For the smallest new ruler of the house

A new kitten gift for the first quiet nights

A new kitten gift can honor the tiny stage without adding another object to climb, chase, or hide under the refrigerator. A book painted from the kitten’s photo gives the family something to read while the newcomer is still learning every room, stair, and sound in the house.

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Welcome Home, Lucy

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A tiny tabby kitten peeking from a soft blanket nest beside a moonlit window, in gentle watercolor and colored pencil. — Storybook concept art. Your finished book is painted from your own pet’s photo.

Why this title

A home-bound story for a kitten settling in

Welcome Home stays indoors, out to the back step and no further, which is exactly where a new kitten is. The newcomer sits in the water bowl, loses an argument with the stairs, meets somebody in the long mirror, and is judged from a height by the large grey cat who was here first — until the evening that cat needs the newcomer, and the good chair is finally shared.

40 pages
Ages 2–6
About 7 min aloud
8.5-inch square hardcover

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Made to mean something

A welcome gift without more clutter

Keep the kitten stage visible

Round eyes, oversized ears, tiny paws, and the first collar change quickly. The painted character makes those proportions part of a complete story.

Tell the week they are actually in

The story is the first day home rather than a milestone the kitten has not reached yet: the bowl, the stairs, the mirror, and the humming thing under the hall table. The hero is drawn small and new throughout, smaller than the resident cat, which is a kitten to the life.

Include the welcome in writing

The dedication can name the arrival date, adopter, rescue, or child who has been waiting, while the story stays timeless.

The giving moment

For the person who has already bought every kitten toy

Food, litter, carriers, and scratching posts depend on choices the owner may already have made. A personalized story asks for only the kitten’s name and one useful photograph.

Choose a softly lit image where the face and coat pattern are clear. The kitten does not have to sit perfectly; a natural alert look often makes the most convincing storybook character.

One photo starts the process. Photo reviewed the same or next business day — before printing.

Before you choose

Questions about this gift

Can I make the book before the kitten has a permanent name?

It is better to wait until the name is settled, because it is placed on the cover and throughout the story. The permanent name or the household’s lasting nickname both work.

What if the kitten’s eye color is still changing?

The artwork follows the submitted photograph. If long-term eye color is important, wait until it has matured; if the gift is about remembering the earliest weeks, the baby color is part of that moment.

Is the first-day story gentle enough for a small listener?

Yes. The one piece of tension is a cupboard door bumped shut on the resident cat, who is cross rather than frightened and insists she is choosing to be in there. The cupboard is dim rather than dark, the door is open again a few pages later, and it ends with a cat washing one small ear.