Proudchapter makes picture books in which the child from your photograph, their face, their hair, their grin, is the child on every page.
Most personalized children’s books put a name on a page. The drawing stays the same for every child, and a parent can see that. We wanted the opposite: the child in the photograph is the child in the book, and you read the whole thing before you decide whether to buy it.
Every copy is drawn for one child, printed after it is ordered, and sent to you. Nothing is stocked, because no two copies are the same.
A clear view of their face is all we ask for: daylight, looking at the camera.
Their own eyes, their own hair, in the style of the book. checkout photos are retained indefinitely in a private book archive.
Cover and pages, on screen, before you pay a cent. Not right? It is drawn again, free.
Nothing is stocked. Every copy is made after it is ordered, then shipped to you.
Photos kept only for the preview expire under our preview cleanup policy. When you continue to checkout, your photo and book details are copied to a private archive and retained indefinitely for making your book and future reprints. They are not used to train models.
Read the retention details in our privacy notice.
Proudchapter began at a kitchen table, with a book that was supposed to be about our daughter. Her name was on the cover. Inside, the child looked like everybody’s child. She turned the pages politely and asked for the old book instead.
That night we drew her in ourselves: her curls, her missing front tooth. She read the whole thing back to us, twice. We have been making that book for other families ever since.
Most children never see themselves in a book. Not the shy one, not the loud one, not the one who says she can’t read yet. We think every child should, and that a child who finds themselves on the page is a child who wants the page turned.
One book at a time, drawn from one photograph. That is the whole plan.
A small team of parents, illustrators and one very patient engineer. We answer every message ourselves, we read every review, and we still get a little emotional when a photo of a child holding their own book comes in.
If something is not right, tell us. We would rather fix a book than defend one. The formal side stands on Who runs this shop.
Questions? The frequent ones are answered, and a person reads the rest.
