A welcome-to-the-world story with their name in it

New Baby

Why a story beats another toy

Instant, even last minute

Delivery takes minutes, so it works the morning of the party, on Christmas Eve, or the day the baby arrives.

Feels enormous, costs $17

A book about them beats another toy. It gets read again and again, long after the wrapping paper is gone.

Personal beyond the name

Age, favorite things, favorite animal and a lesson you pick: the story is written fresh from all of it.

Why it lands

What this present actually does

Most new-baby presents are for the parents: muslins, a sleepsuit in the wrong size, another rattle. A book made from the baby's name is one of the few things that is genuinely for the child, and it becomes readable at exactly the point when the sleepsuits have been outgrown. It also solves the awkward problem of a present for a family who already has everything, because this one did not exist until you ordered it.

The practical side

The name is the only thing you strictly need, so you can order the moment the birth is announced. Delivery is within minutes, which matters when the announcement comes at four in the morning. For a keepsake, print it at a copy shop on heavier paper and write the date inside the front cover: that is the version families keep on a shelf rather than a tablet.

Which world to pick for new baby

Ocean Explorer : the calmest of the five, which suits a welcome story
Unicorn Meadow : soft light and nothing at stake, easy to read aloud
Space Voyage : for parents who have already painted stars on the ceiling

Before you buy

Questions parents ask

The baby cannot read. Is this pointless?

The book is a keepsake first and a bedtime story second. It gets read aloud from the first months, which is when the sound of a familiar voice matters more than the words, and then it becomes theirs to read at four or five. Families tend to keep it.

What if I do not know the name yet?

Wait for the announcement, since the name is what the whole story is built from. Because delivery is within minutes rather than weeks, ordering the day you find out still gets the book to the family faster than a shipped present.

Can it be from the older sibling?

That works well and it is a slightly different book. Look at the Big Brother or Sister page instead: that story puts the older child in as the hero welcoming the baby, which is usually the more useful present in that house.

Pick the world