Thank You, Your Pet
In loving memory. Your pet is the star of every picture.
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Their photo. Their cover.
A customer sent us this photo of Oliver. We made this cover from it.
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
An example book
Painted from one photo of Lucy, our sample golden retriever. Here are the cover and the first five pictures. Your book stars your pet.
Front cover
What you get
- The book
- 40 pages, 8.5-inch square hardcover. Your pet is the star of every picture.
- Who it’s for
- A grown-up who is missing them — and a child who has already been told
- 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
In loving memory: one ordinary day, and every thank-you they earned.
This is a book for someone whose animal has died, and it is not a sad one to look at. Every picture shows your pet alive, well, and in the middle of an ordinary happy day; only the words, written to the animal in the past tense, know that the day is a remembered one. It begins at first light with a plain fact — most of the thanks an animal earns never get said — and then sets about saying them, one thank-you at a time. The morning’s thanks are small and funny: the stare that woke the house, breakfast watched in open astonishment, the stolen armchair, a hero’s welcome for a trip to the trash cans. At midday comes the hard one: the day your pet left its patch of sun, brought over its favorite toy, and simply stayed. The afternoon’s thanks go deeper, to what an animal teaches without meaning to, and by the golden hour the list is nearly done — except for the one the narrator keeps walking around. It gets said on the last page, the way your pet crossed a room to reach you: directly. The book ends in warm light, with your pet looking right back at you.
Who it’s for: For an adult who is missing a dog, a cat, a house rabbit, or a ferret — an animal that had the run of their home — bought for yourself, or sent by a friend in place of flowers. It can be read with a child who has already been told, in plain words, that the animal has died; the book does not say it for you. It is not a book for a living pet.
Questions
Is this book only for a pet who has died, and which animals does it fit?
Yes, only. It is written in the past tense, as a thank-you to an animal who is no longer here, and it would read strangely for a pet who is still with you; if your pet is alive and well, choose any of our other titles instead. It is made for dogs, cats, house rabbits, and ferrets: animals that had the run of the house. It does not suit a bird or a reptile, a horse or a donkey, or an animal that lived only in a cage, a hutch, or a tank — a rabbit who had the house is welcome. We are sorry to turn any animal away; the story is set in the rooms of a house, and its hero has to be able to cross them.
Is it sad to look at? Does it show my pet ill, or say what happened?
No. Every picture shows your pet as the animal in your photo — grey muzzle and all, if that is how they looked — alive, well, wide awake, and busy with an ordinary good day: stealing the armchair, watching the rain, astonished by the same treat. If you are choosing the photo yourself, choose one from a good day. There are no vets, no empty beds, no halos or wings, and the book never says how your pet died, where it went, or how you ought to feel. The words say thank you, and nothing else. It ends in warm golden light, not at bedtime.
I’m buying this for a friend, and I never met their pet. Will it fit, and when should I give it?
It was written with you in mind. Every moment in it is something nearly every well-loved house pet does — the stare in the morning, following you from room to room, the welcome when you come home — so nothing in the story depends on knowing the animal. You will need one clear photo, and an older one is fine. The story gives the animal a favorite soft toy, in the words and the pictures alike; it is a storybook stand-in, the same in every copy, and the dedication page is where a detail that was only theirs can go. When you give it, tell them what it is before they open it. Some people want it at once; some cannot look for a while. It keeps.
Should I read it to a young child?
You can, once the child has already been told, by you and in plain words, that the animal has died. The book never says it — it is written to the animal, in the past tense, and a small child will not work that out from the tense alone — so it is a book for afterwards, not a way of breaking the news. Nothing in the pictures is frightening or sad: they show the animal well and happy on an ordinary day. The words are written for you — a small child will miss some of the jokes — but there is nothing in them a child has to be shielded from, and the “Thank you for the…” refrain is easy to join in with.
What do I get for $69.99?
A 40-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. 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.