A hardcover book about your family

Peace on Earth. Absolutely none in this book.

Mark's two-page spread: a toy pack reading 'Always willing to help. Never fully ready to leave.' and a case-file page with Mark's Clock Front cover of The Walker In-Law Survival Handbook: the whole Walker family painted together under the title

Your family answers a few fun questions from their phones. We write and illustrate every page, starring all of you. You change anything you like, and a printed hardcover arrives in time for Christmas.

$149 · One printed hardcover included · Free US shipping

✦Start now, in hand by Christmas.✦

Meet the family

Everyone gets their own two pages.

Each person becomes a character: a collector-toy pack on the left, and a field guide to surviving them on the right. Habits, warning signs, common phrases.

Maggie, the passionate horsewomanCare deeply. Debrief everything. Warning signs included.
Ally: assembly instructionsCalm in the storm, precisely. Hare mode: not installed.

The family stories

The legends get illustrated too.

The stories your family retells every holiday become painted pages: comics, flowcharts, procedures, certificates.

The Chair That Started It AllOne chair. Two kids. A family legend.
Walker Standard TimeAnnounce five minutes. Locate the missing thing. Leave eventually.

Every page here is from a real book, The Walker In-Law Survival Handbook, made in the app for the Walker family and shown with their permission. Theirs is an in-law survival guide; yours can be anything: a roast for Mom and Dad, Grandma’s greatest hits, a reunion book, a wedding gift. Look inside the whole book

You don't have to make the book alone.

One person starts it. The family brings the material. The app does the writing and the painting.

The app's Collect page: a family roster with a Share Memory Round button
1
You

Start & invite

Buy the book, add your people, and send the family one private link.

The app on a phone: a relative answering 'What do they do, say, or get hilariously passionate about?'
2
The family

Answer from their phones

Short, fun questions and a photo if they have one. Minutes, not evenings.

Emalee's two-page spread: the 'Basement Bandit Edition' toy pack and 'How to make an Emalee', a recipe page
3
The app

Every page, written & painted

A character and a two-page spread for everyone, and illustrated pages for your stories.

Front cover of The Walker In-Law Survival Handbook: the whole Walker family painted together under the title
4
You

Change anything, then order

Ask for changes in plain English. Then it's printed as a hardcover and shipped.

No writing, design or prompt skills needed. How it works, step by step

App screens are real captures, taken on a demonstration book.

A group project they'll actually want a copy of.

Start your family's book

$149 · One printed hardcover included · Extra copies $49 each · Free US shipping

Start now, in hand by Christmas: start by early November; books go to print by December 5. What's included

Practical questions

Do I have to write the jokes?

No. The app writes and illustrates the pages from what your family shares, and you change whatever you like. No prompt writing, no design skills.

Does everyone have to take part?

No. Start with what you know and invite the others with one private link. More voices make a richer book, but nobody has to fill in a long form.

Will it arrive before Christmas?

Yes, if you start now. Start by early November and send the book to print by December 5; printing and shipping take about two weeks, so it's in hand at a US address by Christmas.

What if I change my mind?

A full refund within 14 days if you haven't used the AI yet: no picture painted and no page written by AI. Once the AI has been used, the $149 isn't refundable, because the writing and painting have been done for your family. A damaged or misprinted copy is always reprinted or refunded. Read the refund policy.

Is the Walker book real?

Yes. Every book page on this site is from The Walker In-Law Survival Handbook, made in the app for a real family and shown with their permission.

Does my book have to be an in-law guide?

No. The Walkers chose an in-law survival guide; your family picks its own title and idea: a roast for Mom and Dad, a birthday book, Grandma’s greatest hits, a reunion book, a Christmas gift. The app builds the pages around whatever your family says.

More answers on the pricing page

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