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Your child's photo is held to the same privacy and security standards we apply to our own daughter's. Used only to make your book, never sold.
FoundersWe built Almia
We built Almia
for our daughter.
Now make a story about yours.
A personalised children's book studio in Sydney. Share a photo and a few details about your child, and you'll get a one-of-a-kind hardcover storybook, printed in Australia or New Zealand and shipped to your door.
Why we made the first book.
Almia started because of our daughter.
Every evening she was asking for stories that were oddly specific. A T-rex at the beach one night. An orange rabbit and a blue cat all in one story the next. Nothing on her shelf came close. So we set out to build something that could keep up with the way her interests kept evolving, week after week. Something that gave us more ways to connect with her, night after night.
We built the first version of Almia for her. The books she now reaches for, every time, are the ones where she is the hero and her favourite things of the moment fill every page. Bedtime became the part of the day she looks forward to the most, and now she asks to read them well outside of bedtime too. When family and friends saw what we had made, they started asking us for one for their kids. That's when we knew this wasn't just for us.
If you are a parent reading this, you already know what a good bedtime story is worth.
Ellen & Diego, the parents behind Almia, in Sydney.
Designed in minutes, ships in 7 to 14 daysPrinted in Australia and New ZealandHardcover from $59.95 AUD
Almia at a glance.
- Founded
- March 2026 in Sydney, Australia
- Founders
- Ellen and Diego, parents to a young daughter
- What we make
- Personalised illustrated children's hardcover books
- Markets
- Australia and New Zealand, with global delivery launching soon
- The book
- 26 pages, 170gsm silk paper, matte-laminated hardcover
- Pricing
- From AUD $59.95 hardcover, AUD $14.95 PDF
- Print location
- Australian orders print in Australia. New Zealand orders print in New Zealand
- What makes us different
- Every story is written from scratch for your child, not filled into a template
- The promise
- You preview every page before paying
- Business registration
- Almia Stories, ABN 25 380 435 979, Sydney, NSW
Curious how a book actually comes together?
See the four phases on How it works →Three things we promise, as parents to parents.
The questions parents ask.
- What is Almia?
- Almia is a personalised children's book studio based in Sydney, built by two parents who wanted their daughter to be the hero of her own bedtime stories. Share a photo and a few details about your child, and you'll get a one-of-a-kind hardcover storybook starring them, printed in Australia or New Zealand and shipped to your door.
- Why was Almia built?
- Almia started because of our daughter. She was asking for stories that were oddly specific, and nothing on her shelf came close, so we set out to build something that could keep up with the way her interests kept evolving, week after week. We made the first Almia book for her. When family and friends saw what we had made, they asked for one for their kids, and that's when we knew this wasn't just for us.
- Who is behind Almia?
- Almia was built by two parents in Sydney. We hold every book to the same standards of quality, privacy, and security we apply to our own daughter's. Almia exists because we wanted this for her first.
- Where are Almia books printed?
- Australian orders print in Australia. New Zealand orders print in New Zealand. Every book ships from a print partner in your own country.
- How do you protect my child's photo?
- Your child's photo is held to the same privacy and security standards we apply to our own daughter's. Used only to make your book, never sold.