After the Egg Hunt: A Storybook Where Your Grandson Is the Hero
When the last egg is found and the sugar settles, there's a story waiting with his face in every illustration.
The egg hunt takes him eleven minutes. You spent an hour hiding those eggs, and he clears the yard like a professional, basket swinging, socks soaked with dew. Then comes the part of the visit nobody photographs but everyone remembers: the slow hours after, when the candy is rationed and the grown-ups talk too long.
That is the hour this gift was made for. A Delilah & Mia storybook starts with one photo of your grandson (his parents can text you one from their phone) and turns it into an illustrated adventure where he is the hero on every page. The artwork is original, built around his actual face, and the story is his to keep long after the plastic eggs go back in the garage.
Spring stories suit boys his age: muddy expeditions, baby animals, a kingdom waking up after winter. But if he is deep in a dinosaur phase, make it a dinosaur story. The Easter part comes from you.
Some grandparents turn it into a tradition: the book that lives on their shelf, read on the same couch every spring visit. It is a quieter kind of Easter gift. It is also the one he will still know by heart in September.
Free. No card. Your photo stays private.
Your photo stays private
Painted from your photo
Made by a family
Printed to last
What a Storybook Does That the Candy Can't
A boy's Easter basket has a way of filling itself: chocolate, marshmallow things, something that bounces. None of it needs help from you. What the day is missing, especially for grandparents hosting the visit, is a reason for him to slow down and sit with you while the afternoon stretches out.
His own face is that reason. Kids who will not sit for just any story will sit for the one where the hero has their haircut. The illustrations are built from a real photo of him, so the resemblance is not a wink. It is the whole point.
- Built from one snapshotAll you need is one good photo of him. You'll see a free illustrated cover preview before spending anything.
- The after-hunt anchorEvery Easter has a lull between the egg hunt and the meal. This is the gift that fills it with a lap, a couch, and a story.
- The book that lives at your houseKeep it on your shelf and it becomes the thing he runs to find each visit, an Easter tradition that renews itself every spring.
- Grandparents in the bookThe printed 32-page edition offers a dedication page and a letter page you can switch on. You're in this book too.
How a book gets made
The first two steps are free. Nothing to install, no card to enter.
Choose Their Adventure
Select a storyline your grandchild will love. No tech skills needed, we make it simple.
Upload a Photo
Just one clear photo is all it takes. Our AI handles the rest, illustrating them into every page.
Add a Grandparent's Touch
Switch on a dedication page and write a message in your own words. Ships as a premium hardcover right to your door.
Story ideas they will love
Grandsons in the three-to-seven range tend to want motion, mud, and a little bit of danger that turns out fine. Spring delivers all three.
Dinosaur Tracks in the Spring Mud
After the rain, there are footprints in the garden. Big ones. A discovery adventure for the grandson who can already name more dinosaurs than you can.
The Great Meadow Expedition
A quest across fields and streams with baby animals to rescue along the way. It has the energy of an egg hunt with a story holding it together.
Knight of the Spring Kingdom
A kingdom shakes off winter and needs one brave knight. Courage, a castle, and a hero who looks suspiciously like the boy holding the book.
Pick how you want it
Every book starts with the same free cover. Print orders include the digital book.
Digital book
The full 12-page book as a download. Read it on any screen tonight.
Choose digitalSoftcover and digital
A printed softcover, shipped to your door, plus the digital book.
Choose softcoverHardcover and digital
A rigid library-quality hardcover, shipped, plus the digital book.
Choose hardcoverPrinted books arrive in about two weeks and can carry up to six personal pages. The digital book is ready the moment it finishes.
Making It Part of the Easter Visit
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Ask for the photo early
The only ingredient you need is one clear picture of him, so request it from his parents weeks ahead. It keeps the surprise intact and leaves comfortable time for printing, which runs 5-7 business days plus shipping.
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Save it for the sugar dip
Don't hand it over mid-hunt; it can't compete with a yard full of eggs. Bring it out in the quiet stretch after lunch, when a story and a couch are exactly what everyone needs.
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Let it live on your shelf
If the grandkids come to you for Easter, keep the book at your house. A story he can only read at Grandma and Grandpa's becomes part of why he loves coming.
Common questions
My grandson never sits still. Will a book even register?
A story about a generic character is easy for him to skip; a story where the hero has his exact face gets studied page by page. You'll create a free watermarked two-page preview before buying, so you can judge the likeness yourself first.
He's all dinosaurs and diggers. Does it have to be a bunny story?
Not at all. You pick the adventure theme during creation, so a dinosaur discovery or a space mission is fair game. Giving it at Easter is what makes it an Easter gift.
Can the dedication come from the Easter Bunny?
It can come from anyone you like. The printed edition's dedication page is fully customizable: sign it from the Bunny, from Grandma and Grandpa, or both, with a wink.
Easter is days away. Am I too late?
Too late for print, probably, but not for the gift. The digital edition is $14.99 with instant email delivery, readable on any device Easter morning. You can always order a printed keepsake afterward.
Do I need his parents to set this up?
Only for the photo. You create the book yourself: upload the picture, preview the cover free, sign in with Google to continue, and choose your format. It's designed to be done solo, no tech support from the grandkids required.
What does the printed version include that digital doesn't?
Printed books are a 32-page keepsake edition, and the optional pages you can switch on are a customizable dedication, a printed personal letter, a photo page, a character spotlight, a 'Story Behind the Story' page, and a quote. Softcover is $39.00, hardcover is $49.99, and both are printed in the US.
From our family to yours
Delilah & Mia is a small family company in Las Vegas, named after our two daughters. Our own Easters are loud right up until they aren't, and the quiet part, somebody's kid heavy-eyed on a grandparent's lap, is the part we always wish we'd photographed. We make these books for that hour. The candy handles the loud part just fine on its own.
Sean Delilah and Mia's dad
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