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 christening gift with meaning, not just another keepsake
- 36 illustrated pages
- Up to 5 characters
- eBook €3.99
- Hardcover +€24.99
- Delivered in 10 to 14 working days
- 6 languages
As a christening or baptism gift, a Looma book is a 36-page illustrated hardcover in which the child is the hero, drawn from real photos, with godparents, siblings or grandparents as up to 5 characters. The eBook costs €3.99 and the premium hardcover €24.99 on top, printed and delivered in 10 to 14 working days in Europe, in 6 languages. The story is written for the child's age, and you approve every page before printing.
Most christening gifts end up in a drawer: a silver frame, an engraved cup, a soft toy outgrown by spring. They are lovely gestures, but rarely the thing a family comes back to. A story is different. It puts the child at the center of an adventure written around their name, and parents read it aloud again and again.
Choose the child as the hero, bring in the godmother or godfather from a photo, add a big sister or the grandparents, and we write an illustrated book where the hero really is the child. It feels personal rather than obligatory, whether you're the godparent, a grandparent or a friend of the family.
Give the eBook on the day of the ceremony, and the hardcover for the shelf, where it stays for years with the child's name on the cover.
Compared with a name-only christening book, which prints the first name into a stock story with a generic character, this one is written for this child and drawn from their photos. And compared with a photo album of the ceremony, it is a story to read aloud for years, with the child and their godparents in its pages.
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
What makes a good christening gift?
Something personal that lasts. A book the child grows into beats a trinket they outgrow, and a story with them and their godparents inside becomes a family object, not clutter.
Does this suit a baptism as well as a christening?
Yes. The book celebrates the child, not a specific ceremony, so it works just as well for a baptism, a naming day or a welcome-to-the-world gift.
The child is only a baby. Can they still be the hero?
Yes. For the very youngest we keep the story gentle and simple, made for parents to read aloud now, and the child grows into it later.
Can godparents and siblings be in the story?
Yes, up to 5 characters, each drawn from a photo. Godparents, siblings, cousins or grandparents can all join the adventure, so the book keeps a trace of the people who were there.
Will it be ready for the ceremony?
The eBook is ready as soon as you approve the story, so there is always something to give on the day. Order the hardcover about four weeks before the ceremony to have it in hand.
Can I personalize the message inside?
Yes. You can edit every sentence before approving, so the book can carry a blessing, a line from the godparents or a word for the parents.
How much does a personalized christening gift cost?
€3.99 for the eBook, with edits and up to 12 illustration regenerations included. 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. 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): order about four weeks before the ceremony.
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