About Storybrush
Painted slowly. Made to last.
We make personalised watercolour storybooks in Australia, for parents who want their child's first books to feel like the keepsakes they were always meant to be.
Why we made this
A child's first books should be theirs.
Most children's books are made for everyone. Bright, busy, mass-printed, indistinguishable. Beautiful in their own way, but never quite theirs.
Storybrush exists because we wanted the opposite. A book where the hero looks like your child. Where the people they love are painted into the pages. Where the paper feels warm under their fingers and the colours stay soft on every spread.
The kind of book you'll find years later, falling apart from being loved.
Their forest
Their bedtime
Their keepsake
The Storybrush way
Three soft strokes. One keepsake.
Painted in watercolour
Every character is rendered in soft watercolour washes — the kind of art you'd find in a classic picture book. Warm, gentle, painterly. Nothing flat or printed-looking.
Written with care
Our stories are set in nature — forests, mountains, rivers — and woven around your child as the hero. Gentle enough for bedtime, layered enough to read again and again.
Printed in Australia
Bound as a hardcover, printed on FSC-certified paper with archival inks, gift-wrapped and posted from our printing partner in Australia. Built to be passed down.
Different on purpose
Not a name swap. A story for one.
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Watercolour, not cartoon
Soft brushstrokes and gentle washes. The kind of illustration that holds up on a shelf, not the kind that screams from a screen.
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Stories in nature
Forests, mountains, rivers, beaches, lakes. Wild, calming, real-feeling places — not theme parks or fantasy lands.
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The whole family
Add mum, dad, siblings, grandparents, even the family dog. Up to five extra characters painted alongside your hero.
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Made in Australia
Painted, printed, bound and posted from Australia. Local stories, local printing, local care — never a generic mass-import.
What we believe
Soft is its own kind of strong.
- Stories soft enough for bedtime, treasured enough to keep.
- Made for one child — never for a marketing demographic.
- Slow craft over fast novelty.
- Real paper. Real watercolour. Real keepsake.
- Your child's photo gets the care it deserves.
Ready to make their book?
Pick a story, upload a photo, and watch them come to life in watercolour.
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