The New Baby

Your child’s name and face on every page.

The printed hardcover of The New Baby, made for Isla

How it works

  1. Add your child’s name and photo.
  2. Personalise the story: add a family member, pet or favourite toy.
  3. Preview it before you pay.
  4. You receive it in the mail in about 2 weeks.

The story

As a new baby sibling arrives, your child wonders if there will be enough cuddles to go around — and discovers love only grows bigger the more it’s shared.

Look inside Isla’s copy

Cover: Isla and the New Baby.
Isla talks to pregnant Mum's bump beside a cream armchair in their sunlit lounge.

Isla knelt beside Mum's chair and leaned close to the round tummy.

"Hello, baby. It's me, Isla." She looked up. "Can the baby hear me?"

"Yes," said Mum. "Your voice is one of the first things they'll know."

So Isla sang the bump a little song.

"Hello, little baby, it's me, it's me."

Isla and Mum paint the nursery wall pale sage beside a wooden cot.

The baby needed a room, and the room needed paint.

Mum rolled a wide stripe up the wall. Isla rolled a little stripe beside it.

"Will the baby help us paint?" asked Isla.

"Not just yet," Mum laughed.

Isla looked around the room. "It still needs one more thing."

Isla places a brown teddy on a low nursery shelf while Mum crouches beside her.

Isla picked out a small brown teddy and set it on the nursery shelf.

"This one's for the baby," she said. "For cuddles."

Mum smiled. "That's a lovely welcome."

Isla looked at the empty cot. "When will the baby be here?"

What you get

  • 32 pages, 21 cm square, in paperback or hardcover
  • 170gsm silk paper with a matte-laminated cover
  • Written for children aged 2 to 12
  • Printed and posted in Australia. Delivery $9.95, free on orders over $75
  • The photo you upload is deleted once your child's character is drawn

Helpful reading for this moment

Read: Preparing a toddler for a new baby