Always Together Story

The next book you read together could be the one you created together

Introducing the Marketing Support Club!

Turn your shared memories, silly ideas, and big imaginations into a story that belongs to your family.

Make something together that's truly yours.

Maybe your grandchild has a new story to tell every time you see them. Maybe you've always wanted to share a memory from your childhood. Or maybe you're looking for something different to do together, something that starts a conversation and lets you both get creative.

But turning "We should write a book!" into an actual story can feel like a big project. Where do you start? Who should the characters be? What happens in the middle?

That's where Always Together Story comes in. Instead of staring at a blank page, you'll have simple questions and creative activities to guide you. Your grandchild can share ideas, draw pictures, or tell you what happens next while you write it down.

The goal isn't to write a perfect story. It's to create a story that sounds like you.

And should your grandchild decide the main character is a pancake-loving dragon with a pet grandmother, there's room for that, too.

It all started with one book

After I created the first book for my aunt, people began asking for one of their own. That inspired the Always Together Story: a way for grandparents and grandchildren to enjoy creating a story, with guidance to help them along the way.

I wanted to make room for both parts of the experience, the conversations and creativity that happen while you're making it, and the book you can enjoy afterward.

You bring the memories, imagination, and details that make your family yours. I personally read your story, create images from your ideas using AI, arrange the words and pictures, and prepare your book for printing.

— Rebecca Bertoldi

Entrepreneur

Create Your Always Together Story in 3 Steps

1. Create together.

Download your PDF Story-Building Workbook and use the prompts to explore ideas, build your characters, and tell your story. Talk it through, write it down, and describe the pictures you imagine.

2. Send me your story.

With the Workbook + Personalized Hardcover Book package, you'll hand over your completed story, character details, picture references, and any any other materials you'd like considered. I'll use those to design your book.

3. Review it together.

We'll create your characters and edit your copy. Once you approve, you'll receive a digital proof to check the images, and final layout. Your book then heads to our printer and gets shipped to your door!

guidance for every part of your story

The Story-Building Workbook helps you move from "What should we write about?" to a story with a beginning, middle, and ending.

Meet your characters

Give your characters names, personalities, favorite things, and special details. Decide what they look like, what they want, and what makes them memorable.

Create their world and adventure

Choose where the story happens, then follow a simple six-step story map. Prompts help you decide how the adventure begins, what happens along the way, and how it ends.

Picture the moments that matter

Describe the scenes you'd love to see in your book. Draw a sketch, add a reference photo, or explain your ideas in words. You don't need polished artwork to show what you're imagining.

Add the parts that make it personal

Choose your title, author names, and dedication. Include a message you'd like your grandchild to find whenever they open the book.

You can work on one activity at a time. There's no need to finish the whole story in one sitting.

Choose your storybuilding experience

Story-Building Workbook, $49

Download it. Dream it up. Create it together.

A guided PDF workbook for grandparents and grandchildren who want a creative activity and a place to collect their ideas.

The workbook gives you prompts, worksheets, and planning pages to develop your own story, from the first character to the final scene.

Your downloadable workbook includes:

Conversation starters to help you find your story idea.
Character creation worksheets for the people, pets, or creatures in your story.
A six-step story map to shape the beginning, middle, and ending.
Illustration planning pages to describe what you'd like each scene to show.
Book title, author, and dedication activities to make it personal.
A final checklist to organize your completed story and picture plans.

You'll have a place for your words, drawings, and ideas, and an activity you can share together.

Digital PDF download. No physical workbook will be shipped.

Book design, finished images, and a printed storybook are not included in the standalone workbook.

Get the Digital Workbook — $49

Workbook + Personalized Hardcover Book, $299

Download it. Dream it up. Create it together.

A guided PDF workbook for grandparents and grandchildren who want a creative activity and a place to collect their ideas.

The workbook gives you prompts, worksheets, and planning pages to develop your own story, from the first character to the final scene.

Your downloadable workbook includes:

The downloadable PDF Story-Building Workbook, with guidance from the very beginning.
A personal review of your story and creative materials.
Personalized images based on your characters, story, and scene ideas.
Professional book design, cover design, and page layout.
A digital proof and one revision round before printing.
One printed 8″ × 8″ hardcover, perfect-bound book with up to 24 interior pages and up to 1,800 story words.

Your names go on the book as its authors. Your story becomes something you can pull off the shelf and read together.

The $49 PDF workbook is included in the $299 package. You do not need to buy it separately.

Create Your Keepsake Book — $299

Start with the workbook. Decide on the book later.

