring the animal they already love. Painted from one photo into a read-aloud hardcover.
Read the guide gift for child who loves dogsA gift for the child who loves dogs, starring the one they know
A thoughtful gift for a child who loves dogs: a hardcover story starring the dog they know, painted from a real photo and personalized by name.
Read the guide personalized gift for dog momGive a dog mom the hero she has been describing all along
A personalized gift for a dog mom who knows every expression: a hardcover story starring her real dog, painted from one photo.
Read the guide personalized gift for dog dadGive a dog dad’s sidekick top billing for once
A personalized gift for a dog dad: his real dog becomes the brave lead of a painted hardcover story, made from one photo.
Read the guide personalized gift for cat momGive a cat mom a hero painted down to the last marking
A personalized gift for a cat mom: turn one photo of her real cat into the watchful hero of a painted hardcover story made just for her.
Read the guideStart with the day
Mark an occasion or new beginning
Match the story to a birthday, gotcha day, first days with a puppy or kitten, or a family Christmas.
A personalized pet birthday gift they will open again
A personalized pet birthday gift with a story inside: one real animal becomes the hero of a painted hardcover, complete with name and dedication.
Read the guide dog gotcha day giftA dog gotcha day gift about belonging
Celebrate the day your dog joined the family with a personalized gotcha day gift: a painted hardcover starring their real face and name.
Read the guide new puppy giftA new puppy gift that grows into a keepsake
A thoughtful new puppy gift for the whole family: turn one photo into a personalized hardcover story starring the puppy they just welcomed home.
Read the guide new kitten giftA new kitten gift for the first quiet nights
Welcome a kitten with a personalized new kitten gift: one clear photo turns the newcomer into the hero of a painted hardcover about their first day home.
Read the guide personalized pet Christmas giftA personalized pet Christmas gift for the family shelf
Give a personalized pet Christmas gift made from one real photo: a painted hardcover story with their name, your dedication, and free U.S. shipping.
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