# Make an illustrated bedtime storybook starring your child

> In a few minutes you get 10 illustrated pages and a narrator who reads the whole book aloud at bedtime.

Describe a story idea and Gemini's Storybook makes a 10-page illustrated book with read-aloud narration, starring your child, a lesson you choose or even their own drawing.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/bedtime-storybook-starring-your-child/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: Gemini
- Time: About 5 minutes
- Effort: Just copy and paste
- Note: Free in the Gemini app on web and mobile. Check the pictures before reading, since art can have small mistakes.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Create an illustrated storybook for my child. Name: [FIRST NAME, e.g. Maya]. Age: [CHILD AGE, e.g. 5]. They love [FAVORITE THINGS, e.g. elephants, trains and the color yellow]. The story should gently teach [LESSON OR TOPIC, e.g. being brave on the first day of school]. Make my child the hero, keep the words simple enough for their age, and end on a calm, sleepy note for bedtime. Use a [ART STYLE, e.g. soft watercolor] style and keep the main character looking the same on every page.
```

## Step by step

1. Open the Gemini app and type Create a storybook to start Storybook.
2. Paste the prompt with your child's name, age and favorite things.
3. Attach a photo or your child's drawing if you want it in the art.
4. Press play to hear it read aloud, then ask for changes to any page.

## What you'll get

A 10-page illustrated storybook with narration, starring your child and built around the lesson you picked.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Free in the Gemini app on web and mobile. Check the pictures before reading, since art can have small mistakes.

**How long does it take?** About 5 minutes. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 5 blanks: first name, child age, favorite things, lesson or topic and art style. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A 10-page illustrated storybook with narration, starring your child and built around the lesson you picked.

Idea spotted on the official docs, shared by Joël Yawili (Google): https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gemini/storybooks/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.