The cover of a sample book. Nora is an invented child, made with AI for this sample book, not a real customer. On yours it’s your child, painted from your photo.
Ages 4–6. An original bedtime story.
The Ten Lost Stars
Printed as “Nora and the Ten Lost Stars”, with your child’s name in place of Nora.
One windy night, ten little stars tumble out of the sky and into your child’s garden. The Moon can’t come down without squashing the lettuces, so your child goes out in slippers with an empty jam jar. One in the birdbath, two in the apple tree, three with the sleeping rabbits… but where’s the tenth? Looking doesn’t find it, and shouting doesn’t either. A counting story that ends in a whisper.
In this one
- Counting to ten
- A kind Moon and sleepy garden animals
- A story that winds down for bed
Two ways to have it
- Softcover$39.99Lighter, and easy to post.
- Hardcover$49.99Best for keeping. A sturdy cover for read-it-again nights.
Shipping included. You choose the cover after you’ve seen your preview, and can add the digital edition for $9.99.
Arrives in 11–19 days
- You see every page and approve the finished book before we print it.
- If the printed book doesn’t match what you approved, tell us within 30 days. We print a new one and you keep the first.
- Your photo is used only for your book and deleted within 72 hours of upload, or sooner when you approve the drawing. We never use it to train AI.
The book itself
A square picture book, the kind that gets read at bedtime and then lives on the shelf.
Our stories are retold from the old public-domain tales. AI helps with the first draft, and a person edits every line. The pictures are made with AI from your photo, and we check them before print.
- Who’s in it
- Your child, painted from your photo, all through the story.
- Dedication
- Your own message, printed at the front of the book.
- Size
- 8.5" × 8.5", 32 full-color pages: 14 story spreads, plus a title page, a gift page, your dedication and “The End”.
- Ages
- Ages 4–6. Best read aloud together.
- Printing
- Made to order, printed in 3–6 business days after you approve (7–10 in the holiday rush).
- Checking
- We look over every page before it goes to print, and you approve the finished book.
Look inside
Turn every page of a finished sample book. Nora is an invented child, made with AI to show what the finished book looks like, not a real customer. Your copy has your child’s name and face, painted from your photo, so your pictures will differ.
Front cover
Tap a page, swipe, or use the arrow keys to turn.
What families say
No reviews of The Ten Lost Stars yet. After a book arrives, we ask every family once how it went, and we publish what they say, good or bad, word for word.
Questions about this one
Is this a fairy tale?
No, it’s one of ours: an original story written for Tally Tells, made to be the last book of the night.
Is there counting in it?
Yes. The stars turn up one, then two, then three at a time, and every picture shows exactly the stars the words count, so children can count along. Then the count comes up one short, and the last star turns up somewhere surprising.
Can siblings be in the same book?
Not yet. Each book has one child in it for now. Plenty of families order one book per child, and you get 25% off each additional book in the same order.
Can I change the dedication later?
Yes, right up until you approve the finished book. After that it goes to the printer.
Also on the shelf
See every story- Goldilocks and the Three BearsAges 4–6. Three bowls, three chairs, three beds, and one very sticky mend.
- The Night Before ChristmasAges 4–6. Christmas Eve, a clatter on the roof, and your child creeping down the stairs.
- The Gingerbread ChildAges 4–6. A cookie that won’t wait to cool, and a chase through the snow.
- The Three Little PigsAges 4–6. Straw, sticks or bricks, and your child draws the plan.
- Little Red Riding HoodAges 4–6. A red cape from Grandma, and a wolf in her nightcap.
