Life story book – Share your unique story with loved ones
A life story book from StoryKeeper lets you dive into your past and recreate it through captivating stories and pictures. Order your life story book here.
Life story book
Your life is worth remembering and celebrating – from the small details of your daily life to the big accomplishments and milestones.
Let future generations get to know you
Children, grandchildren, and extended family. Your loved ones will love to read about your childhood, your school years, how you met your spouse, and so on. All this and much more is part of what a life story book can offer.
Life story books aim to tell your story exactly as you want it told. Whether your story starts with your first steps or at a point in time, you felt your life truly began – it is all up to you. Our advanced technology ensures that the final book includes only the most meaningful memories your family and friends will enjoy reading.
Relive your best stories in a beautiful way
Whether you are aware or not, your life story is unique in more ways than one. Even the smallest events can be part of your loved ones getting to know you better. And every event helped shape you into the person your friends and family love and adore.
All of these small stories and memories are kept alive inside your head. But why not share the joy of your life? With StoryKeeper, we make sure to create a beautiful book filled to the brim with pictures and stories of your life. This is an ideal way to invite close ones to dive into your past, allowing them to get even closer to you by asking questions about your childhood, your first job, or how you met the love of your life.
How it works
Not sure where to begin? Choose a guided prompt and tell one story at a time. You can write, dictate or record audio and video online. Review the words, add your photographs and make any changes you want before printing.
You do not need to be an experienced writer to make a life story book. Start with a question that brings a memory to mind, then add the details at your own pace. You decide what belongs in your book and when it is ready.
Give the joy of the most meaningful gift
A life storybook from StoryKeeper is more than just a gift. You are offering a loved one a platform for cherished memories and personal stories to be celebrated and passed down from generation to generation. At the same time, it is a wonderful way of showing interest in your parent’s or grandparent’s lives, giving them an opportunity to share a part of their life that might otherwise be forgotten.
As the process of creating one of our life storybooks is rather simple, you do not need to worry that older generations will not be able to do it. All the questions our software asks aim to dig up the best stories from your loved one’s past easily and effortlessly. Afterward, the main character of the book will get to read about their life in a fun, engaging way.
Is there a better way to celebrate a life?
Share your life story across generations
Parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. So many people in your life have lived full lives, while you might only know a fraction of their stories. Your own children might even be curious about how you grew up and how different the world was back then compared to now – and compared to the world their own children will grow up in.
You might even see your life story as a way to remember more than just your life. It is a way to remember history and how the world keeps changing. Your stories will also keep the memory of your own parents, grandparents, and close friends alive for generations to come.
Parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. So many people in your life have lived full lives, while you might only know a fraction of their stories. Your own children might even be curious about how you grew up and how different the world was back then compared to now – and compared to the world their own children will grow up in.
You might even see your life story as a way to remember more than just your life. It is a way to remember history and how the world keeps changing. Your stories will also keep the memory of your own parents, grandparents, and close friends alive for generations to come.
Keep the family history alive with a book based on your memories
Did your mother have a special way to celebrate your birthday? Maybe your grandfather brought you with him to work one day, which inspired you to walk in his footsteps? Or did you travel from country to country in your youth?
Your life is special and filled with small moments which make up who you are. With a life story book from StoryKeeper, you make sure all of these memories are kept safe in a stunning book – ideal for celebrating your life. At the same time, you will receive a personal website which allows you to share the photos and stories with those living far away.
Because your story is worth keeping.
Choose your StoryKeeper plan
StoryKeeper Classic — $99 One hardcover copy and one storyteller. Write, dictate, or record audio and video online, then replay the original recordings through QR codes in your book.
StoryKeeper Plus — $139 Everything in StoryKeeper Classic, with two hardcover copies in total, unlimited contributors, a phone-call service with recording and transcription, and photo colorization and enhancement.
Both StoryKeeper Classic and StoryKeeper Plus have no time limit and require no subscription. No deadline — take as long as you need.