Making a children's picture book used to mean months of writing, hiring an illustrator, and wrestling with print formatting. BookBudKids collapses that into a few minutes.
1. Start with an idea
Pick a main character, a genre, and the life lesson you want the story to teach — kindness, courage, curiosity, sharing. Not sure? Use Surprise Me and we'll invent a cast and a premise for you.
2. Let the studio write and illustrate
BookBudKids writes a warm, age-appropriate story and illustrates every page with characters that stay consistent from beginning to end.
3. Review and refine
Read the book one page at a time. Want a change on any page? Use Redraw and describe what you'd like — "make it daytime," "give her a red hat" — and we keep the rest of the scene intact.
4. Add a cover
Enter the author name and we generate a polished cover with the title and credit, styled to match the age group and genre.
5. Publish or download
On a paid plan, send it to SelfPublishing.pro for free distribution to retailers and IngramSpark — or download the print-ready files and publish it yourself.