Heart to page

How a Mimos book gets made

Five easy steps, and a forever keepsake at the end.

Flip through an example Mimos book

The Light You Brought, front cover
So Small, So Big
That Smile That Fills a Room
The Wise and Tender Heart
The Bravest Little Bombero
The Quiet Focus
The First to Hold You Close
Always and No Matter What
11 minute

Begin for $9

The $9 opens your prompts and pays for your first draft to be made.

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$44 charged only when you approve your book
215 minutes

Answer the prompts and add their photos

One question at a time, in your own words. Write as little or as much as you like.

Upload at least five photos and we'll draw them into every page.
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“Describe a day with them you'd live again exactly as it was.”
The morning at the beach in Miami, when he refused to leave the water and we stayed until his lips went blue. He fell asleep in the car still holding the shell
5 photos added
Next question →
32 minutes

Press create, and wait a moment

Your answers are the moment of connection. What you felt while writing them is what your child will feel while reading them, and that's the part we carry from your heart onto the page.

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Everything's ready

Create my book✦✦
Writing the storyDrawing the pagesBinding the layout
4Take your time

Your Mimos book arrives by email

Your book comes as a PDF, so you can read it through before it's printed. Sit back and watch your book unfold.

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Your Mimos book is ready for review!

Have a read through your Mimos book. When all looks good, approve and print! We hope you love it.

the-light-you-brought.pdf24 pages · 6.2 MB
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52 weeks

We print it and post it

Your book is sent to your address.

Sending it straight to them? Add a note at checkout and we'll tuck it inside.
At the door in two weeks Hardcover, wrapped, tracked

Made to be kept, for a lifetime

24 pagesIllustrated throughout, with your words on every spread
HardcoverBound and cased
Your heart on a pageWritten from your own words

An investment in those you care for

$53
$9 today Unlocks the prompts, and we email you your book as a PDF to read through.
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$44 when you approve Once you've read your book and you're happy with it, we print and ship.
  • Hardcover
  • Custom illustrations
  • A PDF preview before printing
  • Printing
Make my book

A moment, more than a book.

Answer one question, and begin the closeness you've been meaning to make time for.

I'm ready to begin