Big Roots turns your family into your baby's first book. Every person gets a page with their face and the name your baby will hear, plus a few words about them if you like. Grandparents far away and relatives who are no longer here get pages too, and the last spread gathers everyone into the roots of one tree.
Baby not here yet? Buy now and build it later.
The faces in these samples are painted stand-ins. Your book prints your real photos, never turned into drawings.
I made the first Big Roots book for my daughter, Pepper. Her middle name comes from a grandmother she will never meet. I wanted Grammie Roz on the same pages as Nana and Dada, read every night, so Pepper grows up knowing all of her people.Lexi, Pepper's momShe started Big Roots so every family could make one.
Our first family, page by page. To keep our family private, the faces here are painted stand-ins. Your book prints the real photos you upload, exactly as they are, inside the hand-drawn wreaths and roots.
Giving it as a gift, or the baby isn't here yet? Buy now and build later.
$58 with free US shipping. Extra copies are $32 each when they ship to the same address as your book. Every book arrives within 14 days of your proof approval.
Yes. Choose "Buy now, build later" or send it as a gift. We email a link to build the book when photos are ready, and nothing prints until the proof is approved.
Yes. Gift buyers pay, and the parents build it. While building, you can also send any relative a link to upload their own photo, which helps when the best picture of Grandpa is on Grandpa's phone.
No. Your book prints your real photos, the faces your baby will actually see. Only the trees, wreaths and roots around them are drawn. The painted faces on this page are stand-ins so our example family stays private.
Phone photos work well when you upload the original. We check every photo and flag any that might print soft, such as screenshots or images saved from a text, so you can swap them before printing.
The book has 16 pages for people. For a bigger family, add a couple or a pair of siblings as one entry, like "Grandma & Grandpa" or "Auntie D & Auntie T," with a photo of the two of them. They share a page and a place in the roots.
Yes. Every book has at least eight people, and friends, godparents, a favorite neighbor and pets all count. With eight or more, everyone gets two full pages and the book is complete.
Most families don't. You start with the parents, of any number and any kind. Everyone else belongs to a parent's side or comes in as a friend: step-parents, godparents, the neighbor who is basically an aunt. Couples can share a page.
Mark that they have passed away and add their dates if you like. Their page turns deep green with a gold ribbon that reads "always with you," and the words are about connection, never loss. If you don't have a photo, their initials sit inside the drawn frame.
It is a true board book: thick chipboard pages, a wipe-clean matte finish and rounded corners on every page.
Every book is made for one family, so we can't take returns. If anything arrives damaged or printed wrong, we reprint it free.
Only a photo and a name are needed for each person. Everything else fills itself in, and you can change any of it.
Order today. The parents get a link to add their photos and names whenever they are ready, and the book prints after they approve the proof.
Sending your order opens an email to us with these details. Within one business day we email you a secure payment form. No payment is taken today.
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