Monarch TalesApply
Tell us briefly about your family and why you want to preserve this season.
The first chapter of Monarch Tales
Become one of our 20 Founding Families.
Commission a premium family keepsake while helping shape the thoughtful, trusted experience Monarch Tales will carry into the future.
Why founding families
Help us build something families can trust for generations.
The first twenty families are not a mass-production target. They are a founding community whose experiences will help Monarch Tales refine its storytelling, communication, proofing and production systems.
Applications remain open while production happens in controlled batches. Initially, only one or two families will be actively in production at a time.
This protects the care behind every book while helping us learn what truly creates an extraordinary family experience.
One complete offer
Founding Families Legacy Edition
A commissioned hardcover created around your child or children, the people they love and the memories your family wants to preserve.
Characters are storybook interpretations inspired by your photographs—not photographic portraits.
A$225
Includes standard shipping within Australia, where supported. Delivery is confirmed before private onboarding.
- Premium commissioned hardcover
- One printed copy
- Deeply personalised family story
- Premium storybook illustrations
- Personalised dedication
- Digital reading edition
- Personalised audio narration
- Founder Letter inside the book
- Numbered Founding Family page
- One story-review round
- Two illustration-correction rounds
- Parent approval before printing
- Reserved production-batch place
- Standard supported-region delivery
A clear journey
Application first. Payment only after acceptance.
We review capacity, suitability and delivery before inviting your family into private onboarding.
Review
We confirm fit, production capacity and delivery support for your region.
Acceptance
Accepted families receive the full scope, timing and private payment instructions.
Story direction
Your questionnaire guides the story plan, emotional message and family details.
Create and review
Character direction, story and illustrations move through defined approval stages.
Print and deliver
After final approval and balance, your keepsake is prepared for your family.
Clear expectations
What founding families should know.
Does applying guarantee a place?
No. We review every application against current capacity, supported delivery and whether the requested story fits the Founding Families scope.
When does production begin?
Acceptance reserves entry into the programme, but active production begins according to your confirmed batch. We do not promise immediate production.
What does character approval mean?
You approve the overall storybook identity and visual direction before scene production. Once approved, that direction becomes locked. Complete redesigns are outside the included corrections.
Are revisions unlimited?
No. The edition includes one consolidated story-review round and two consolidated illustration-correction rounds. Additional work can be quoted separately.
Can the book include siblings or twins?
Yes. The story can centre more than one child and preserve each child's individual personality within their shared family world.
No payment during application
Begin the ApplicationTell us about the story your family wants to keep.
The application is intentionally short. Detailed family information is collected only after acceptance.