Our Story
Built by Our Family, for Yours
Our Little Book started at our own kitchen table. We're a mom and a dad, and the very first book we made was a gift for our own family.
How It Started
We wanted a book about our own family: the small, ordinary moments we never want to forget. Nothing on a shelf came close, so we made one ourselves. We loved holding it so much that the idea wouldn't let us go. Other families should be able to make one too.
So we kept building, in the evenings and the in-between hours, until the thing we made for ourselves became something we could hand to you. Every part of it is shaped by what we wanted for our own kids.
Built in Our Kitchen
We Built Our Own Tools: Quill, Ink, and Paper
Every page is written and painted by two small engines we made ourselves. Quill writes and illustrates each page from the characters and moments you describe. Ink listens when you want a page to look different, and redraws just that one. And Paper is our own editor, the calm surface where you read the finished book and reach for Ink when a page needs a second take.
We didn't set out to build any of this. We just wanted a book about our own family, and nothing on a shelf came close. The closest off-the-shelf tools couldn't hold a face steady across thirty pages, or sit with a request like “her eyes look wrong.” So we built ours.
For now the engines both paint in soft watercolor, because that's the right voice for these books. The tools themselves are quietly flexible. Other styles, and other ways to share them, are on the way.
Writes and paints
Quill
Writes and paints every page from the characters and moments you describe.
Redraws on request
Ink
Listens when you want a page different, and redraws just that one.
Where you read and refine
Paper
The editor where you read the finished book and reach for Ink when you want a page different.
What a Book Costs
Honest about how a book gets made: we don't have a human illustrator painting each page. We couldn't afford one for our own kids, so we built Quill, our own small engine, to be the next best thing. Every page is written and painted by Quill, customized end to end for a single family, then reviewed page by page before anything ships.
We've tried to be mindful about what we charge: enough to keep making these well and to grow the studio carefully, and not a dollar past that.
If something about the pricing feels off, or you'd love to see a different shape (a smaller first book, a family rate, a gift bundle), we'd love to hear it. We're a small family studio, we read every note, and we'd rather hear from you than guess at what would work.
The Family Behind It
A mom, a dad, two kids, and one very good dog. We're proud to bring Our Little Book to your family, and we hope you enjoy making books with it as much as we do.
Make One for Your Family
It takes a few minutes to begin, and you can watch the book come to life.
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