Cúil Books
A gift from Granny or Grandad, whether you’re in Boston and they’re in Dublin, or your family is making a home abroad. Put your grandchild at the heart of an illustrated adventure, with a dedication from you.
Digital edition · Review every page before paying
32 pages · 12 illustrated spreads
Your photos kept private
Optional English audio narration
For the stories you share together
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Choose a story they would enjoy, enter their name and age, and use a clear photo. The wording is matched automatically to ages 0–3, 4–6 or 7+. Your grandchild stays the main character.
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The Family & Pets step lets you add grandparents and other family members as co-stars using their photos. Use photos you have permission to share, and check the illustrated likenesses before the story pictures are made.
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Choose Granny or Grandad in “Who is this book from?” and use or edit the suggested dedication. A short dedication makes clear who the gift is from. Classic books follow the chosen adventure; if you want to write your own story and include personal memories, choose the Pro edition instead.
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Your files arrive in your own account. Download them and share them with the child’s parent yourself — there is no postal delivery or separate gift-recipient account. Read together or use the home-print PDF for a copy you print yourself. Optional narration is a generated storyteller voice, not a recording or a clone of your voice.
Read a sample from our existing stories. The names and artwork below are examples; your own book uses the photos and details you choose.
Your child is summoned to a kingdom where the kind Queen needs a brave helper.
The great gates creaked open, and Aoife stepped onto the golden path. "The Queen has been waiting for you," whispered the herald with a bow.Read this sample
A silly morning, a crinkly old map and a race around the world to find a missing family member.
With a swoosh of shimmering wings, Ember the friendly dragon landed beside them. Up they soared, all the way to the misty green hills of Ireland.Read this sample
Deep in a steamy green jungle, a baby triceratops has lost its way.
Behind the giant ferns, a tiny triceratops peeped out and sniffled. "Don't worry," said Saoirse gently. "We'll find your family together."Read this sample
Choose an adventure, add the reader's name and age, and upload a clear photo. Review the illustrated faces first, then check every page of the finished story. You only pay once you approve the book.
Hidden camera and location details are removed before photos are uploaded. Your family photos are stored privately, not displayed in our public samples.
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€29.98 with audio narration
Your reader stars in one of our existing adventures.
€34.99
€44.98 with audio narration
You write the story, with your own memories and up to 10 photos.
Includes screen, print-shop and home-print PDFs. No physical book included. €2 from every paid book goes to children's charities. English stories; optional narration in Irish, British, American or Australian accents.
Start their bookYes. You can make the gift and add a dedication from you. Your grandchild is the hero, and you can add family co-stars in the creator. Make sure you have permission to use the photos you upload.
Choose Pro if you want to write your own story using family memories. Classic personalises an existing adventure and includes a dedication; it does not add new real-life memory scenes to the story.
No. The current purchase is digital, with screen, print-shop and home-print PDFs. Any printing you arrange is separate and is not included in the book price.
The optional audio uses a generated storyteller voice with a choice of Irish, British, American or Australian accent. It does not imitate or record a grandparent's voice.
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