Your photos and stories in one hardcover book

Your loved one's story, bound in a book

With little effort: they talk, we write it out and print it as a hardcover, with the photos alongside.

Growing up in Zwolle

Skating with Dad

Our wedding day

Christmas at home

The canals froze

My mother's kitchen

Zandvoort in bad weather

Mum tied my skates

Primary school

Sunday afternoon

Behind the counter

Skating in the park

Our first Christmas with the baby

Waiting for the ice

Summers by the sea

Deckchairs in March

My brothers on the frozen ditch

Annie's life

Grandma & Grandpa proof, 2,500+ stories told, Choose from over 200 questions, A unique & timeless gift

Photos, stories and their voice, kept together in one book.For the generations after you.

A page from the book: QR code at the top, the title Zomers in de duinen, an old photo of a caravan and the story
  1. 1QR code: hear and see them tell it
  2. 2A photo from back then
  3. 3The story, written out
Book printed in the NetherlandsAn open My Life Tales book with a photo, story and QR code on one page
An open My Life Tales book with photos and text on warm paper.

A sturdy hardcover book

Printed on matt paper and bound in a hard cover. Up to 400 pages, with the photos next to the stories. A book to keep on the shelf and pass on.

Someone scans a QR code in a My Life Tales book with their phone to listen to a voice recording.

Scan the QR code and hear their voice

Every chapter has a QR code. Scan it with your phone and you hear the story as it was told, in their own voice.

Wim holds his My Life Tales book "Wim's Life".

You choose the questions and the photos

Pick the questions, set the order of the chapters and add photos. We take care of the book's design.

What your family gets

  • Carefully composed storytelling questions
  • Interviewing that runs itself, even for grandpa and grandma
  • Spoken words become written stories
  • Listen back to the recordings via the QR code
  • A top-quality hardcover book
  • Invite the whole family to join in

What families say

“We cried and laughed together when the book arrived. All those stories from years ago, finally on paper.”
Hans en Susanna
“My mum told me things I had never heard before. The loveliest gift I have ever given.”
Jennifer
“One question each week, and after a few months there was a real book. I had not expected it to be so easy.”
Diana
“My dad is no writer, but he can certainly talk. Now the grandchildren read his stories.”
Marja
“I thought my life was nothing special. Holding the book changed my mind.”
Truus
“With his photo on the cover. Now the whole family wants their own copy.”
Peter

More than a book

The book is what remains. This is what happens along the way.

A father and his young son stand with their backs to the camera at the edge of a field
Pieter ordered this book for his father Jan, to hear how he grew up himself.

Everything in one price. Kept for generations.

Your book of stories

£49

  • One full-colour hardcover book, up to 400 pages
  • Finish the book at your own pace
  • Every story written out automatically, right away
  • Unlimited stories and photos
  • Beautiful layouts
  • Data stored securely in Europe
Buy now

30-day money-back guarantee.

So many good stories. Ask the first question today.

Setting up takes about five minutes, and the first question goes out this week.

A My Life Tales book on a table.
Someone scans a QR code in a My Life Tales book.
Two My Life Tales hardcover books.
A wrapped gift with tags.