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Personalised dinosaur train book for toddler adventures

When a toy train grows large enough for your child to ride, it chugs into a prehistoric land where baby dinosaurs are stranded along the track. With room in every carriage, your child stops at each station to bring the little passengers safely home.

  • Ages 2-5
  • Dinosaur Valley
  • Animated film
Make this book with their photo

See the cover free before you pay.

Cover of “Leo and the Lost Egg”, a personalised picture book starring Leo
An example book in the animated film style

What happens in your child's Dino Train Rescue

  1. Your child's toy train rumbles into dinosaur country.
  2. A baby Stegosaurus waits beside the ferny track.
  3. The train crosses a wooden bridge for a lost Triceratops.
  4. Your child helps a Pterodactyl chick find a safe carriage.
  5. The full train arrives at a peaceful dinosaur valley.

How the first page could read

Your child was lining up a little train when the carpet gave a tiny rumble. Puff, puff, puff went the engine, and its carriages grew large enough to climb aboard. “Tickets ready?” called the conductor, pointing towards a track that curled past ferns, footprints and a distant, gentle roar.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

This train-led adventure gives a two- to five-year-old a clear, repeatable mission: spot a baby dinosaur, stop the train, make room in a carriage, then travel on. Your child stays at the centre of every rescue, while familiar toy-train play travels into fern-filled dinosaur country. This 32-page personalised picture book is made from one photo of the child and can include little details supplied by a parent. Its words grow with the child’s age, while animated film, watercolour, bold cartoon or coloured pencil artwork sets the look of the prehistoric scenes. The gentle ending gathers every passenger safely together.

Reading it together

  • Pause at each station and ask your child which dinosaur should climb aboard next.
  • Use the repeating train sounds to invite your child to join in while you read.
  • Point out the carriages and count the baby dinosaurs together as the rescue grows.

Suggested art style: Animated film

The animated film style gives the train, tracks and baby dinosaurs clear, lively shapes that are easy for young children to follow. A sidekick idea: a cheerful conductor Compsognathus with a tiny ticket punch. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.

Make your child's Dino Train Rescue

Add one photo and answer a few questions. This story is picked for you, and you’ll see the cover before you decide.

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What’s in the book

A hardcover and a paperback copy of the same personalised picture book, seen from aboveHardcoverPaperback
Both editions are 8.5" × 8.5" with the same 32 pages. The hardcover has rigid boards; the paperback has a soft cover.
pages
32pages
full-page pictures of your child
15full-page pictures of your child
square book (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
8.5" × 8.5"square book (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
years, words matched to their age
2–8years, words matched to their age
  • Front cover with their name in the title
  • Title page with their portrait and your dedication
  • 15 spreads: a picture on one page, the story on the other
  • “The End” page made especially for them
  • Printed: premium full-colour paper, paperback or hardcover
  • Digital: PDF and online flip-book reader

Questions

How is your child included in this dinosaur train story?

Picture to Story creates the book with your child as the hero, drawn from one photo. When making it, you can share their name, age, preferred art style, adventure choice and a few little details, so the train rescue can feel made for them.

Can I see the cover before I order this book?

Yes. After answering the questions for your child's Dino Train Rescue, you can see the personalised cover free before paying. The finished book is a 32-page story with 15 illustrated story spreads, available as a digital book or a printed paperback or hardcover.

Can I see the book before I pay?

Yes. Your child’s cover and the first page of the story are made while you answer the questions, usually in under a minute, and you see them before checkout. You only pay if you love it.

How long does it take?

The digital book is usually ready about 10 minutes after you order. Printed books take 3 to 5 working days to print, then 3 to 7 days to post in the UK and US.

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