Ting!
June has polished her bicycle, tied on the bunting and practised every turn. Then the parade reaches the steepest hill in town.
Painted adventure
Bramble Lane Press · Family storybooks
Your stories.
In their little hands.
Tell us about the time you were little.
We’ll make it a book you can read together.
A free 45-minute sitting. Your recording to keep.
A free 45-minute sittingTheir voice, yours to keepA book only if you choose
The Bramble library
Find a story.
Pull up a chair.
Three complete sample books. Open a cover, turn the pages and see what your own story could become.
Mind the Cake!
One cake. Six cherries. Eleven bus stops. Bea insists on carrying Grandma’s birthday cake herself.
Paper-cut comedy
Six Beans
Arun brings six bean seeds to his new apartment. There is no garden, but there is a small balcony, a biscuit tin and Mrs. Ortiz next door.
Ink & woodcut
3 stories
These are sample stories made to show the possibilities. Your family’s book begins with your own words.
Tell us your storyA peek inside
Start with a page.
Open a scene and carry on reading.
First, a good conversation
You do the talking.
We’ll bring the pages.
Begin with one story.
See where it takes you.
Make a little time.
Arrange a free 45-minute telephone sitting for yourself or someone you love. There is nothing to write or prepare.
Keep every word.
Receive the recording and full transcript. They belong to your family, whether or not you ever order a book.
Read it together.
If you choose a book, we turn one story into 32 illustrated pages. Read and approve the whole proof before printing.
Made for the child who opens it
Your story.
Their own edition.
The words and pictures grow with them. Tell us the grandchildren’s ages.
Ages 2–4
A little, a lot.
Short lines, big pictures and the words they love to join in with. Made for your lap and another reading.
Ages 5–7
The whole adventure.
A picture-book story with room for the funny bits, the surprises and everything they want to ask about.
Ages 8–12
A world to get into.
Fuller scenes and more of the details: where you lived, what it felt like and how things were different then.
Extra family copies are US$79, with an inscription for each child.
Only if you’d like a book
The story is yours.
The book can be, too.
32 illustrated pages. Clothbound with foil lettering. Your family approves every page.
US$149
Your first book, including US postage.
Extra copies, US$79 each.
For our first 100 commissions. US$199 after that.
Allow two to three weeks from sitting to book.
A little help getting started
Have a story
in mind?
Ask about a book or talk through an idea with our AI story assistant. This short introduction takes up to eight minutes, separate from the free 45-minute sitting.
Use your microphone here, telephone +1 (239) 445-0123, or arrange a callback.
What happens at a sitting?
We arrange a telephone conversation of around forty-five minutes. You can begin with a place, a person, or a story you have told a hundred times. There is nothing to write or prepare. We ask permission before recording.
Is the sitting really free?
Yes. The sitting, recording and transcript are free, whether or not you ever order a book. We ask for no card details.
How much is the book?
The Storybook is US$149 for the first hundred commissions, then US$199. It includes a thirty-two-page illustrated clothbound book and postage within the United States. Extra copies are US$79 each. You decide about a book after the sitting.
Can I arrange it for my mum or dad?
Of course. Tell us who you have in mind and the best way to reach you. We will agree the arrangements with you before contacting them, and they can decide whether they would like to take part.
Pull up a chair
We’d love to hear
where your story begins.
The first sitting is free. The recording is yours to keep.
Arrange a free sitting