For grandparents

The book aboutyou two.

A grandfather and grandchild reading their own PlotJoys book together on a beach

You’re the director.

One idea, one photo, and a storybook made for no one else.

Hardcover $59. Changed until you love it, or your money back.

See who’s already starring

Both of you, on the page.

You’re in the book too — drawn from your photo, not just the name on the gift tag.

Grandpa — storybook character
The photo Grandpa was made from

The co-star

Grandma — storybook character
The photo Grandma was made from

The head baker

Liam — storybook character
The photo Liam was made from

The fisherman

Nora — storybook character
The photo Nora was made from

The secret pincher

The double buns — storybook character
The photo this character was made from

The double buns

Double pigtails — storybook character
The photo this character was made from

Double pigtails

Max — storybook character
The photo Max was made from

The birthday boy

Ethan — storybook character
The photo Ethan was made from

The adventurer

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Books you’re both starring in.

Each began as one sentence. Tap a cover and read the whole book.

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Unlimited revisions, or your money back.

Loved by grandparents

Photos families sent us after their book arrived, shared with their permission.

What Grandparents Are Saying

I’ve read him hundreds of stories. I never thought I’d be in one.

Grandma

I sent one photo and a few lines about our Saturdays. I wasn’t expecting what came back.

Grandma

There’s a page where I tell him about my own grandfather. I wasn’t ready for that one.

Grandpa

His sister turns three in March. I’ve already started hers.

Grandma · of two

We’ve built that gingerbread house every December for years. Now all three of them are in it.

Grandma · of three

I’ve read him hundreds of stories. I never thought I’d be in one.

Grandma

I sent one photo and a few lines about our Saturdays. I wasn’t expecting what came back.

Grandma

There’s a page where I tell him about my own grandfather. I wasn’t ready for that one.

Grandpa

His sister turns three in March. I’ve already started hers.

Grandma · of two

We’ve built that gingerbread house every December for years. Now all three of them are in it.

Grandma · of three

I’ve read him hundreds of stories. I never thought I’d be in one.

Grandma

I sent one photo and a few lines about our Saturdays. I wasn’t expecting what came back.

Grandma

There’s a page where I tell him about my own grandfather. I wasn’t ready for that one.

Grandpa

His sister turns three in March. I’ve already started hers.

Grandma · of two

We’ve built that gingerbread house every December for years. Now all three of them are in it.

Grandma · of three

What’s your story to tell?

No two families have ever asked for the same story. Dogs, cats and well-loved stuffies count too.

The notes below are examples we made up.

One rainy morning we turned the kitchen into a garden — most of the potting soil ended up on us.
— from a grandma
A stray kitten showed up and decided Grandma belongs to her now.
— from a grandpa
Every summer is Camp Nana: pancakes, puddles, one big adventure.
— from a grandma
What if the library locked us in overnight — and the storybook characters climbed out of their covers?
— from a grandma
Saturdays with Grandpa: the good donuts and one secret handshake.
— from a grandpa
She found a snail on the sidewalk and named it. Now we need the snail’s whole life story.
— from a grandma

One sentence is enough — the studio takes it from there.

Dao, the founder of PlotJoys, kneeling in sunlit woodland holding both of her young daughter's hands

A note from the founder

Hi, I’m Dao

I started PlotJoys after I went looking for a picture book about the exact thing my own kid was going through, and couldn’t find it. So I made her one. Then I left my job and built this.

You’re about to trust me with a photo of your child, so —

  • Your photos make your book and nothing else.
  • Every page is written and drawn for your heroes — never a template.
  • If it isn’t right, I fix it — or you get your money back.
47%of my customers have come back to order another book.

— Dao, Founder

PhD in mathematics · former Director of Data Science at Uber and Capital One · LinkedIn

Read the whole story →

Questions, answered.

Yes — that’s the point. Send a photo of each of you, and you’re both drawn as characters: you’re in the book too, not just the name on the gift tag.

One use: making your stories. Your photos become your characters and your illustrations — nothing else. And our founder holds every technology and third-party vendor inside the studio to the same rule: story-making only.

No — and that's the whole difference. There's no finished book on a shelf waiting for a name to be dropped in: nothing exists until you tell us your idea. What you can see first, free, is your star drawn as their character. The story itself is written for your family after you order — and then you change anything you like, with unlimited revisions or your money back.

Change it. A line, an illustration, the ending — unlimited revisions until you love it. If it's still not right, your money back.

Your digital book is ready within 1 business day — in time to show at the party or send the link to the family. The hardcover takes 2-3 weeks, and here's why: we hold no inventory. Nothing is printed until you've approved every page — about a week to make, then 1-2 weeks to reach you. So for a date next week, the digital book is the one that arrives in time, and the hardcover gets read in person after.