Create an illustrated children’s book with AI
From a simple story idea to a saved preview, then a complete digital picture book.
Create my free previewShape the story before you generate
Choose a hero, an age and a single story goal. “A child helps a lost animal find home” gives the adventure a beginning, problem and ending. Avoid combining a dozen lessons in one short book. A gentle goal such as asking for help or noticing a friend makes a useful first story.
Use a preset as an editable starting point
StoryMine offers brave-first-step, bedtime, birthday and new-sibling directions. Pick one, then adjust the age, theme and art style. Sign in before adding the photo and name. This connects the book to your account and gives you a way to return to it.
Separate the text from the illustrations
The story is written first, then the opening illustrations are prepared. Progress should tell you which stage is underway. If the book has been saved, you can continue from its editor or My books. A slow image is a reason to check the saved book, not to repeatedly create new ones.
Read the three-page illustrated preview as a small book: does the scene support the sentence, does the main character feel coherent, and is the ending direction appropriate for your reader?
Finish the book you already started
When you choose to unlock, the remaining illustrations fill into the same saved book. The PDF becomes downloadable when all illustrations are available, and narration can be prepared separately. Listen and read together rather than assuming that payment or a spinner means every asset is already ready.
Common questions
Do I need design skills?
No. Start with a story idea, choose the age and style, and inspect the illustrated preview before keeping the whole book.
What if creation is interrupted?
If a book was saved, open My books or its editor and continue. Existing completed pages remain available.
Turn the idea into your own story
Read a sample before you begin
Editorial reading samples with licensed research illustrations. Not customer photos or customer books.