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"Cute little book! Amazing job team. Father of the household was stoked with it :)"

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Over 1 million
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Lost for Words

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All our products are made to order and require 2-3 business days of production time before shipping. Once our books are produced, your delivery time depends on where you live and which shipping method you use.

Estimated delivery times including production are:

  • 🇺🇸 USA: 7 to 10 business days
  • 🇬🇧 UK: 4 to 7 business days
  • 🇦🇺 Australia: 5 to 9 business days
  • 🇪🇺 Europe: 7 to 14 business days
  • 🌏 Rest of the World: 10 to 14 business days

If you need your book faster, you can do two things:

  • Skip the waiting queue: Before sending your book to print, we normally wait a short while in case you want to make changes. You can skip the queue and send it straight to print by clicking the link in your order confirmation email. You’ll be taken to your order overview, where you can skip the grace period.
  • Choose “Express Shipping”. While it won't speed up the production process, it will make sure your book is sent with our fastest shipping method.

“Lost for Words” is a moving gift for dads and one or two children. Its emotional message celebrates the universal father-child bond and resonates with all ages (0–99).
Perfect for reading aloud to children aged 0 to 8 years and for older children to cherish as a keepsake.

Personalize Dad and one or two children:

  • Dad: name, skin tone, hair color, hairstyle, beard, clothing, glasses
  • Children: name, skin tone, hair color, hairstyle, clothing, glasses

“Lost for Words” (one kid version) is available in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Luxembourgish, Galician, Basque, Norwegian, Swedish, Catalan, Portuguese, Turkish, and Dutch.

“Lost for Words” (two kids version) is available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Turkish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch.

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Our hugely popular Dad book – with up to two kids!

Lost for Words is a book about the wonderful bond between Dad and kid. It lovingly captures how they grow and learn together: the ripper days, the hard days, and the ones that turn to custard and end up funny anyway. Written and illustrated by two dads, it's an honest, warm-hearted look at real family life.

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Every book is one of a kind

With our fun configurator, you choose the name and look of both Dad and kid — creating a truly special, one-of-a-kind gift. As the story unfolds, both characters grow older, so you can picture what your little one might look like down the track. Add a personal dedication for an extra special touch.

The cover of a personalized book for fathers titled Lost for Words showing an illustration of a father hugging his children, next to another illustration of them playing together on the grass.

The best gift for Dad this Father's Day

This bestseller, with hundreds of five-star ratings, has already brought joy (and a few happy tears) to countless dads across Australia. Lost for Words is the perfect gift for Father's Day, birthdays, or just because he's a top bloke. Create your copy and surprise him with something filled with warmth, love and memories he'll actually keep.

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A heartfelt addition for Dad

Complete Dad's special gift with one of our personalized greeting cards. Our custom cards give you the space to tell Dad exactly why he’s your hero - making his special day that bit more magical

There's also the perfect gift for Mom!

In A Love Like Ours the bond between a mother and her children takes center stage. Personalize this beautiful book (for 1 or 2 children) to create a keepsake they'll treasure forever. The perfect surprise for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or 'just because' moments.

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A collection for the whole family; save 25%

With personalized books from Librio, gift-giving becomes a truly special experience for the entire family. Whether for Mom, Dad, siblings or grandparents, everyone will find their own story here.

Collect memories and save money at the same time: order two or more books from the Family Collection and get 25% off with the code Family25.

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About the illustrator

Meet Nick – the man behind many of Librio’s most beloved illustrations. He’s been drawing since he could hold a pencil and never stopped (even when he probably should’ve been doing his homework). Based in Cologne with his wife, two almost-grown kids, and his beloved whippet Lulu, Nick lives and breathes creativity. Before joining Librio, he ran a letterpress design studio and a greeting card company. So you could say he’s been spreading joy on paper his whole life.

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About us

Librio began with our founder Ed's wish to give his daughter the most special gift imaginable—a story made just for her. That spark grew into a mission: to help families everywhere create unforgettable personalized books while giving back to the planet and society. Since 2017, we’ve crafted over half a million stories, planted just as many trees, and shared the joy of reading through the charity program "Room to Read" with children around the world.

What our customers say

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Format and quality

We're fanatical about the quality of our products, from the hand-painted illustrations to the luxurious finish. They feel as good as they look and are printed on 100% recycled paper too, though you'd never guess. "Lost for Words" is 40 pages long and comes in two formats, softback and hardback.

Dimensions:
Softback: 21.5 cm x 25.8 cm  / 8.46 x 10.16 in
Hardback: 22.2 cm x 26.5 cm  / 8.74 x 10.43 in

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More than a book

More than a book

As creators of products for future generations, we strive to do business in a way that our children, our customers and we ourselves can be proud of.
 
Through our More than a Book program, we donate 1% of our revenue (not profits) to causes improving the future of millions of children and the planet they will grow up on. 

We’re also committed to manufacturing our products as sustainably as possible, printing locally using only 100% recycled paper and packaging materials.

How long does it take?

All our products are made to order and require 2–3 business days for production before shipping.
Estimated delivery times, including production, are listed below:

USA: 7 to 10 business days
United Kingdom: 4 to 7 business days
Australia: 5 to 9 business days
Europe: 7-14 business days
Rest of the world: 10 to 14 business days

Information about express shipping and other countries can be found here.

Lost for Words

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“Lost for Words” is a personalized book that celebrates the unique father-child relationship.

  • Dad and child become heroes in an emotional, heartfelt story
  • Highlights the joy and importance of shared time
  • 40 pages of warm, hand-drawn illustrations
  • Printed sustainably on 100% recycled paper, available in soft- or hardcover

Yes! Our collection includes personalized books for many relationships:

”Lost for Words” is a high-quality book designed to bring long-lasting joy. It is printed on 100% recycled paper and offers excellent color quality.

Here are the details on formats and pages:

  • Page Count: 40 pages
  • Formats: Available as a softcover or hardcover.
  • Softcover Dimensions: 25.8 cm x 21.5 cm
  • Hardcover Dimensions: 26.5 cm x 22.2 cm

All our products are printed on 100 % recycled paper – meaning not a single tree is cut down to make them. Since 2018, we’ve partnered with Trees for the Future to plant over 500,000 new trees. By using recycled paper, we’ve also saved roughly 2,500 trees. We’re committed to social impact too: with every order, we support Room to Read, an organisation that funds school libraries in developing countries. Learn more about our Environmental Commitment and Social Commitment.

Yes, every Librio book can include a personal dedication. You’ll enter the text while creating your book, and it will be printed on the first page — making your gift even more special and heartfelt.

We're always happy for people to order more than one book, so we often have discounts running on our site for multiple book orders. Please check for messaging on the website about what the current offer is.

Yes. Once you’ve finished designing your book and chosen a format, you can select our gift packaging option.

It can be opened and resealed, so you can take a look before giving the book away. Our gift wrap is also made from 100% recycled paper.

Yes — as long as your book hasn’t gone to print yet. Simply visit your order, log in with your order number and email address, and make your adjustments there. Once an order has been placed, you’ll have a few hours afterwards in which to make changes before the book is sent to print and no more changes will be possible.