Personalized grandparents gift: a book of your memories with them

For grandma or grandpa, the best gift isn't an object they will put away: it is the proof you remember. A personalized illustrated book tells your moments with them, from the child you were to the adult you've become.

It doesn't replace the family album: it tells what the album doesn't show, the kitchen on a Wednesday, the garden in July, the gesture learned without noticing.

• ✦ Holidays at their place: the train, the guest room, the screen-free days.
• ✦ Recipes: the Wednesday pancakes, the jam, the dish nobody has managed to copy.
• ✦ Gestures passed down: gardening, knitting, tinkering, playing cards.
• ✦ Sentences that stay: the expression they repeat, the joke you know by heart.
• ✦ A time they were there: a graduation, a wedding, a hard day.

For the full method, read our guide what to write in a couple book: it adapts to a grandparent and grandchild duo.

• ✦ Grandmothers' Day: Sunday March 7, 2027, the first Sunday of March.
• ✦ Grandfathers' Day: Sunday October 3, 2027, the first Sunday of October.

For a printed book, order about eleven days ahead: around February 24 for March 7, around September 22 for October 3. The timeline: about 2 hours of creation, 48 hours of review, then 5 to 7 days of printing and delivery. The digital book is ready in about 2 hours (24 hours at most): order the day before at the latest.

A warm style fits well: vintage, with its old-time colors, watercolor, all softness, or the 3D animation style if the grandchildren choose it. To compare, see our page which illustration style to choose.

You can give it with several people, cousins included: one person orders with everyone's memories. The book keeps two heroes, the grandparent and the grandchild who orders; others are mentioned in the story.

For a Christmas gift, see our page Christmas gift for grandparents. To give to the whole family, see our page illustrated family gift.

1. Choose the style. The free preview shows the duo drawn before you order.
2. Add two photos: one of the grandparent, one of the grandchild, 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, with their names and running gags.

• ✦ 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.