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The Amazing Adventures of Your Pet

A joyful adventure starring your actual pet, the hero of their own legend.

A joyful, personalized picture book where your actual pet, illustrated from a photo you upload, stars as the hero of a fun 'save the day' quest. Unlike other personalized pet books that pick a generic breed from a list, every illustration is painted to look like your pet: same markings, same floppy ear, same goofy face. Tell us your pet's real-life quirk and we'll make it their superpower: the dog who always finds the ball becomes the World's Greatest Nose. Choose whether a child co-stars (drawn as a playful, stylized character) or your pet takes the spotlight alone, and pick the reading level that fits. Delivered as a print-quality PDF, lovingly hand-finished within 24–48 hours. The gift for the kid who thinks their dog is already a legend, because they're right.

  • Price$34
  • Illustrations10 painted from your photo
  • FinishedBy hand, in 24–48 hours
Order this bookSee the full book (PDF)

You'll check out first, then tell us about your pet (about 5 minutes).

A few gentle questions and a photo. We paint it and send you a print-quality PDF.

After checkout

The questions you’ll answer

After checkout we’ll ask about your pet (about five minutes, with one good photo ready). Here’s everything we’ll ask, so none of it is a surprise; or simply read the example we used to paint the sample above.

01

Your pet

  • Their nameRequired
  • What kind of animalRequired
  • How they lookRequired
  • He, she, or theyRequired
  • Illustration styleRequired
02

The adventure

  • Their real-life superpowerOptional
  • Their favorite thing to doOptional
  • A quirk or two that are only theirsOptional
  • The child in the storyOptionalRequired when the child adventures alongside; optional when they hear the legend as the reader.Drawn as a stylized character, not a likeness of a specific child.
  • A sidekick on the quest?OptionalOnly when the child adventures alongside.
  • NicknamesOptional
03

Tone & options

  • Which adventure?Optional
  • Does the child adventure along, or hear the legend?OptionalTwo ways to tell it: the child co-stars in the adventure, or your pet is the lone hero and the child just hears the legend (a pet-only book).
  • What reading level fits the child?Optional
04

One last thing

  • Anything else we should know?OptionalSomething the questions didn't cover. We read every note by hand.
Required to start Optional, degrades gracefully if left blank