What do you get a pilot dad who has everything?

A personalized children's book about his flying. WorkTale Book Company asks about his aircraft, his routes, and the trips that take him away, then illustrates him as the hero of a 20-scene hardcover written for his kids. It answers the question they ask most: where does Dad go? Packages start at $29 for the interactive e-book.

For airline, cargo, charter, and military pilots with young children.

Why this gift lands

  • Pilot families deal with time away. This book gives that a warm, kid-sized explanation and a coming-home page.
  • You don't have to understand their job to give it. A short guided interview asks them the questions — or you can answer what you know and let them fill in the rest.
  • It's the one gift nobody else can duplicate: a 20-scene hardcover storybook where they are the illustrated hero and their child is the reader.
  • It solves a real problem in their house — their kid genuinely does not know what they do all day.

How giving it works

  1. Answer the short interview yourself with what you know about their job, or send it to them to answer in their own words.
  2. Add one clear photo of them — that is all the illustrator needs to make them the hero of every scene.
  3. Preview the digital book in minutes, then order the hardcover. Delivery is 7-14 business days worldwide.

What they get

  • 8.5" x 8.5" premium hardcover, 20 illustrated spreads
  • Starting price $29 USD; additional copies $35 each
  • Professional audiobook narration and shareable share videos included
  • Digital preview ready in minutes; every line and illustration is editable before print

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How every WorkTale book ends

Every WorkTale book closes with two pages no name-swap personalized book has. First, a "So, what does Mommy, Daddy, or your grown-up do?" page that distills the parent's entire job into one plain-spoken line a child can recite from memory, with no jargon and no job description. Then an "About the Author" page with the parent's real photograph, name, job title, and a short biography blurb, so the illustrated hero is revealed as the real person the child knows. Why the parent is the hero.

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