Every family has a story to tell

Turn your family's
history into their
bedtime story.

A short guided interview about a grandparent, a memory, or where your family comes from — a few photos, and it becomes a real printed picture book, illustrated with your child and the people who shaped your family.

Start their story See how it works
For parents & grandparents A keepsake gift Loved by educators
An Era Uma Vez story
Mia & Grandma's Journey
Made just for Mia
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Step 1 of 5: Interview

Tell us about Mia

Whose story is this?
Grandma & Grandpa How we met Where we're from A family adventure Our traditions The old house
In a few words, tell us about them
Grandma Lucía, came from Porto, loved baking bread…
Continue
Pick who it's about

Start with someone real

Every Era Uma Vez book is built around someone real — a grandparent, a memory, a piece of where your family comes from. Pick the one that fits, or tell us your own.

Grandma & Grandpa
The people who came before
How we met
Where the family really started
Where we're from
The place, the journey, the move
A family adventure
The story everyone retells
Our traditions
What we always do, and why
The old house
The place that held it all
Photo to character

The same people, every page.

Send a few photos — of your child, and of the grandparent or relative the story's about. We turn both into one illustrated style, so the people in the book actually look like the people in your family, page after page.

A few photos
Page 3
Page 9
Page 16
Why it works

Why a story works better than a family tree

Kids don't remember names on a chart — they remember a grandmother who crossed an ocean with one suitcase, a grandfather who built the house with his own hands. In every Era Uma Vez book, your child meets that person inside a real story, not a list of facts.

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They meet someone
2
They live the memory
3
It becomes theirs too
No. 01 – 05

From an idea to a book on the shelf

No. 01: Interview

A 10-minute guided interview

A few questions about your child and the moment they're in — type the answers or just talk. No blank page to stare at.

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Interview

About Mia

What's one story Grandma always told?
About crossing the ocean with just one suitcase…
Next question
No. 02: Story building

We build the arc, not just sentences

Your answers become a real story shape: something happens, Mia tries something new, it works out — built around the moment you picked.

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Story outline

Mia & Grandma's Journey

01

Mia wonders why Grandma always smells like cinnamon bread.

02

Grandma tells her about leaving home with one suitcase.

03

Mia feels like she carries Grandma's story too.

No. 03: Photo to character

Mia becomes the illustration

A few photos turn into one consistent illustrated character, checked against every page so she always looks like herself.

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Character

Mia & Grandma Lucía

Both match reference ✓
No. 04: Page layout

Typeset like a real picture book

Text and illustrations laid out across full spreads, sized and paced for a bedtime read-aloud — not just text dropped under pictures.

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Layout

Preview

24 pagesAges 3–6
No. 05: Print & deliver

A real book, at your door

Approve the proof, and we print a hardcover copy and ship it — ready to read at bedtime, not to open as a file.

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Order

Mia & Grandma's Journey

CoverHardcover, matte
Pages24
Arrives9–12 days
Send to print
Why print, not just a PDF

An idea becomes a book you can actually hold

Hardcover, sewn binding

Built for being dragged to bed every night, not handled carefully once.

No app to open it

No screen, no login, no battery to charge before story time.

The one they ask for

It becomes part of the bedtime routine, not a file that gets lost in a folder.

Start their story

Whenever you're ready, the first step takes about ten minutes.

Start their story