Gift for your brother: an illustrated book of the two of you

Gifts for a brother quickly turn into a bottle, a T-shirt or a voucher: you don't know what to get him, and he doesn't know what to ask for. A book telling your duo is a gift he wouldn't have thought to ask for, and that nobody else could write: nobody else has your memories.

The principle is simple: your two faces are drawn from two photos, and a story is written from what you lived together. It isn't a photo album where pictures are lined up.

• ✦ The fights: the ones that ended in laughter, the ones that ended at your parents'.
• ✦ Sharing a room: the border drawn with tape, the poster nobody agreed on.
• ✦ The complicity: the prank covered in front of the parents, the lie told in two voices.
• ✦ The years you drifted apart: leaving home, the first flat, and the phone call that restarted everything.
• ✦ What you understood about him: what you never told him.

The tone can stay funny until the last page. A book between brothers works better with a well-placed jab than with a long speech.

Between two brothers, the story leans toward rivalry turned complicity: the competitions, the car, the matches, and the words left unsaid. Between brother and sister, it keeps more of childhood: the games, the alliances against the parents, what each envied in the other.

If you're a sister looking for a book for your sister too, see gift for your sister. For more ideas around him, see personalized gift for him and family gift.

If cousins, friends or other siblings want to join in, one person places the order: they tell their story with him, and slip the others' anecdotes into the story.

The book always keeps two heroes: him and you. The others are mentioned in the story, with their names.

Between brothers, manga and 3D work well for younger ones, film noir for fans of irony. To compare all six, see which illustration style to choose.

A dedication can be added and printed in the book: just write to us after you order. See our book dedication ideas.

1. Choose the style. The free preview shows the duo drawn before you order.
2. Add two photos: one of your brother, one of you, faces sharp and front-facing.
3. Tell the story. A questionnaire guides you: where, when, what makes you laugh, the moments to keep. Ten to fifteen minutes is enough.
4. Review. You have 48 hours to read the book and ask for changes. Nothing is printed without your approval.

The book always keeps two heroes; other people are mentioned in the story.

• ✦ Digital: €39, ready in about 2 hours (24 hours at most).
• ✦ Signature: €59, a 30-page printed book.
• ✦ Prestige: €129, a 40-page printed book.

You review the book for 48 hours with up to 10 free revisions, then printing and delivery take 5 to 7 days. Nothing is printed without your approval.

For a birthday, allow about ten days between ordering and delivery of the printed edition. If the date is close, the digital one can open the same day.