a personal christmas gift: your year as a storybook
the tree is up, it gets dark early, and the christmas holidays are two weeks of one long read-aloud moment. exactly the season for a book — especially a book about your child. choose photos from the past year and we turn them into one flowing story: the year gone by, to read back together under the tree. december is the busiest month for the printer and the courier, so order in time.
building it is free — you only pay when you order.
your photos
your book
made with fonkle
really made with fonkle — click a book and flip through it.
from photo to book
every drawing starts with a real photo
we draw your own moments — the photo on the left, the page it became on the right.
why a fonkle book
- your child’s past year as a story — from spring sunshine to christmas tree
- a gift that gets used on christmas eve itself: reading together by the tree
- also a lovely gift from aunts, uncles or grandparents joining for christmas
- free preview of the whole book before you order
how it works
- 1
pick your photos
a few clear photos of your child, and of whoever else should be in it.
- 2
we make the story
we write a personal story and draw the illustrations in the style you choose.
- 3
review and order
you page through the whole book in the preview and only order the hardcover once you're happy.
frequently asked
how do I turn it into a book about the whole year?
choose photos from january to december — the snowman, the summer holiday, the first day of school. every photo becomes a page, so together they naturally tell the story of your year.
can the book be about christmas itself?
yes. if you have photos of decorating the tree, baking biscuits or last year’s christmas dinner, it naturally becomes a christmas story. you can briefly tell us what happened when you make it.
we celebrate christmas with the whole family — can everyone be in the book?
yes. anyone in the photos can get a role, with their own name — cousins, grandad at the head of the table. and on christmas eve you read the book aloud while everyone’s there.
isn’t a book a boring present under the tree?
not when it’s about the child themselves. unwrapping takes a moment, but after that it comes out every evening of the christmas holidays — two weeks off and dark early means a lot of bedtime stories.
more ideas
- a personal book as a new baby gift — for a boy or a girl
- a book about the first year, for the first birthday
- a book for grandma and grandad, starring their grandchild
- a birthday gift that lasts: a book about the birthday child
- a sinterklaas gift: a book starring your child
- a book for the big brother or sister, when the baby comes
for every occasion
- a personal book as a new baby gift — for a boy or a girl
- a book about the first year, for the first birthday
- a book for grandma and grandad, starring their grandchild
- a birthday gift that lasts: a book about the birthday child
- a sinterklaas gift: a book starring your child
- a book for the big brother or sister, when the baby comes
- a book as a goodbye gift for a teacher or the nursery
- swimming diploma earned: a book about that proud day
- a personal book as a first communion gift
- a personal book as a christening gift
- a mother’s day gift from the child: a book about mum
- a father’s day gift: the book of adventures with dad