A printed record of a year
Answer a few questions.
Upload photos from the year.
We turn it into a beautiful hardcover you will keep.
Watch — 2 minutes
Takes about 15 minutes. Nothing is locked until you choose to print.
Inside the book
Each book combines your answers and your photos into a simple, readable story of the year.
Photos and memories from the year, turned into a story you can hold.
The physical book
Not a photo album. Not a scrapbook. A proper hardcover book, designed to sit on a shelf for years and be read quietly, long after the year has passed.
Each book is printed individually. Built to last.
The process
You don't need to write anything. You don't need to design anything. You just need to show up honestly.
Tell us about the year in your child's life. Ordinary days. Small changes. What mattered most.
Choose photos from your phone or computer. Everyday moments are perfect. You don't need many.
We write the story, arrange the photos, and prepare it for print. You review it. When you're ready, we print and ship.
No design. No layouts. No editing. Just the story and photos.
From your words to the story
One of the questions you'll answer
"Was there a moment when you noticed your child had changed or grown in a new way?"
This was the year Oliver decided he could do things himself. Not loudly — there was no announcement. One morning he simply poured his own water, and neither of us made a fuss about it.
It was the kind of growing you only see after it happens.
Oh, I can do that.
Why I made this
I'm a photographer and a parent.
Every year we took hundreds of photos. Birthdays, ordinary Tuesdays, the face my son made when he tried to eat lemon for the first time.
They all stayed in the camera roll.
I tried to print some, or make a photo book. But individual photos don't tell the full story and creating a photo book is laborious and time consuming.
I wanted a way to remember my son growing up. Not the big moments — those are imprinted hard. The small ones. The way he talked. The things he was obsessed with and left alone after a month.
The version of him that no longer exists.
I wanted one simple thing. One book, every year, that held that version of him before it was gone.
So I built it.
A story, not a summary
"Leo had a phase this year where everything was about dinosaurs. Not just an interest — a full conviction that the world was best understood through them…"
A story your child will love and grandparents will treasure. Each chapter is written to be read quietly, years from now, and recognised as true.
Leo had a phase this year where everything was about dinosaurs. Not just an interest — a full conviction that the world was best understood through them.
He would correct us gently when we got the names wrong. He always got them right.
Choose your book
All print orders start with a digital PDF for your review.
Nothing is printed until you confirm.
Digital
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Many families order extra copies for grandparents. Add additional copies at checkout.
OneBook is a paid service. Each book is custom-made from your photos and answers after purchase. You'll receive a digital version to review before anything is finalised. Because every book is made to order, orders are non-refundable once we begin creating yours.
One book every year. A shelf of childhood.
Begin your tradition. Turn a one-off gift into a rhythm.
One year at a time, built into something that lasts.
Questions
Your photos are never edited, altered, or generated by AI. They're used only to place them into your book. We use AI to help write the story — we do not use AI on your photos. Your images remain exactly as you uploaded them, treated as private material, not data. Your photos are automatically deleted 30 days after your book is delivered. As parents, this matters to us.
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