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
Presto Bot (Event Pre-Order)
My little boy loved creating the character and story elements. He was so excited to get his book and to share it with everyone he knows! There was a mix up in the delivery of our first book and the company sent a replacement one with no issues. They were very easy to work with and very helpful! Will order from them again!
I will strongly recommend Toggle Books. Having your child chose elements of the story makes them super motivated to read the story again and again. I run a large childcare center and had an event where many of my parents had books made for their children. It was a huge success and our parents are all very pleased about the books.
I love everything about this book! Such a good story for kids that gets their imagination going but also has a nice message. The illustrations are so well done. Each page is full of vibrant colours, the characters are very expressive, and there are lots of details throughout the book for kids to find. The choices that were made while building the book show up throughout the story and not just on one page. That was so nice to see! I was also really impressed with the quality of the book and how it was shipped: the hardcover and pages are definitely meant to last forever and everything arrived in paper-recyclable packaging. What a wonderful experience from start to finish!
I've since read this book with my daughter’s two cousins (8 & 10) and they enjoyed it immensely. They just loved saying “Wizzy-wizzy-woo!” After all that fun, they wanted to make one too. They decided on making Kitty-Kitty Bot-Bot’s Bedtime Bash instead, but I think it may have something to do with the additional plushie option :)
Thank you so much. The book is adorable and the story and illustrations are wonderful!
