In short
- On Vivlary you make a personalised book of a classic tale in which your child takes the hero's place or stands at the hero's side.
- Among them are Carroll's Alice, Collodi's Pinocchio, Barrie's Peter Pan and Penelope Delta's Trelantonis, a much-loved Greek classic.
- Our team retold the works gently, and the pictures are our own, never the look of a film.
- The category is offered for the 3–5, 6–9 and 10 and over age groups, with a free preview before you buy.
The classic fairy tales everyone knows, Alice, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, can become a book in which the hero, or the hero's companion, is your own child. On Vivlary you make a personalised book from your child's photos and name: you choose a classic, and your child walks through the story with their face painted on every page.
These works now belong to everyone. Our team retold them gently, with nothing violent, and the pictures are our own: they do not copy any film or cartoon. The result is a story with your child inside it, to read together as often as you like.
Which classic fairy tales can you choose?
In the "Classic tales" category you will find classic stories for children from well-known books, each with its author:
- Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland": a White Rabbit with a pocket watch and a land where nothing is quite what it seems.
- Carlo Collodi's "Pinocchio": a wooden puppet whose nose grows with every fib.
- J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan": second star to the right, and straight on till morning.
- L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz": a road of yellow brick to the Emerald City.
- Penelope Delta's "Trelantonis": a summer in old Phaleron, with the sea, boats and the liveliest little rascal of the gang.
- There is also Kipling's "The Jungle Book", Aesop's fables, Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling", the Brothers Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel", "Little Red Riding Hood" and Jules Verne's journey around the world.
In the hero's place, or at the hero's side?
Each classic fairy tale has its own place for your child. In Alice your child takes Alice's place, in the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's, in Peter Pan Wendy's. Elsewhere your child stands beside the hero: keeping Pinocchio company until he becomes a real boy, staying the Ugly Duckling's faithful friend until spring, joining Trelantonis's gang.
Say your son is called Nicholas and you choose Alice in Wonderland: his book is called "Nicholas in Wonderland", and he is the one chasing the White Rabbit down the hole.
It can also be a story with your child and their brothers or sisters together: up to 6 people fit in one book, for example a brother or sister, a grandad or the family pet, drawn from its own photos.
Classic fairy tales for every age
The classic fairy tales on Vivlary are offered for the 3–5, 6–9 and 10 and over age groups. The age group decides which classic stories for children appear and how much text each page carries.
For 3–5 and 6–9 there are Alice, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz, Aesop, the Ugly Duckling, Little Red Riding Hood and Trelantonis. Hansel and Gretel is offered for 6–9, and the Jungle Book and Verne's journey for 6–9 and 10 and over.
At every age, the classic fairy tales are told gently. In our Little Red Riding Hood nobody comes to any harm: Grandma is perfectly fine, and the wolf slinks off ashamed.
How does a classic fairy tale become a personalised book?
You upload photos, type the names, choose the work and the look, write a dedication and see a free preview: the cover, the first three pages and two pages from the middle, with a watermark. Every step is in our guide on how to make a personalised book.
Each work suggests a look of its own for the personalised book: watercolour with the "Candy" palette for Alice, gouache with the "Autumn" palette for Pinocchio. You can change all of it, and the book on screen changes with you.
Our team wrote and checked the frame of each story; the text of your own book is written from it with the help of artificial intelligence. The pictures are artistic likenesses made from your photos, not photographs.
When to give classic fairy tales with your child inside
A personalised book with a classic fairy tale suits a birthday, a name day or Christmas. If Grandma once read Pinocchio herself, she can now read it to her grandchild, with the grandchild inside the story.
The book comes as a digital book, read in your account, and as a printed hardcover, which includes the digital one. If you buy the digital book first, you can order the printed one later and pay only the difference; the amounts are on the prices page.
If you like the big stories, look at Greek mythology for kids too, made the same way.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a Greek classic among them?
Yes: Penelope Delta's Trelantonis, with your child in his gang, one summer in old Phaleron.
Are there frightening scenes in the tales?
Our team retold them gently, with nothing violent. In Little Red Riding Hood, for example, nobody comes to any harm.
Can brothers and sisters be in the book too?
Yes, up to 6 people in one book, each with their own photos.
What if I find a mistake in the book?
If the mistake is ours, such as a typo or a wrong name, we correct it and issue the book again free of charge. The details are on the guarantee page.