# Turn your kid's handwritten story into an illustrated book

> A six-year-old's crayon story comes back as a real-looking picture book to show the grandparents.

Photograph the pages of a story your child wrote and add them to Gemini Notebook. Generate a slide deck that turns it into an illustrated storybook with tidy spelling and an author's note.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/kids-handwritten-story-to-picture-book/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: Gemini Notebook
- Time: About 10 minutes
- Effort: A few steps
- Needs a photo: yes, attach it before you send the prompt
- Note: Slide Decks are available in Gemini Notebook on free and paid plans.

## The prompt

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

```text
Make the children's story in my sources into a picture book. It was written by my [CHILD AGE, e.g. 6]-year-old. Keep their words, ideas and characters, but gently correct the spelling and any lines that are hard to follow. Use one or two sentences per page with a big, colorful illustration of what's happening. Use fresh illustrations only, not pictures of the original pages. Use a [ART STYLE, e.g. soft watercolor] style and keep the characters looking the same on every page. Add a cover with the title and the author's first name, [CHILD FIRST NAME], and finish with a short author's note: [AUTHOR NOTE, e.g. She loves horses and her grandma].
```

## Step by step

1. Photograph each page of the story in good light.
2. Add the photos as sources in a new Gemini Notebook.
3. Choose Slide Deck, paste the prompt, then share or print the finished book.

## What you'll get

A colorful illustrated storybook version of your child's own story, with a cover and an author's note, ready to share or print.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in Gemini Notebook. On this page, one tap copies the prompt and opens the app, so you just paste. Slide Decks are available in Gemini Notebook on free and paid plans.

**How long does it take?** About 10 minutes. It's rated "A few steps". There are 3 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** One clear photo to attach first, then the prompt. The prompt also asks for: child age, art style, child first name and author note.

**What will I get back?** A colorful illustrated storybook version of your child's own story, with a cover and an author's note, ready to share or print.

Idea spotted on X, shared by @Gemini_Notebook: https://x.com/Gemini_Notebook/status/1995598833032855834. 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.