Why Toggle Books? Because they are...
Powered by your child's imagination.
Toggle Books empower children to be the co-creators of their books (with a little help from an adult and some award-winning artists, writers, and video game developers).
High-quality, yet affordable.
Even though our books are beautifully written, illustrated, and professionally bound, we do our best to keep them affordable by offering huge discounts throughout the year and including free shipping on all of our Toggle Books.
Educational.
Studies have shown that personalization can help kids retain vocabulary words and boost letter recognition. Psychologists also have noted that personalized books have a powerful effect on children, helping them believe that they too belong in the world of the written word.
A memorable experience for families.
Toggle Books started when our founder and his four-year-old son created a book together. That experience of bonding over a creative activity is the spirit behind Toggle Books, and it's the reason there's a sweet sense of love in all of our stories.
Advancing diversity in children's books.
According to the CCBC, in 2019, only 28% of children's books featured primary characters who were not white or animals. Toggle Books allow kids to create a character who looks like them.
An expression of our mission.
Toggle Books are an expression of our mission: to help all children become life-long readers, to help all children see themselves as heroes in their books, and to encourage families to bond while creating and reading books together.
- Choose a book from our shop
- Click "Build-A-Book Now!"
- Create an illustrated version of your child
- Make choices that affect the story
- Checkout with your credit card or redeemable code
- Your book will arrive in the mail, much to your child’s excitement
- Plus, you get a free e-book that you can read together right away!
Is your child older than 3?
If so, we suggest giving them a gift card so they can customize their Toggle Book!
Customer Reviews
I created this book for my niece and thought it was cute. I think she is going to love it.
This book was perfect and will be a momento and keepsake that we forever treasure! I recommend this book to everyone!
A close family friend purchased this for my 4 year old son for Christmas and it has been a huge hit in our house! Even though he was involved in designing the book, he was surprised and delighted to find that the book was about him! He loves to read the story of the mischievous kitty kitty bot bot!
I made two books with my nieces (8 & 10) over Thanksgiving. They really got into the process of making these books! They arrived in time for Christmas and it was really nice to see my nieces read side by side. They took a lot of interest in each other’s stories too since what they had each picked when building the book was different. It was really remarkable to see just how much customization went into the book based on their choices. The illustrations are very well done. The drawings are quite detailed and have little did bits for kids to find on each page and throughout the story. The book itself is such a delightful experience, with the story and illustration alone. The “cherry on top” was the plushie. It’s a perfect size, really soft, and just very well made. It’s such a nice addition to the story and I was overly impressed. One of my nieces is very into everything kitty-related, so, she just loved the book and the plushie. It was the purrr-fect gift.
