Terms of Service

Starlit Kid (“we”, “us”) is an online service that makes personalized children’s picture books. It is run by an independent developer under the Starlit Kid brand. You can reach us at hello@starlitkid.com.

By creating a preview or buying a book you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the service.

A personalized book is a digital product: one of our finished stories, with your child (and up to two extra characters) drawn into the illustrations from the photos you upload, and your child’s name in the text. You receive downloadable files: page pictures, a print-ready PDF and a home & screen PDF.

Starlit Kid does not print or ship anything. You print the files yourself, at a print shop or with a photo-book service of your choice. Print quality, price and delivery of a printed copy depend on that service, not on us.

The cover and two pages are a free preview so you can check the likeness before paying. After you buy, every page is illustrated and a person checks the book before it is released to you, usually the same day.

The price is shown before you pay (currently $14.99 per book, one-time; no subscription). Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns for payments, and it calculates and collects any sales tax or VAT. Your payment is also subject to Paddle’s buyer terms.

• Only upload photos you have the right to use: of your own child, or of a child, adult or pet whose parent, guardian or owner has agreed.
• You confirm you are the child’s parent or legal guardian, or have their permission. We record that confirmation with the time it was given.
• Don’t upload anything unlawful, hateful, sexual or that shows a child in an unsafe or embarrassing way. We may refuse or cancel any book that breaks these rules.

How we use and delete photos is explained in our privacy policy. In short: only to illustrate your book, never to train AI, and deleted once the book is ready.

Illustrations are drawn with the help of AI in each story’s art style. They are a storybook interpretation of the photos, not a photograph: the likeness is usually close, but details such as hair, clothes or expression can differ from page to page. That is why you see the preview before paying, and why a person checks every finished book.

If you can’t download your book (we couldn’t finish it, or the download links don’t work), or it has a fault we can’t fix, write to hello@starlitkid.com within 14 days of buying and we will refund you in full within 7 days. Full details are in our refund policy.

You may download, keep and print your book as many times as you like for personal, non-commercial use by your family, including printed copies as gifts for relatives.

You may not resell the book or its files, offer them as a product or service, or use the stories or illustrations to train AI models. The stories, page layouts, art styles and the Starlit Kid brand remain ours. Photos you upload remain yours.

Each book has a private link, sent to the email you gave. Anyone with that link can see the book, so don’t share it publicly. If you think it has been shared by mistake, write to us and we can delete the book.

We work to keep the site running and books on time, but we can’t promise it will never be interrupted. We may update stories, prices or these terms; changes apply to orders placed after the update, and the date at the bottom of this page shows the latest version.

To the extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim about a book is limited to the amount you paid for that book, and we are not liable for indirect losses. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that cannot be limited.

If something is wrong, write to hello@starlitkid.com first; we answer every message. For payment questions you can also contact Paddle through the link in your receipt. These terms are governed by the laws that apply where the service is operated, without affecting the mandatory consumer protections of the country you live in.