Tails We Keep — personalised pet storybooks

Personalised keepsake pet storybooks

Give someone a story about the pet they love.

A personalised illustrated hardcover, written around one particular dog or cat and printed with their name on the cover. You don't need to know every detail to make something deeply personal — a few photos and the things you do know are enough. Make it for someone else, or for yourself.

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See the first three pages free. Premium hardcover from £59, UK delivery included.

Sample A5 portrait premium hardcover storybook with a matte laminate cover and watercolour terrier illustration, shown beside a second copy lying open on an illustrated field spread
Inside the book
Sample hardcover storybook lying open on a wooden table, showing a watercolour illustration of a terrier running through a golden field
Portrait hardcover sample · full-bleed spread
Hands holding a sample pet storybook open under warm lamplight, showing an illustration of a tabby cat asleep on a windowsill at dusk
Interior page sample · evening, the usual spot
Close-up of the dedication page of a sample hardcover storybook, printed on cream matte paper in warm side light
Dedication page sample · your words, your dedication

You don't need to know every detail to make something deeply personal.

Not a template with a name dropped in. Their colouring, their size, the one ridiculous habit everyone in the family mentions. Tell us what you know, leave the rest blank, and we'll prompt you for the things that make a story. It becomes a book that can be held, and read aloud, long after the day it arrives.

A gift for someone

For the person whose dog or cat is their whole personality. Use the details you know, ask family for the rest, and write the dedication yourself.

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For my own pet

For the one currently asleep across your feet. A warm, funny book about exactly who they are right now — before the small things fade into ordinary.

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To remember a pet

For a pet who has died. A gentle book that keeps what they were like, written so it can be read aloud to a child — or quietly, on the harder evenings.

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How it works

  1. 01

    Tell us about their pet

    Their name, a few photos, and whatever details you already know.

  2. 02

    See the first three pages free

    The real opening of the book, illustrated in the style you choose.

  3. 03

    Unlock the complete preview

    Read the whole story through for £1, credited against the book.

  4. 04

    Approve the proof

    Make one revision for likeness or factual corrections, then we print the hardcover.

See the full process, or read our common questions.

Made to be kept

A real hardcover, not a printout.

Every book is a premium portrait hardcover with a matte laminate cover, printed and bound in the UK and posted out. £59, delivery included. Nothing is printed until you have seen and approved the final proof — so a gift can be checked before it exists.

  • 24 illustrated pages

    Written around that particular pet's character, not a stock plot.

  • Their name on the cover

    Plus a dedication page written entirely in your words.

  • One revision round

    For likeness and any factual corrections you or the recipient spot.

  • You approve the proof

    Printing only begins once you say the book is right.

Explore personalised pet books, personalised dog books, pet memorial books and personalised pet gifts.

Give them the book about the pet they'd talk about all day.

See the first three pages free before you decide anything.

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