The Not-So-Scary Night
A bedtime story for a child who is quite sure something is under the bed
The shadow on the wall has ears. The wardrobe creaks. Something is definitely under the bed. Your child does the bravest thing there is: picks up the torch and looks. What they find changes every night after.
- Perfect for early readers, ages 3-6
- 30 pages · 28 × 28 cm (11 × 11") hardcover or instant PDF
- For ages 3–6
- Preview every page before you order
See inside “The Not-So-Scary Night”
Follow the hero through the journey before you personalise — so you know exactly what you're ordering.
A glimpse from “The Not-So-Scary Night”
The light went off, and the room changed. The chair grew ears. The wardrobe cleared its throat. [Your Child's Name] pulled the blanket up to the nose and waited.
[Your Child's Name]will be replaced with your child's actual name in the personalised book.
The full story unlocks once you personalise the book.
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Three quick steps. The whole flow takes about 15 minutes.
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One clear photo, that's all our AI needs.
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See your child as the hero before you check out.
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Hardcover ships in 5–7 business days.
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“The Not-So-Scary Night” is a personalized bedtime storybook for the very real fear of the dark, with your child as the brave one, by name and by face.
It takes the fear seriously first. The shadow with ears, the wardrobe that creaks, the something under the bed. Then, one torch beam at a time, your child discovers what each thing really is: a coat on a hook, a house settling for the night, a slipper and a sock having a quiet meeting. The final discovery under the bed is a small surprise that becomes a friend. Children who read this ask to check under their own bed, which is the whole point.
Instant PDF or hardcover. Parents keep the torch spread bookmarked.
Questions about “The Not-So-Scary Night”
Your personalised digital PDF is ready in about 15 minutes — you can read it on any device the moment payment clears, no waiting. The premium 28 × 28 cm hardcover is printed and shipped via Gelato, our worldwide print-on-demand partner, and arrives within 5–7 business days in the US and EU and 10–14 business days for the rest of the world. You can always start with the digital and add the hardcover later if you want to read it tonight.
Every book includes a free preview before you commit to print. You can edit the text, regenerate any individual scene, and adjust the cover until the book feels right. If your generation fails for any reason, you receive a full automatic refund. Beyond that, we honour a 7-day satisfaction guarantee on digital orders and a printed-but-not-shipped refund window on hardcover orders — just reach out to [email protected] and we'll make it right.
Yes — your child's privacy is non-negotiable. Photos are uploaded over HTTPS, used solely to generate the illustrated character for your book, and are never shared with third parties or used to train any AI model. Photos are automatically purged from our servers after 30 days. We don't post your child's image anywhere and we don't keep it longer than necessary to render and print the book you ordered.
Absolutely — many parents order one book per sibling so each child is the hero of their own story, and grandparents often order extra hardcovers as keepsake gifts. We ship hardcovers to over 100 countries through Gelato's worldwide print-on-demand network, with localised shipping and tracking included. Please note that customs duties or import taxes may apply depending on your country's regulations and are the responsibility of the recipient.
We recommend "The Not-So-Scary Night" for ages 3–6. You choose the exact age on the create form and the story is tuned to it: shorter, gentler sentences for the youngest readers, a little more detail and vocabulary for older ones. The pictures are drawn with your child's real proportions for that age.
Their name appears on the cover and on every spread of the story, and their face is illustrated from the photo you upload — same hair, same eyes, same smile, in the book's art style. Fifteen scenes in total, plus a dedication page where you can write your own message.
The digital book is usually ready in about 15 minutes and arrives as a high-resolution PDF you can read on a tablet tonight or print at home. The hardcover bundle adds a printed 28 × 28 cm book, shipped to your door.
No. Nothing in it is a monster. Every shadow is revealed as an ordinary thing within the same spread, and the thing under the bed turns out to be small, soft and friendly. The tone is warm and slightly funny. Parents use it as a routine: read the book, then check under the bed together with a torch.