Purchase the $49 Story-Building Workbook and apply that full amount toward the $299 book creation package within 90 days of your workbook purchase. Your remaining balance will be $250.

You can begin creating together without deciding on the printed book right away. There's no obligation to upgrade.

You're the authors. Your voices belong in the book.

The funny phrases, imaginative details, and familiar ways you talk are part of what makes your story special.

When you submit your story, you can choose to keep your wording exactly as written or request light editing for spelling, grammar, and readability. Any wording changes will be shared for your approval before printing.

My role is to help your story become a book, not turn it into someone else's story.

How your pictures come to life

I use AI image tools to help bring your characters and scenes to life, guided by your descriptions, drawings, and reference photos. The story itself comes from you and your grandchild.

I personally read and review the story, arrange the text and images on the pages, design the book, and prepare the printer-ready files. AI helps create the images; it does not replace your storytelling or the hands-on work of making your book.

More than a finished book.

A memory of making it together.

Imagine opening your book and hearing your grandchild say, "We made this!" Your names are on the cover. The characters are the ones you imagined. The adventure is the one you created together.

It's a book you can read again and again—and a reminder of the conversations, laughter, and ideas that brought it to life.

Your story does not have to stay a "someday" idea. Start with one question, one character, or one favorite memory. The workbook gives you somewhere to begin.

A few things you might be wondering...

Is the workbook digital or printed?

The Story-Building Workbook is a downloadable PDF. You can print the pages and use them for writing, drawing, and planning together. No physical workbook is shipped.

Do we need to have a story idea before we start?

No. The workbook begins with questions and activities to help you find an idea. You can start with a favorite memory, something your grandchild loves, or a completely made-up adventure.

Does my grandchild need to be able to write?

No. Children can answer questions out loud, draw pictures, and decide what happens next while their grandparent writes down their ideas.

Do we need to know how to draw?

Not at all. You can describe your characters and scenes in words. Simple sketches and reference photos can also help show what you have in mind. With the book creation package, those details guide the images for your finished book.

Can we write about something that really happened?

Yes. Your story can be based on a family memory, a tradition, a favorite place, or an experience you shared. It can also be completely imaginary—or combine real life with a little make-believe.

Can we do this when we don't live near each other?

Yes. You can talk through the prompts over a phone or video call, share drawings, and work on the story together from different places.

What's the difference between the two packages?

The $49 workbook gives you the guided activities and planning pages to create your story. The $299 package includes that same PDF workbook, plus a personal story review, personalized images, book design, a digital proof, one revision round, and one printed hardcover book.

What kind of printed book will we receive?

The $299 package includes one 8″ × 8″ hardcover, perfect-bound book with up to 24 interior pages. It is created from your own story and ideas, not a prewritten book with names inserted.

How long should our story be?

The book creation package includes up to 1,800 story words. Shorter stories are welcome. Focus on telling your story rather than filling every page; I will arrange the words and images across the book. The 24 interior pages include any title and dedication pages.

Will you change our words?

You choose whether your words stay exactly as written or receive light spelling, grammar, and readability edits. Any wording changes are shared for your approval before printing.

How is AI used?

AI image tools help create the pictures from your character and scene ideas. You and your grandchild create the story. I personally review the copy, design and arrange the pages, and prepare the book for printing.

Can we buy the workbook now and add book creation later?

Yes. Apply your $49 workbook purchase toward the $299 package within 90 days of purchase. You will pay the remaining $250, rather than buying the workbook twice.

Do we get to see the book before it is printed?

Yes. You will receive a digital proof to review the wording, names, images, and layout. One revision round is included, and the book is printed after your final approval.

Start with a conversation. See where your story takes you.

You might discover a memory you've never shared, a character who makes you both laugh, or an adventure you'll want to read again and again.

Whatever you create, it will begin with time spent together.

Let's make a story that belongs to your family.

Create Your Keepsake Book — $299

Get the PDF Workbook — $49

Always Together Story

The next book you read together could be the one you created together

Introducing the Marketing Support Club!

Turn your shared memories, silly ideas, and big imaginations into a story that belongs to your family.

Make something together that's truly yours.

Maybe your grandchild has a new story to tell every time you see them. Maybe you've always wanted to share a memory from your childhood. Or maybe you're looking for something different to do together, something that starts a conversation and lets you both get creative.

But turning "We should write a book!" into an actual story can feel like a big project. Where do you start? Who should the characters be? What happens in the middle?

