🧵 Written for one family · ages 3–5
Zuri and the Velvet Dark
Zuri, 4, fought bedtime every single night — she wouldn't sleep with the light off. A real one-off, written for one child — Zuri’s face, Zuri’s hair, Zuri’s own clothes, painted from one photo. Read it cover to cover, then tell us your child’s battle.
- Written around one real battle · not for sale
- Classic story · 13 painted spreads
- A human checked every page · printed in Britain
This book is not for sale. It was written for Zuri alone, around one real battle, and delivered to her family. It is here so you can read exactly what a one-off looks like, cover to cover.
Your child’s book starts the same way — you tell us the battle, we write and paint the book around it.
how it works
One photo becomes the whole book.
Their face, their hair, their own clothes — painted by our studio, checked page-by-page by a human. You see your child painted before you pay a penny.
Nothing to imagine — read it now
Flip through Zuri’s real book
This is a real finished book, unretouched. The pages below show Zuri, our demo star — your edition is repainted from scratch around your child, with their name woven through every page.
swipe or tap the arrows · all 12 interior spreads
The story
What happens inside
In her book the Dark turns out to be a small velvet creature with hurt feelings and important jobs — holding up the stars is one — and Zuri is the first person kind enough to ask about them. Written around one real battle: a girl afraid of the dark. Your child's book can be built around YOUR battle the same way.
How it works
Sixty seconds now. A book that's properly theirs.
- Type & tap ~60 seconds Their name, one photo, your email. That’s genuinely everything — no account, no payment.
- See them painted in within 24 hours We paint your child into the story — face, hair, their own clothes — and email you the first pages free, watermarked. Judge the likeness with your own eyes.
- Love it? Then it’s theirs only if you smile Unlock the full book from the preview page. A human checks every spread before it reaches you as an ebook tonight — and the printed British hardcover upgrade offer, for the bookshelf, comes with it.
The Little Tailor Promise
You see your child painted into the story before you pay anything. If the preview doesn’t make you smile, you owe us nothing and your photo is deleted. And if you love it but something isn’t quite as you expected, tell us what’s off — we’ll fix it, free of charge. We’re not happy until the book has earned its place on the bedtime shelf.
Questions parents ask
Before you ask…
Will it actually look like my child?
That’s exactly why the preview is free. We paint your child from your photo: face, hair, skin tone, even the clothes they really wear. You judge the likeness with your own eyes before paying anything, and if a detail is off, tell us — we’ll fix it, free of charge.
What photo works best?
One clear, front-facing photo with their face easy to see — close up, in good daylight, looking at the camera, nothing in front of the face. The closer and clearer the face, the better the likeness on every page. You can change it later if the preview isn’t right.
What happens to the photo?
It’s used only to paint your book, then deleted within 30 days of your book being finished — and within 90 days if you never go ahead. It is never used to train an AI model and never shared. No account is created. Our photo promise →
What does it cost?
£6.99 for the ebook — and you see every page first, so you pay only if you love it. Love it? Upgrade to the printed British hardcover for £29.99, free UK delivery — the offer comes with your finished ebook. The whole journey, plainly →
How fast is delivery?
The free preview lands within 24 hours. The ebook is yours the moment you approve it; the hardcover upgrade is printed in Britain and typically arrives well inside two weeks.
Who are you?
Little Tailor Books is a small British studio — a trading name of Complete Asset Solutions Ltd, registered in England & Wales. Every book is checked by a human before it reaches a family.
This book was written around one real kid's battle.
Yours can be too.
Tell us YOUR story free painted samples · nothing to pay yet