Personalised book in Catalan: with their face, and their name said the way you say it at home

How it sounds: lines copied from the Catalan book

It isn't a Spanish book with the odd page translated. These lines are taken word for word from two of our stories, with Pablo and Mateo, two sample boys:

• On the cover: “La Vall dels Dinosaures d'en Mateo”.
• Opening Super Hero Saves the City: “En Pablo semblava un nen normal i corrent, però guardava un secret molt i molt sorprenent”.
• In Dinosaur Valley: “En Mateo reia: no era cap monstre espantós, era en Pipo, un T-Rex bebè petit i amorós!”.
• At dinner, once the adventure is over: “—Què has fet avui? —va dir el papà amb veu serena. —Res d'especial… —va fer en Pablo amb la boca plena”.

Notice that they rhyme. Each verse was rewritten in Catalan to find its own rhyme, rather than translated word for word: “corrent” with “sorprenent”, “espantós” with “amorós”, “serena” with “plena”. You'll be glad of that on the fifth night in a row they ask for it.

“En Mateo”, “la Júlia”, “l'Arnau”: their name, said properly

In Catalan a person's name takes an article, and that's exactly what usually goes wrong in a text translated in a hurry. You type the name once on the form and the book applies the rule across all 33 pages:

• A boy whose name starts with a consonant: “en Mateo”, and with “de”, “d'en Mateo”.
• A name that starts with a vowel or an h: “l'Arnau”, “l'Hugo”.
• A girl: “la Júlia”, “la Maria”.
• When someone speaks to him, no article: “Gràcies, Mateo!”.
• The words around the name agree with it: “un nen normal i corrent” for a boy, “una nena” for a girl.

The dedication that comes with the story is in Catalan too (“Per a en Mateo: que mai deixis d'explorar”). You can change it for free before paying and write it in whichever language you prefer.

Which families tend to order it in Catalan

• Spanish at home, Catalan at school. It's the case in lots of families in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: the child learns to read in Catalan at school and another language is spoken at home. A Catalan story of their own brings the school language onto the shelf in their bedroom, and with them as the hero, they'll want to open it.
• Catalan at home. It's the language you already read to them in every night; what's new is that the hero is them.
• Catalan grandchildren, nephews, nieces or godchildren. You can use the website in English and choose Catalan just for the book, under “Book language” on the form.
• Families in the Valencian Community. The text is in standard Catalan: it reads without any trouble, even if the odd word isn't exactly the one you use at home.

What we found when we looked for photo books in Catalan

On 8 October 2026 we looked at the websites of the photo books most advertised in Spain. None of them had a website in Catalan. Only Libro Infantil Mágico let you choose Catalan (as well as Galician and Valencian) as the language of a story written at the moment you order.

IrayaBooks takes a different approach: the story is already written, illustrated and adapted into Catalan before your photo arrives, and only your child changes. The website, the form and the order emails are in Catalan from the very first screen.

The book is a hardback with 33 pages and costs €39.99 plus €4.99 delivery anywhere in Spain.

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