Start from Your Dashboard
Click your profile icon and select Story Characters from the menu. Or visit the avatars section directly from your dashboard.
Story Character Profile
Your Child Becomes the Hero
Upload a photo, build their profile, and watch your child star in every story as the brave adventurer, curious explorer, or clever detective.
Choose a Great Photo
Upload a front-facing portrait with good lighting and a simple background. Natural daylight works best. Avoid sunglasses, masks, or heavy filters.
Keep It Current
Use a recent photo that reflects your child's current look. You can update it anytime as they grow.
How It Works
Create a Character in Minutes
A reusable profile that StoryBee remembers across every story generation. Set it up once, use it forever.
Upload a Photo
Choose a clear, well-lit photo of your child. The AI uses their actual appearance to create consistent, personalized illustrations in every story.
Build Their Profile
Add their name, age, favorite activities, and personality traits. Brave, curious, kind: whatever makes them unique becomes part of every adventure.
Make Them the Hero
Select your child's character when creating a story. The AI weaves their name, appearance, and interests into a tale where they are the star.
Why Kids Lean In When They're the Hero
A story about some other child is easy to drift away from. A story about them is not. Here is what changes when your child sees their own face on the page.
Attention
Children pick out their own name faster than almost any other word, and they stay on a page longer when it is about them. That extra attention is where a reading habit starts. We look at the research in why personalized stories boost literacy.
Big feelings
A character who looks like your child can lose a game, feel left out or say sorry first, and your child gets to try that out from a safe distance. The psychology behind personalized stories explains why this lands better than a talk about it.
New situations
First day of school, a new baby at home, a trip to the dentist. When their character goes through it first and it turns out fine, the real day feels a lot less unknown. Our first-day-of-school stories are a good place to start.
Siblings
Give each child a profile and put them on the same team. Taking turns as the hero, or solving a mystery together, is a gentle way to ease sibling rivalry without one more lecture about sharing.
Reluctant readers
Kids who resist reading are often resisting books about things they do not care about. A story starring them, their dog and their favorite dinosaur is much harder to put down. More ideas in our guide to making reading fun for reluctant readers.
Story Ideas
Not Sure Which Adventure to Start With?
Once the character is saved, the fun part is choosing the story. These guides are full of ideas that work well with your child as the hero.
Superhero Origin Stories
Give them a power, a sidekick and a town to look after. Our superhero ideas are sorted by age, from tiny helpers to secret identities.
Birthday Stories
Wake them up on their birthday with a story where they are crowned the hero of the day. Here is what makes a birthday story stick.
50 Prompts to Try Tonight
Animals, space, magic, a mystery at school. Swap in your child's name and you have bedtime stories for weeks.
Customer stories
Our wall of love
Read what our community members are saying
Having a way to include my little boy in the story is a game changer — he's the hero of every adventure now.
Michael Anderson
Founder and Lover of all things, Maker
I can tailor every story to my child's interests and make her the main character. Bedtime storytelling has never felt this personal.
Priya Sharma
A story lover 🥰
I have made up so many stories to tell my kiddos — and seeing them star in the story is the coolest part.
Sarah Mitchell
Fintech Head of Marketing and Community.
Story Characters FAQ
Yes. Once you create a character profile, it's saved and available for every story you generate. Build a consistent cast that grows with every new adventure.
For more detailed information please visit StoryBee Help Center
Create Your Child's Character
Signing up is free and takes less than a minute — no credit card needed. Verify your email to create 2 stories free; paid plans unlock more stories, audio narration and voice cloning.