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- 12 illustrated double-page spreads + cover and dedication
- Interactive page-flipping in your browser + downloadable PDF
- Text edits and illustration regeneration included
- Available in 30 languages
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A made-to-measure book
Isabella takes four syllables to say — and a bedtime story gives every one of them room
At home she's Bella; on this cover she's Isabella, in full — the hero of a story written and illustrated just for her.
ISABELLAand the Last Goal of Summer
Here's how a book for Isabella could look
Pick a theme, upload a photo, and your child becomes the hero of the story — with their name on the cover and inside.
ISABELLAand the Fox from the Flower Meadow
ISABELLAand the Little Red Tractor
ISABELLAand the Secret of the Misty Valley
The covers above are samples — the illustrations were created by artificial intelligence and the children in them aren't real. Your book is made from the photo you upload.
Why Isabella belongs on a book cover
Some names get shortened the moment they're given, and Isabella is one of them: at home she's Bella, at school perhaps Izzy, and the full four syllables come out only when something matters — the first day of school, the candles on a birthday cake, a scraped knee that needs a serious voice. A book cover is one of the few places where the whole name gets to stretch out. Printed across an illustrated cover, Isabella fills the line in a way short names never can; it reads like a title all by itself. Inside the story, the name does something it rarely does in daily life: it appears again and again in full, read aloud in your voice at bedtime, opening sentence after sentence. For a girl who mostly hears Bella, hearing Isabella carry a whole adventure from the first page to the last is a small event in itself. The book is built entirely around her — her likeness in the illustrations from a single photo, her name woven through every page — but it's the name on the cover that lands first, and Isabella happens to be a name that was made for covers. There's a quieter bonus, too: because the story is written for her rather than adapted to her, the name never feels pasted in — the sentences are built to open with it, and the title makes space for all of it.
From queens' courts to the top of the charts
Isabella is the southern-European flowering of Elizabeth, which traces back to the Hebrew Elisheva, usually read as "pledged to God" or "my God is an oath". The form took shape in medieval Spain and Provence, blossomed in Italy, and from there travelled into nearly every European language. It was a name for queens long before it was a name for classrooms: queens named Isabella appear in the histories of England, France, Castile and Portugal, and few girls' names have collected as many crowns. The modern chapter is just as striking. In the United States, Isabella climbed all the way to the number-one spot for girls in 2009, held it in 2010, and has kept a place near the top of the charts across the English-speaking world ever since. Part of the appeal is pure sound: four open syllables that rise toward "bel" and land softly on "la", a name you can almost sing. Part of it is the word hiding in plain sight — bella is simply Italian for "beautiful", so every Isabella carries a compliment inside her own spelling. And part of it is flexibility: hardly any name offers such an elegant formal version and such a warm everyday one in a single package. On a book cover, all three of those things work in her favour at once. Popularity does have one practical side effect: an Isabella often shares her classroom with another one. A storybook with her own face in the pictures and her own friends in the cast is one thing that is unmistakably hers — no initial after the name required.
Bella, Izzy, Belle — all the ways to call her
- Bella — The everyday favourite, and the one she'll probably answer to first. It's also a word in its own right — "beautiful" in Italian — which makes it one of the few nicknames that doubles as a compliment.
- Izzy — The playground version: quick, cheeky and easy to shout across a garden. Izzy tends to belong to the years when knees are permanently grazed.
- Belle — The storybook choice, with a fairy-tale ring to it. Rarer as an everyday call, lovelier in a written dedication.
- Isa — Soft and short, often heard in families with Spanish, Portuguese or German roots — quiet proof of how far the name has travelled.
- Isabella, in full — Saved for the moments that matter: first days, birthday cakes and title pages. On a book cover, the full four syllables are exactly what you want.
How it works
How a book with your child's name comes to life.
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Create your hero and other characters
Upload one photo and it becomes a hero with your child's real likeness. Add up to 5 characters — siblings, friends, even a pet.
- A name, age and one photo
- Their real likeness in the illustrations
- Up to 5 characters: siblings, friends, a pet
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Pick a ready-made plot from many worlds, or write your own. Choose the illustration style, the book's language and a dedication — you'll see a title suggestion and a story preview right away.
- Lots of worlds and plots — or write your own
- Choice of illustration style and language
- A personal dedication at the front
- Instant title suggestion and story preview
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My daughters love the book! We read it every evening before bedtime. The story is so sweet and lovingly written, and the pictures are beautiful. My girls feel really special because their own name appears in the book. A great keepsake forever! Absolutely recommend. ❤️
We got the book as a birthday present and it turned out perfectly. The print quality pleasantly surprised me – hardcover, nice paper and illustrations printed in fine detail. The characters are drawn so well that my daughter recognized her sister, me, the giraffe and herself :) She really likes the story and now it’s her favourite book, we read it almost every evening. On top of that, it will remain a lovely keepsake that she’ll come back to even in a few years. I definitely recommend it.
The book was a gift… I’ll find out how happy it makes them… but it’s very beautiful
I have the books ready as a gift, so I’m already looking forward to handing them over
An absolutely stunning book made to order. It's not only a beautiful gift, but a keepsake for a lifetime. Our sons are thrilled. Not only did they find “themselves” in the book, but the whole story also takes place in their favourite place, which is the ice rink. The whole book is accompanied by wonderful pictures, and the dedication from us, the parents, is just the cherry on top. I warmly recommend it. Not only will all the “heroes of the book” be thrilled, but so will you, as soon as you see the book with your own eyes :)
Our daughter was absolutely thrilled, she looked through it several times in a row and declared that it's pretty, she hasn't had enough of it yet and we read it every day before bedtime.
The book is very nice. The pictures look very nice, they're not blurry. The book really made us happy.
Very beautiful book, I always have trouble choosing in a bookshop, something bothers me about every one, or I can't find a theme I'd want.. here I can make up anything
A great, sweet and inspiring book that won us over from the very first pages! ❤️ The story of Алекс and Марая inspired us to go to the forest together, to enjoy the autumn beauty, to learn more about the animals and their food, to collect pine cones, hazelnuts, acorns and chestnuts and to create a wonderful autumn decoration at home. 🍂🍁 We love books that we don’t just read, but turn into real family adventures! Thank you for this magical experience! 🥰
The book is just as I imagined it. It's a present for under the Christmas tree, so we'll see how the grandkids like it ♥
The book for my grandson’s christening arrived and I’m thrilled with it. I’m already looking forward to us flipping through it together as soon as he grows up a little. It’s great that you can also add a favourite thing or toy and it gets worked into the story. It’s great!!!
The book is very nice, it was bought as a gift, so Maťko hasn’t seen it yet
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Whichever she'd rather be. The name you enter is the name that appears — on the cover, in the title and all through the story. The full Isabella reads grandly across a cover and suits a keepsake; Bella makes the whole book feel like a nickname whispered before sleep. Many families put Isabella on the cover and keep Bella for the dedication page.