Mr de Beer: Storybook Maker

Make a picture book with your child in it. Mr de Beer, a kind bear in a flat cap, helps you at every step.

Tell him who the hero is and what happens. Or start from a photo of your child, their teddy, or a drawing they made. He writes a first draft and paints every page. Then you make it yours.

CHANGE ANY PAGE
Type over the words. Ask for a change in one line, like "Make it funnier" or "Add the dog". Drag the hero, the dog or the moon around the page. Ask for a new picture. Undo is always there.

MASTERPIECE MODE
Want our best pictures? Pick Masterpiece, and every page is painted as one full picture. Changed the story later? Paint from my story paints only the pages you pick.

YOUR CAST
Every character gets a card and looks the same on every page. Keep them for your next book. Remix a character to make them run, sleep or wave.

POP-UP PAGES
Six gentle Bible stories in our library pop up in 3D. Point your phone at a page, and the scene stands up on your table. A few pages are free to try.

HEAR IT READ ALOUD
Pick a narrator voice, and the book reads itself. The pages turn on their own.

THE LIBRARY
Books made by our team, free to read in English and Afrikaans.

A BOOK YOU CAN HOLD
Order your book printed, with a cover you design. Printed books ship in South Africa for now. You see the price before you pay.

MY WORLD
Your characters become toys in a small 3D world to play in.

ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS
Make books in English or Afrikaans. Mr de Beer's tips follow the language you pick.

HOW CREDITS WORK
Your account starts with free credits, enough for a first book. AI work uses credits: a draft, a rewrite, a new picture. Masterpiece pages use more. Moving parts and typing your own words never use credits. Buy more credits in the app when you need them. The Mr de Beer Pass is optional: 60 credits a month, read-aloud and Pop-up Pages on every book, and less on prints. It renews monthly or yearly until you cancel. The editor itself is always free.

MADE WITH AI. DECIDED BY YOU.
The words, pictures and narrator voices are made with AI. Every story is written to be kind, with nothing scarier than a storybook, no brands and no real people. AI can still get things wrong, so you read every page first. You decide every word.

PHOTOS: WHAT WE KEEP AND WHY
Words are always enough. A photo is optional, and you say yes first. For a photo of your child, you tick that you are their parent or guardian. The picture goes to Google's Gemini service to be painted. We keep a smaller copy, with its location taken out, in private storage, only to paint that card again. We never share it or use it to train AI. Delete the card, or tap Withdraw consent in Account, and the picture is deleted. The camera is used only when you take a photo or open Pop-up Pages. The app never uses your microphone.

YOUR BOOKS ARE YOURS
Your books are private to your account. We do not sell them or use them to advertise. Delete a book, or your whole account, from inside the app.

Sign in with Google or Apple, and you can start your first book.

Questions? Talk to a person at hallo@mnrdebeer.com.