Their story
An original story created specifically from your family, memories and imagination.
Once UponYour Voice
Their story. Your voice. Forever.
A completely personalized children's story inspired by the people, places and memories they love, brought to life in the voice they never want to forget.
More than a personalized book
Their name isn't simply added to a story.
Their life becomes the story.
Once Upon Your Voice creates an original children's story inspired by your child's real world: the people they adore, the animals they love, the places they recognize, the funny things they say and the adventures they imagine.
Grandpa's boat. Grandma's garden. Their dog curled beside the bed. Uncle Gus's truck. A favorite beach. Or a magical adventure that has never happened anywhere except inside their imagination.
You give us the pieces. We create the story.
Their world
Custom illustrations inspired by the people, pets, places and objects they know.
Your voice
A private listening experience lets them hear the story read by someone they love.
A photograph preserves a face. A story preserves a memory. A voice preserves presence.
How it works
You talk. We write.
01
Choose your book
Choose the experience you want to create.
02
Tell us about them
Share names, memories, favorite things and the people who belong in their world.
03
Record & upload
Tell us the story inspiration in your own words and upload photographs.
04
We create it
We write, illustrate and design your one of one book.
05
Read, record, receive
Read the story aloud into the Once Upon Your Voice legacy recorder, then wait to receive your completed story.
Someday, the voice may matter even more than the story.
Imagine opening a childhood book twenty years from now and hearing Grandma read it again.
Create something they can keep
The heirloom
Made to be kept.
Premium hardcover. Full color illustrations. Original storytelling. Familiar faces. A beloved voice.
- 30 pages
- Custom story
- Custom art
- Voice experience
- Proof before print
A family business, built around family
We're Maureen & Ashley.
Once Upon Your Voice began with stories written for our own children and grandchildren and one question: What if a child could keep not only the story, but the voice of the person who read it to them?
Maureen & Ashley · Founders
Read our story