When should I order for Valentine's Day?

About three weeks before February 14. After you approve, printing takes 7 to 10 business days, then shipping takes 8 to 9 days by book rate or 2 to 3 expedited. Miss that window and the digital flipbook is still ready the moment you approve.

Is it a romantic story?

No. It is written for kids: friendship, family, kindness, and the people they love. You set the story in the outline, so it can be about a sibling, a best friend, a grandparent, or the whole family.

Can I make one for their best friend too?

Yes. Put both of them in the story, up to 4 people from photos, and order a copy for each house.

Can a grandparent send it from far away?

Yes. Make it with photos you already have, put the grandkids' address in at checkout, and write your note on the dedication page so it is printed in the front.

About 2 to 8. Pick one of four reading levels when you make it, from short, simple sentences to a story an older child can read alone.

Can it include our Valentine's traditions?

Yes. The heart-shaped pancakes, the card box at school, the red pajamas: put them in the outline and they show up in the story.

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Personalized Valentine's Day Books for Kids

Name: Personalized Valentine's Day Book for Kids
Brand: Genie in a Book
Price: 35.00 USD
Availability: InStock

A Valentine's Day story starring your child, about the people they love most: a sibling, a best friend, a grandparent, or the whole family. Drawn from their photo and printed as a keepsake.

Free preview before you pay.

Personalized Valentine's Day book made from a sibling photo: Hearts for Everyone, a sister and little brother hand heart cards to Grandma at her door

A Valentine for the Littlest Ones

Valentine's Day for kids isn't about romance. It's classroom cards, paper hearts, and telling the people around them they matter. A personalized Valentine's book puts your child in that story, with their name and face on every page.

Your child as the hero, drawn from a photo
A story about friendship, family, or kindness, your choice
The people they love in it too, up to 4 from photos
A gift from a parent, a grandparent, or a long-distance aunt
Hardcover available for a book that comes out every February

Valentine's storybook made from a boy's photo: Leo's Valentine Surprise, Leo hands out heart cards to two classmates at a craft table

Valentine's Story Ideas

Hearts, cards, and kindness. Choose one, or describe your own:

The Valentine Mail Carrier: Your child delivers a card to everyone on the street, and one comes back
The Kindness Count: Every page is one kind thing, and the last one comes back to them
Best Friends Day: Your child and their best friend on a quest to make the perfect card
Love You to the Moon: A gentle bedtime story about how far a parent's love reaches
Write Your Own: Describe who they love and how your family celebrates

How It Works

From a single photo to a professionally printed book — about 15 minutes of your time.

Upload photos

Pick your style

Approve characters & story

Approve illustrations

Printed & shipped

See all the steps

Valentine's book made from a grandmother and granddaughter photo: Maya & Grandma's Day Together, the two of them making heart cards at the table

A Book Instead of Candy

Valentine's candy is gone by dinner. A book with your child in it, about the people they love, gets read again in March and next February.

It works across distance too: a grandparent who can't be there can send a story where they and the grandkids spend the day together.

What Families Are Saying

“I used Genie in a Book as a gift to various family members – they all loved it!”

Patrick A.

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“It’s a very special keepsake, and their kindness made the experience even more meaningful.”

Leslie P.

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“Such a fun way to make bedtime stories a little more exciting! I got it for my youngest but it quickly became a hit with all 3 of my kids.”

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Pricing Options

Choose how their custom story comes to life.

Personalized Coloring Book

A full storybook they can color.

Same custom story and cover, printed in black & white on coloring-friendly paper.

$15

Full-length book, not a mini version

Black & white pages for coloring

Same cover and page count as paperback

More about coloring books

Paperback Storybook

A full-color story to read together.

The same custom story and illustrations in a lightweight, softcover format.

$35

Full custom story & illustrations

Glossy softcover format

Full-color pages

More about paperback books

Questions parents ask before ordering a Valentine's book

Timing, keeping it about kids, best friends, sending it from far away, ages, and traditions.

Give them a Valentine they can keep

Add a photo and the people they love. Your child gets a Valentine's story to read long after the candy is gone.

Create their Valentine's book

Order about three weeks ahead · Hardcover available

Personalized Valentine's Day Books for Kids

A Valentine for the Littlest Ones

Valentine's Story Ideas

How It Works

A Book Instead of Candy

What Families Are Saying

Pricing Options

Questions parents ask before ordering a Valentine's book

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