A personalised sibling book for the new big sister or brother

How it works

Tell us about them

Their name, their age, one thing you love.

Read it before you pay

The whole story and the cover. Change any line.

We make the book

A person checks every page. Hardcover, to your door.

What do you give an older sibling when a baby is born?

A present from the baby is the gift parents plan on BabyCenter and Reddit: one parent wanted “a gift to my 5yr old girl from her baby brother when he arrives” (BabyCenter Australia). A book where she is the big sister, and the baby has their real name, is that present. In an HCF article, Andrea Wilkin gave her daughter a baby doll of her own to look after alongside the newborn.

Babies keep their own calendar: in the same article, Karen Packham’s “baby number two arrived five weeks earlier, before we even had a chance to buy it”. Give the book once the baby is home. We make it in up to 3 days, then the post takes up to 10 business days, counted from the day you order.

The book does one of three jobs:

For preparing the eldest more broadly, the Raising Children Network’s new baby guide is the page to read.

What is the best big sister book?

It depends on her age. The ones on Australian shelves, and what each does well:

• “I Am a Big Sister!”, Caroline Jayne Church (board book, toddlers). The simplest telling; $12.99 at Beaufort Street Books.
• “You’re a Big Sister”, David Bedford and Susie Poole. The one Kmart stocks.
• “I’m a Big Sister”, Joanna Cole(ages 2 to 5). Plain about what babies do and what big sisters can do that babies can’t.
• “There’s a House Inside My Mummy”, Giles Andreae. For before the birth, about the growing belly; warm and funny.
• “Za-za’s Baby Brother”, Lucy Cousins (ages 2 to 4). Good on feeling left out.

Every one of them stars someone else’s child. In ours she is the big sister on the cover, painted from her photo across every spread, and the baby has the right name.

Becoming a big brother

The same shelf has its own titles for a boy:

• “I Am a Big Brother!”, Caroline Jayne Church (board book, toddlers).
• “You’re a Big Brother”, David Bedford and Susie Poole. At Kmart and Amazon.
• “I’m a Big Brother”, Joanna Cole (ages 2 to 5). The classic preparation book.
• “The New Small Person”, Lauren Child (ages 4 to 8). Elmore Green was happy as an only child; honest about jealousy, with a realistic turn.
• “The Brothers Quibble”, Aaron Blabey (picture book). A new baby brother, love and war.

A book written for him goes where these can’t: his room, his dog, the baby’s actual name, and him drawn from his photo.

Every sibling in one book

Up to 6 people fit in one book, each drawn from their own photo. 3 people are included in the price; each person from the fourth is $15. Cousins, a grandparent and the dog count too.

In July an aunt ordered a book for a newborn, the last baby of six children. The story was mostly for the five older ones welcoming the baby, each with their own thing (the creative one, the sporty one, the fashionista, the funny one, the carer), and a keepsake for the baby underneath. I signed off one email to her with “please give our best to the whole welcoming committee of five”. Another buyer’s two-week-old was already adored by her big sister, and the book was about everything the two of them would grow up doing together. A Brisbane parent’s review, on our homepage: “he ran upstairs to show his big brother. didnt know he could move that fast.”

For two children, a second copy of the same hardcover is $39. Twins have their own page.

Sibling books compared

Checked October 2026. Ours is painted: a full scene across every spread, drawn from your children’s photos in one house style, a story written for this family and read in full before you pay, and a person who checks every book. The personalised sibling books we checked are templates with a fixed cast.

Template or custom for a sibling book

A template swaps your child’s name into one fixed story; a custom book is written from what you tell us about your family. The full comparison is on template vs custom. Ordering for Christmas? Order by Monday 30 November; the Christmas page has the dates.