It started with a photo.Now it lives as a book.

A family's real photos — a grandfather, a child and the family dog — reimagined as the pages of a personalized illustrated storybook

See how a real memory becomes a book.

The family photo we uploaded for the Mama tribute book
The finished illustrated spread from Mama's tribute book
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For Mama, From Yara

Yara — the photo we uploaded for her first beach day book
The finished illustrated spread from Yara's first beach day book — Mama and Aba on the sand with her
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Yara's First Day at the Beach

Yara — the photo we uploaded for her First Steps book
The finished illustrated spread from Yara's First Steps hardcover book
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Yara's First Steps

Eva, Michael and Yara — the family behind Whimbel — at the beach

The day it all began

How Whimbel began

It started with a day at the beach.

We wanted a way to remember not just the photo, but how it felt. So we built Whimbel to help families turn real moments into storybooks they can hold.

— Eva & Michael

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