Personalized Books for Children
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Personalized books for children make excellent gifts for birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and other holidays. Kids of all ages love seeing their names in print, and a personalized book just might motivate a reluctant reader.
About Personalized Books for Children
Personalized books are pre-written stories that allow varying degrees of personalization. Common additions include:
- Child's name
- Child's birth and family
- Child's photo
- Child's friends and neighborhoods
Some books tell the story of a child's life, while others make the child the star of a wild adventure. Still others let kids step into a story with their favorite characters.
For Toddlers
Even infants and toddlers can benefit from personalized books. Many companies offer customizable board books in popular characters, such as Barney, nursery rhymes, and the Sesame Street gang. These books are constructed of strong cardboard, so they can withstand abuse by little hands. They also typically feature larger letters and brighter colors. While toddlers cannot yet read, they can start identifying letters, isolated words, and their own names. Some companies offering personalized board books are:
- My Create-a-Book offers several varieties of personalized books. One especially popular with toddlers is Picture Me Photo Memory Books. These books add the child's picture to existing stories of everyday events.
- The Kid's Window offers personalized books for kids of all ages, including toddlers and preschoolers. In addition to books, this UK-based company also offers personalized beach towels, clothing, bedroom decor, and furniture.
- Playhouse Publishing offers the Picture Me Books, photo books designed especially for toddlers.
Personalized Books for Children
School-aged kids have even more options for personalized stories. These books generally offer more complex story lines and greater opportunities for personalization. Companies offer customizable books for children include:
- More 4 Kids offers several different customizable books, featuring the Ballerina Princess, Scooby Doo, Sesame Street, Spider Man, and more.
- Kustom Memories customizes familiar stories with well-loved characters. For example, your child can clean up with Big Bird or fight crime with Batman.
- Personally Yours Books uses a laser printer for a cleaner, crisper look. Books feature well-loved characters and popular story lines.
- Stardust Books offers personalized story books for special occassions, such as birthdays, graduation, new sibling, and the first day of school.
For Tweens and Teens
There are even full-length customizable books available for tweens and teens. These books generally have much more involved plots and feature more characters. These books usually offer a bit less in the way of personalization, since the stories are much longer. Some companies offering books for preteens and teens include:
- Kids Book by You offers full-length novels for kids aged 6 to 12. Each book offers 19 characteristics to personalize, including name, gender, friends' names, appearance, and location.
- Customized Classics makes your child want to read the classics! The company recreates all of your favorite classics with a very modern twist. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland becomes Betsy's Adventures in Wonderland. Romeo and Juliet becomes Sam and Misty. With these unique classics, your child and her friends become the stars of the book. The cover can even be personalized with her name and photo.
Comments
Mary Alice Catherina, Thank you so much for your kind words. It's always nice to hear from others who share the same interests and beliefs, especially as they relate to children! Hopefully, our readers will look your book up on the Web!-Susie
-- Contributed by: Susie1506I wanted to let you know that I truly appreciate your website content. I especially enjoyed the section titled “Personalized Books for Children" With this in mind, I wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Mary Alice Catherina. I am the mother of a special needs child and I live in Fairfax VA.
I have authored, and self-published two children’s board book/photo albums—one in English and one in Spanish—and I sell them via the web. My goal was that through these books, children would learn their unique story with pictures of people they know, making them feel special and solidifying their sense of security and belonging. My customers tell me that they have used the books as parent/child photo projects and that they have fostered in their children an early love of books. Since I know that reading and bonding with children is important to you, I thought I would take the time to thank you for all that you do and let you know that there is someone out there who shares your values.
Warmly, Mary Alice Catherina Creator, 'Til There Was Me! Board Book/Photo Album
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