made from moments

The people you lovemake the best stories.

No templates. You tell, we illustrate.

An open Whimbel storybook showing Lara reaching for a butterfly in the garden while Socke the cat watches from a wall and Oma and Opa look on, with the four family photographs it was made from tucked beneath the page
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Before & after

See how a real memory becomes a book.

The photos uploaded for Love for Mama — Mama and Lara — becoming the finished illustrated book

Love for Mama

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9 cover designs, 4 colours.

Pick your cover and your colour.

Every book can wear any design, in any of the four colours.

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How it works

From a memory to a finished book, in four steps.

1

Share the moment

Tell us what happened in your own words — Whimbel asks gentle questions and turns it into a children’s story.

2

Review the story

Your memory becomes an illustrated book in minutes. Edit any line and rearrange pages with a tap.

3

Add the people

Upload one group photo, or one clear photo per character. Your photos stay private.

4

Sign the dedication

Add a dedication for the back cover, then preview the whole book before you print.

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The keepsake

Made to be read again and again.

  • A real picture book, not a photo printAn 8.3″ × 11″ (21 × 28 cm) hardcover — the classic picture-book size that fits every shelf and every lap.
  • Printed near youPrinted locally through our partner network and shipped to 180 countries — free to the US, Canada, the UK and most of Europe, where most books arrive within about two weeks. Anywhere else, the delivery fee is shown before you pay. Check your country
  • A gift that means somethingPersonalized down to the last page.
Holding a finished Whimbel hardcover book

the moment it lands in your hands

For everyone you love

Gifts for all the important people in your life.

Gift: a child on a parent's lap, wide-eyed at the just-unwrapped book Sofia: Moonlight Mischief
Gift: a smiling toddler holding up the book Amara: Our Garden Days, fresh out of its delivery box
Gift: a toddler holding the book Zoya: A Very Big Friend, a big shaggy dog on its cover, a gift bag at her feet
Gift: a toddler on her grandfather's lap, reading Zoya: A Very Big Friend together
Gift: a boy and two grown-ups looking at the book Noah: Saturdays with Opa at the coffee table
Gift: a boy being handed the book Leo: The Bravest Splash, its padded envelope on the floor
Gift: two women on a sofa laughing over the book Theo: Porridge and Paddles while a small boy looks up at them
Gift: a girl holding the book Mina: A Sky Full of Kites, pink tissue paper and its box beside her
Gift: a small boy lifting the book Kai: The Quiet One out of a cardboard box
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  • Your whole book, ready in about 5–10 minutes
  • Redo any page up to 3 times
  • See every page before you commit

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Hardcover keepsake

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  • Free shipping to the US, Canada, UK & most of Europe
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Made by Whimbel – Eva Barel, c/o COCENTER, Koppoldstr. 1, 86551 Aichach, Germany · support@whimbel.com · Product info & terms

Personalised hardcover picture book, 210 × 280 mm, matt-laminated hardcover, 30 pages · Product ID WHIMBEL-HC-001; each printed copy carries its Book ID on the imprint page · Made to your order: personalised items are excluded from the 14-day right of withdrawal (§ 312g BGB). See our Terms.