That's where Always Together Story comes in. Instead of staring at a blank page, you'll have simple questions and creative activities to guide you. Your grandchild can share ideas, draw pictures, or tell you what happens next while you write it down.

The goal isn't to write a perfect story. It's to create a story that sounds like you.

And should your grandchild decide the main character is a pancake-loving dragon with a pet grandmother, there's room for that, too.

It all started with one book

After I created the first book for my aunt, people began asking for one of their own. That inspired the Always Together Story: a way for grandparents and grandchildren to enjoy creating a story, with guidance to help them along the way.

I wanted to make room for both parts of the experience, the conversations and creativity that happen while you're making it, and the book you can enjoy afterward.

You bring the memories, imagination, and details that make your family yours. I personally read your story, create images from your ideas using AI, arrange the words and pictures, and prepare your book for printing.

— Rebecca Bertoldi

Entrepreneur

Create Your Always Together Story in 3 Steps

guidance for every part of your story

The Story-Building Workbook helps you move from "What should we write about?" to a story with a beginning, middle, and ending.

Give your characters names, personalities, favorite things, and special details. Decide what they look like, what they want, and what makes them memorable.

Choose where the story happens, then follow a simple six-step story map. Prompts help you decide how the adventure begins, what happens along the way, and how it ends.

Describe the scenes you'd love to see in your book. Draw a sketch, add a reference photo, or explain your ideas in words. You don't need polished artwork to show what you're imagining.

Choose your title, author names, and dedication. Include a message you'd like your grandchild to find whenever they open the book.

You can work on one activity at a time. There's no need to finish the whole story in one sitting.

Choose your storybuilding experience

Download it. Dream it up. Create it together.

A guided PDF workbook for grandparents and grandchildren who want a creative activity and a place to collect their ideas.

The workbook gives you prompts, worksheets, and planning pages to develop your own story, from the first character to the final scene.

Your downloadable workbook includes:

You'll have a place for your words, drawings, and ideas, and an activity you can share together.

Digital PDF download. No physical workbook will be shipped.

Book design, finished images, and a printed storybook are not included in the standalone workbook.

Download it. Dream it up. Create it together.

A guided PDF workbook for grandparents and grandchildren who want a creative activity and a place to collect their ideas.

The workbook gives you prompts, worksheets, and planning pages to develop your own story, from the first character to the final scene.

Your downloadable workbook includes:

Your names go on the book as its authors. Your story becomes something you can pull off the shelf and read together.

The $49 PDF workbook is included in the $299 package. You do not need to buy it separately.

Purchase the $49 Story-Building Workbook and apply that full amount toward the $299 book creation package within 90 days of your workbook purchase. Your remaining balance will be $250.

You can begin creating together without deciding on the printed book right away. There's no obligation to upgrade.

You're the authors. Your voices belong in the book.

The funny phrases, imaginative details, and familiar ways you talk are part of what makes your story special.

When you submit your story, you can choose to keep your wording exactly as written or request light editing for spelling, grammar, and readability. Any wording changes will be shared for your approval before printing.

My role is to help your story become a book, not turn it into someone else's story.

How your pictures come to life

I use AI image tools to help bring your characters and scenes to life, guided by your descriptions, drawings, and reference photos. The story itself comes from you and your grandchild.

I personally read and review the story, arrange the text and images on the pages, design the book, and prepare the printer-ready files. AI helps create the images; it does not replace your storytelling or the hands-on work of making your book.

More than a finished book.

A memory of making it together.

Imagine opening your book and hearing your grandchild say, "We made this!" Your names are on the cover. The characters are the ones you imagined. The adventure is the one you created together.

It's a book you can read again and again—and a reminder of the conversations, laughter, and ideas that brought it to life.

Your story does not have to stay a "someday" idea. Start with one question, one character, or one favorite memory. The workbook gives you somewhere to begin.

A few things you might be wondering...

Is the workbook digital or printed?

Do we need to have a story idea before we start?

Does my grandchild need to be able to write?

Do we need to know how to draw?

Can we write about something that really happened?

Can we do this when we don't live near each other?

What's the difference between the two packages?

What kind of printed book will we receive?

How long should our story be?

Will you change our words?

How is AI used?

Can we buy the workbook now and add book creation later?

Do we get to see the book before it is printed?

Start with a conversation. See where your story takes you.

You might discover a memory you've never shared, a character who makes you both laugh, or an adventure you'll want to read again and again.

Whatever you create, it will begin with time spent together.

Let's make a story that belongs to your family.

Start with the workbook and apply your $49 toward book creation within 90 days.