You review the full book
Read the story, check the illustrations, and approve the result before ordering a printed copy.
Your little heroes, in a real printed book
A high-quality hardcover, delivered to your door.
📚 Premium hardcover📖 36 pages, 32 of story💶 eBook €3.99, hardcover +€24.99
🚚 Delivered in 10 to 14 working days🦸 Up to 5 heroes✏️ Edits included
The images are from real books!
eBook or hardcover? The eBook is ready as soon as you approve the story, for €3.99. The premium 36-page hardcover is €24.99 on top, shipping calculated at checkout, printed after approval and delivered in 10 to 14 working days across Europe. Either way, you read and edit every page before it is printed.
How It Works
1Create your very own story
Build up to 5 characters from photos. Pick a theme, a universe, the values you want to promote, and all the little details that will make this story your own.
2We create it, you perfect it
We write and illustrate the story. You can edit the text and the images, scene by scene, until it's exactly right. Edits are included until your book is perfect.
- 📚 Premium hardcover3
Order and Receive your book
The eBook is ready instantly. When you're happy, order the hardcover book, printed in high quality and delivered to your door.
A birthday present that isn't another toy
- 36 illustrated pages
- Up to 5 characters
- eBook €3.99
- Hardcover +€24.99
- Delivered in 10 to 14 working days
- 6 languages
A Looma birthday book is a 36-page illustrated adventure starring the birthday child, drawn from real photos, with friends, siblings or grandparents as up to 5 characters. It costs €3.99 as an eBook and €24.99 on top as a premium hardcover, printed and delivered in 10 to 14 working days in Europe, in 6 languages. It is written for ages from a few months to about 10, and you can edit every sentence before you approve it.
By their next birthday most children already own more toys than they play with. A book where they are the hero is a different kind of present: not another thing for the pile, but a story about them, with their best friend, their big sister and their favorite dinosaur in it. It gets unwrapped at the party and read again at bedtime.
Choose the birthday child as the hero, add up to four more people, pick the adventure, and we adapt the tone and length to their age. You read the story, change what you want and approve it. Give the eBook on the day, and the hardcover with their name on the cover.
A name-only birthday book drops the first name into a story that is the same for every child. A Looma story is written around this child, their passions and their friends, and the illustrations are drawn from their photos, so the hero really is them. And unlike a photo book of the past year, it isn't a recap: the photos become a story the child stars in and asks to hear again.
Testimonials
What parents say about our stories
“Sailing on Grandpa's boat and rescuing a tern. Makes you wonder who the book was really for!! A beautiful moment of connection between generations”
Louis
Making the world a better place, one tern at a time
“We wrote a book where she goes on an adventure with her favorite singer Tini, she couldn't believe that she was the main hero of her own book and that her best friend was an argentinian rockstar!!”
Olivia
Long live Rock and Roll!
“The books are beautiful!! I don't have the words to describe the feeling of seeing my 2 young boys winning a world cup together. They loved it”
Mateo
Forcing Messi into retirement
“We had so much fun. She always falls asleep, so seeing herself as a scientist looking for a cure was just pure joy. PS: she didn't find the cure in real life...”
Alfonsina
ZzzzzzZzzzz
“She was taking the book with her everywhere for 2 weeks. She was so proud to bring it to school. It's a beautiful object and beautiful idea to keep the children away from the screens”
Rufinha
Not afraid of school anymore
A book you can review before it becomes real
Looma Stories keeps parents in control from the first idea to the final book.
The hero really is your child
Your photos become the character. Hair, smile, glasses: the hero on every page is unmistakably them, not a generic avatar.
AI-assisted, editable by you
You can tweak text, adjust scenes, and regenerate images before the book is final.
A real book, delivered
Preview and approve the digital book instantly, then order the printed hardcover keepsake. A proper book on their shelf, not a screen story.
Adapted to the child's age
Choose the reading level so the tone, vocabulary, and story length fit your child.
Available in 6 languages
Create and read your book in French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, or Portuguese.
Frequently asked questions
Why give a book for a birthday?
Because it is the one present that is about them. By their next birthday most children own more toys than they play with. A book where they save the day, with their best friend beside them, gets read long after the party.
Will it be ready in time for the party?
If the party is four weeks away or more, order the hardcover: it is delivered in 10 to 14 working days. If it is tomorrow, the eBook is ready as soon as you approve the story, and you can still order the hardcover afterwards.
Can I theme it around what they love?
Yes. Pick the universe, the theme and the values: dinosaurs, space, football, a pony who solves mysteries. The story is built around their passions, and you can edit any line.
From what age can my child be the hero?
From a few months old up to about 10. We adapt the tone, the length and the reading level to their age, so a toddler gets short, gentle sentences and a seven-year-old gets a real adventure with a few twists.
Can grandparents or friends create one too?
Yes. All you need are a few photos of the child and a few minutes. Grandparents often add themselves to the cast, so the gift comes with them inside it.
Digital, printed, or both?
Both. Read the eBook together on the day, and give the premium hardcover to keep on the shelf. You approve every page before it is printed.
How much does a personalized birthday book cost?
€3.99 for the eBook, which includes text edits and up to 12 illustration regenerations. The premium hardcover is €24.99 on top, plus shipping calculated at checkout. No subscription.
How long does delivery take?
The eBook is ready as soon as the story is approved, which saves a last-minute birthday. The hardcover is printed after approval and delivered in 10 to 14 working days across Europe (5 to 7 days of printing, then 5 to 7 in transit depending on the delivery method), so order about four weeks before the party.
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