A personalized Noah's Ark book where your child says goodnight to the animals.
Your child is a make-believe stowaway on Noah's ark, tiptoeing past the lions, the giraffe and the turtles in the hay to say goodnight, in rhyme. Their name is on the cover and inside, and the child you build is in the pictures. Cut-paper diorama scenes, for ages three to eight.
The ark, the animals and Noah's family come from Genesis 6 to 8. The stowaway is make-believe, and the book says so.
What is from Genesis, and what is imagined
In Genesis, the people on the ark are Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives, eight in all. No child stowed away. This book is a bedtime game of imagining: what if you were there on a quiet night, saying goodnight to every animal before you fell asleep?
The ark itself stays the Bible's: built of wood, with three decks and a window, the animals two by two, and Noah's family inside. The night ends with your child tiptoeing to where Noah's family sleeps. If you want the whole account first, read the Noah's Ark story here on the site, free.
All eleven spreads, one goodnight at a time.
Here is the art for every spread with the couplets that go on it. In the printed book the lines sit on the picture, one couplet a page.
The child in these pictures is Abby, our sample child. In your copy it is the child you build, in the same places.
And on the last page of the story: Goodnight, Abby. Remember… “In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, LORD alone, make me live in safety.” Psalm 4:8
Create their book →What gets personalized
Their name, start to finish
Their name is on the cover and on the first page (“This book belongs to Abby”), and the last page of the story says goodnight to them by name: “Goodnight, Abby. Remember…”
Their character, on the ark
You build your child in the same customizer we use for our other books: skin tone, hair and all. That child is on the cover and tiptoes through seven of the eleven spreads.
The ark and the animals stay the Bible's
The ark of wood with its decks and window, the animals two by two, and Noah's family asleep inside all come from Genesis 6 to 8. Your child is the make-believe visitor.
Build, preview, order.
You build your child and page through the spreads before anything goes to press. When it is ready, checkout is a few taps away.
Twenty-four pages, front to back
- Page 1The title, “This book belongs to” with your child’s name, and your dedication
- Pages 2–21Spreads one to ten, one rhyming couplet on each page
- Pages 22–23The ark with its lights out: “Goodnight,” with their name, and Psalm 4:8
- Page 24The Childhood Bible Stories imprint
It is written for ages three to eight: one couplet a page, plain words, and a rhythm a small child can join in on. It reads aloud in a few minutes, short enough to be the last thing before lights out.
A Noah's Ark gift for bedtime, a baptism or a birthday
Bedtime, most nights
It is a goodnight book first: eleven spreads of animals settling down, one couplet a page, and a last page that says goodnight to the child holding it.
Baptism or baby dedication
The dedication on the first page is where the date and a blessing go. If you are still choosing, our baptism gift guide compares the usual options.
A child who loves animals
Giraffes, lions, a sleepy monkey, turtles in the hay. For the child who asks for Noah's Ark again because of the animals, this one is about saying goodnight to them.
Grandparents and godparents
You need the child's first name and how they look. Nothing else. The dedication is yours to write.
- Bedtime
- Baptism
- Baby dedication
- Birthday
- Christmas
- Grandparent gift
Hardcover or softcover, printed one copy at a time
Two formats, 8.5″ × 8.5″
A sturdy hardcover at $56.99 or a softcover at $46.99, both 24 pages with the same story inside.
Printed after you order
Every copy is printed once its order comes in, because every copy has a different child in it.
Shipped in the United States
Standard shipping to US addresses is free, about 7 to 12 business days. Expedited is $17.00 at checkout.
Cut-paper diorama scenes
Eleven spreads and a cover of layered paper scenes made for this book, not licensed clip art or stock pictures.
Questions parents ask
Was a child really on Noah's ark?
No. Genesis names everyone who went into the ark: Noah, his wife, his three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their three wives (Genesis 7:13). The stowaway in this book is make-believe, the kind of imagining a child does at bedtime: what would it be like to say goodnight to every animal on the ark? Near the end the child heads off to where Noah's family sleeps, and the ark, the animals and the family are drawn from Genesis 6 to 8.
What age is it for?
Ages three to eight. Every page is one rhyming couplet, so a three-year-old can follow it and a six-year-old can start reading it back to you. The whole book reads aloud in a few minutes, which is the length a bedtime story should be.
How is the book personalized?
Your child's first name is on the cover, on the first page (“This book belongs to …”), and in the goodnight on the last page of the story. The child you build in our customizer, with their skin tone and hair, is on the cover and appears in seven of the eleven spreads.
Can I order it now?
Yes. Build your child in the customizer, write the dedication, choose hardcover or softcover and check out securely. We print each copy after it is ordered, because every copy has a different child in it.
What does it cost?
It comes as a hardcover for $56.99 or a softcover for $46.99, both 8.5″ × 8.5″ and 24 pages, the same as our other keepsake books. Standard shipping to US addresses is free; expedited is $17.00 at checkout.
What does the art look like?
Every spread is a cut-paper diorama scene made for this book: layered paper animals, wooden decks and lantern light, like a little stage set inside the ark. The child you build is set into the scenes in the same paper style.
Is it faithful to the Bible?
The parts that come from Scripture stay with Scripture: the ark of wood with its three decks and a window, the animals two by two, Noah's family inside, and God's plan to keep them alive through the flood. The details Genesis does not give, such as which animal slept where, are a bedtime story's details, and the stowaway is make-believe. The book prays to the LORD for a night of sweet rest and trusts Him to keep everyone safe. The full Noah's Ark story, retold closely from Genesis, is free on this site.
Is it a good baptism or baby dedication gift?
It can be. The name is inside, there is a dedication on the first page for the date and a blessing, and it is a book a child grows into from about age three. For a newborn, it is a gift for later bedtimes. Our baptism gift guide compares it with the usual options.
The full Noah's Ark story is free to read tonight, and our baptism gift guide compares the usual options if you are choosing a gift.
By Hannah Whitford, who writes these · Last updated October 2026
Our other two keepsake books
Little Prayers is ten bedtime prayers with your child in every spread, and Bible Adventures is ten Bible stories in rhyme with their name in each one. Both are open for orders.
Put them on the ark for one goodnight.
Add your child's first name, build their look, and order your 8.5″ × 8.5″ keepsake, hardcover $56.99 or softcover $46.99, with free standard shipping.