15 of the best personalised books for children 2024

Delivery: £3.75, 3-5 working days | Age: 0-3 years

How is it personalised: You can add their name, choose a character to resemble the child, as well as adding a personal dedication, and take your pick from a choice of cover colours.

What's the story?:  A child playing peekaboo throughout the day all over the house. Playful and interactive, perfect for reading out loud.

Mum-of-one Steph tells us; "I bought this for my friend's baby girl, she loves to play peekaboo so it seemed a perfect fit. The paper is thick so it's trickier for excited little hands to tear." 

Delivery: £3.75, 3-5 working days | Age: 6-10 years

How is it personalised:  You can create a character in the child's likeness, choose three heroes they get to 'meet' and the cover colour, as well as add a personalised message

What's the story?: Your child gets to go on a storybook adventure with the likes of Martin Luther King, Florence Nightingale and Malala Yousafzai. "I got this for my son last year and I chose three female figures, to share and show him just how strong, powerful, and important female friendships are too." Mum-of-one, Steph tells us.

Delivery: Free, 3-5 working days | Age: 3-8 years

How is it personalised: You can add the child's name, likeness and a personalised dedication.

What's the story?: The rhyming verse takes kids on an adventure, teaching them important lessons, from making friends, being adventurous, overcoming fears, finding happiness, and believing in themselves. Dad-of-two, Lee tells us "I swear, seeing herself on the pages, brings the story to life for my daughter."

Delivery: From £3.99, free on orders over £40, 5-6 working days | Age: 0-6 years

How is it personalised: This personalised children’s book features their name, a photo on every page, their birthday, and a dedication message.

What's the story?: Designed to help little ones learn about letters, numbers, shapes, and colours, this book takes them on an exciting adventure. They'll travel by train, plane and blast off in rocket as they learn how to spell their name and count backwards.

We especially love that this one is a board book, which means it's strong enough to withstand the most eager reader - making it perfect for infants to enjoy.

Delivery: From £3.99, free on orders over £40, 5-6 working days | Age: 4-8 years

How is it personalised: If you're child already has a selection of personalised books, then why not include them in a story centred on the family pet? This one features the dogs name, and up to four family members in the story and illustrations, plus a personalised dedication and photos on the front and back covers.

What's the story?: Narrated from the dog's perspective, this book reveals exactly what your beloved pooch is thinking when he gives you 'that look'.

If your dog has sadly passed, this story can be written in the past tense, and can be a lovely keepsake for your child (and the whole family).

Delivery: 4-7 days | Age: 4-7 years

How is it personalised: You can personalise each child's appearance, including hairstyle, colour, clothes, and glasses.

What's the story?: Great gift for two besties, or siblings. The adventure begins in a library, where there's a world of books. As they travel from tale to tale, they'll enjoy meeting storybook favourites, such as dinosaurs and unicorns. And familiar characters like Mowgli and Heidi will join in the fun too. 

"I bought this book as a way of introducing my five-year-old to his new brother. He squealed with delight at the adventures they got up to." Mum-of-two, Louise shares with us.

Delivery: Free, 7 Days | Age: 5-12 years

How is it personalised: Child's first and last name appear throughout the story, and you have the option of adding a second family member or friend as the person who gives them the ticket and accompanies them throughout the story. Also features a personalised Oompa Loompa song!

What's the story?: Your child visits Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and discovers intel on secret new Wonka inventions. Mum-of-two Lottie says: "My daughter is obsessed with the latest Wonka movie, so she was so excited to see herself in a story of a trip around the factory - for her it was a lovely continuation of the film she loves so much."

Delivery: From £3.99, free on orders over £40, 5-6 working days | Age: 4-8 years

How is it personalised: Features the child's name throughout, and you can also add their photo, birthday, the gifter's name and a special dedication message.

What's the story?: The vehicles included in the story spell out your child's name, letter by letter, and at the end, they celebrate by tooting their horns and flashing their lights. This one has hundreds of five star reviews, with one customer saying "I was delighted with the book that I ordered for our grandson! It is so creative, colorful, engaging to read as the trucks work to deliver letters to form his first and last name."

Delivery: £3.75, 3-5 working days | Age: 2-5 years

How is it personalised: Add your child's name and they'll get six personalised dinosaur names. You can also pick a character that looks most like them, choose the cover colour and add a personalised message.

What's the story?: Your child discovers Dino-Land, where they meet five different dinosaurs, including a pterodactyl, velociraptor, triceratop, diplodocus, who teach them how to flap, zoom, trample, stomp and roar. One reviewer shared: "Rosie loved her name being in the story and yelled delightedly every time it came along. She was super excited by the whole thing, bounding around our living room yelling and stomping!"

Delivery: £3.99, 3-5 working days| Age: 0-5 years

How is it personalised: The child’s name on the cover, and throughout the story as well as in the illustrations. 

What's the story?: Send your child on their very own space odyssey, where they come across sights that are absolutely out of this world on their adventure.

Your little one will not only love being part of the story, but will adore trying to spot their name in the illustrations too. It also makes a thoughtful gift for any other little ones in your life.

Delivery: £3.75, 3-5 working days| Age: 0-3 years

How is it personalised: Child's name on cover and throughout book, choose character resembling child, personal dedication, choose cover colour.

What's the story?: The child's character multiplies as the story flows. The little 'you' could be pirates digging for treasure. Help them spot and count each version of themselves.

Mum-of-twins, Dionne tells us; "I bought this for my girls, and they loved it. Choosing the characters is a really cute touch."

Delivery: £3.75, 3-5 working days| Age: 2-4 years

How is it personalised: Personal dedication, colour of front cover, add child's name, choose their character and they're on every page.

What's the story?: Take your little one on an ABC journey through these pages full of positive messages and lively illustrations, such as the funny piano-playing octopus. It's sure to make learning more meaningful, mum-of-one Bex tells us; "My little one can recognise her name which made it much more fun to engage with her when reading and learning her letters.”

Delivery: Free, next day | Age: 3-6 years

How is it personalised: Add your child’s name using the alphabet stickers provided. It will appear on every page through the clever cut-out window so your child stars in their very own story.

What's the story?: The story is set in a forest, and animal friends have been hearing scary noises, and they need a brave superhero to figure out where the sound is coming from. And there's only one superhero for the job...

Mum-of-one, Grace tells us; "My 3-year-old loved not just being part of the story, but also being the superhero."

Delivery: £3.75, 5-10 working days| Age: 0-5 years

How is it personalised: Add the child's name, skin and hair colour and their gender.

What's the story?: As personalized books for kids go this lovely story lets the little person in your life know all your wishes for their future - making friends, respecting the earth, being adventurous, loving their family, overcoming fears, learning new things, finding happiness, and believing in themselves. 

"My sister bought this for my son last year, and we love the little story so much we're buying it back for his little cousin this Christmas." Mum-of-two, Kiran tells us. 

Delivery: £4.49, 7 days | Age: 4-10 years+

How is it personalised: Add their name to the front cover and create an illustrated character that looks just like them.

What's the story?: When a parallel universe portal arrives at a child’s door, they travel to six dazzling worlds to spot alternative versions of themselves! There are also puzzles to solve along the way for hours of entertainment.

For parents who remember the joy of Where's Wally, this is a wonderful way to share some of that nostalgia with your children. They'll love hunting for different versions of themselves on every page, and there are other stories in the Where Are You? series to add to your collection.

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