The Power of Stories for Everyone, from Children to Adults. Weave Heart-Moving Tales with Gemini 'Storybook'

Hello, this is the official note editorial department for Google's AI, Gemini.

Did you know that the Gemini 'Storybook' feature has been released?

The Storybook feature allows you to create illustrated picture books. You can turn stories you enter as text into picture books, or create them based on photos or illustrations you provide yourself. You can also have Gemini read the created picture books aloud, so we hope you enjoy them with your ears as well.

Let's try using the Storybook feature

There are two ways to create a picture book using the Storybook feature.

1. Using the Storybook Gem

Click 'Show Gems' from the menu on the left side of the screen and select 'Storybook'. A dedicated Gem will then appear, and you can create a picture book by entering a prompt.

2. Creating a picture book from a regular chat

When interacting in a regular Gemini chat, you can call up the Storybook Gem and create a picture book by including the keyword 'Storybook' in your prompt or by giving the instruction 'Create a picture book'.

Note: As of October 2025, you can create picture books most stably by using the Gem in method 1 or by including 'Storybook' in your prompt.

Basic capabilities of the Storybook feature

Let's take a look at the basic functions of what you can do with the Storybook Gem.

Generate a storybook from memorable photos or drawings

With the Storybook Gem, you can create stories from simple prompts. In addition to that, you can input your own photos, drawings made by your children, or documents from PDFs and Google Docs! Why not create your own special book from your precious memories?

Diverse art styles and AI narration

For the story illustrations, you can specify various art styles in your prompt, such as pixel art, comics, clay animation, or watercolors. Illustrations tailored to the content will further enhance the world of the story.

Also, by clicking 'Read aloud', you can enjoy the AI reading the picture book to you.

Whether it's for bedtime stories for your children, as material for language learning, or to share your work with friends overseas, please enjoy this immersive experience.

You can choose between a 'high-pitched voice' and a 'low-pitched voice' for the audio.

Sharing features to enjoy anytime, with anyone

Once your picture book is complete, you can easily share it with family and friends via a public link, or print it out to enjoy. If you would like to get a public link, please click the share icon at the top to obtain it.

In what situations can the 'Storybook feature' be used?

The Storybook feature is not just for creating fun picture books for children.It is also a great way to transform 'complex and difficult-to-convey information' into a '10-page story' that can be understood intuitively!

The Storybook feature is useful for communication, education, business, and whenever you want to give shape to your ideas.

Here, we introduce 7 specific ways to use Storybook that people of all generations can enjoy.

Personalized bedtime stories

If the story features your child, family, or friends, your usual bedtime story reading might become an even more special experience. For example, try creating a one-of-a-kind story with your child's favorite stuffed animal as the protagonist.

Turning drawings made by your child into characters is also a fun idea.

You can also add furigana (reading aids) for elementary school students.

Turning children's learning into picture books for home education or school classes

Whether it's scientific stories that answer children's 'Why?', adventure tales that explain how society works, or stories that teach moral themes in a fun way, your ideas can make children's learning even richer.

For example, you can create an original picture book to teach a child who dislikes brushing their teeth about the importance of doing so.

Alternatively, why not try making a picture book to encourage a child who is about to start attending nursery school?

The Storybook feature is useful not only for home education but also for school education. Try using it as a trigger to think together with children about whether a certain action is truly 'right'.

Simplify complex scientific concepts to deepen learning

We deliver photosynthesis, a complex scientific concept, not as mere rote memorization, but as a story that stays in the heart. By personifying the sun and carbon dioxide as characters, we capture the intellectual curiosity of children.

How do plants create their own nutrients and provide 'oxygen,' which is essential for living things, into the atmosphere? While deepening their interest in science, they may also cultivate a sense of gratitude for the plants they see every day without much thought.

You can also easily create picture books that are fun and help children learn the alphabet while featuring them as characters.

It's not just for picture books: Use cases for Storybooks that are also useful for adults

The Storybook feature can be used not only for children, but also by us adults to solve daily challenges, deepen our learning, and weave bonds with our loved ones.

In this article, we introduce ideas for using 'Storybook' to enrich your daily life and work, from language learning and business to self-analysis. It's very helpful, so please take a look.

For example, it might be interesting to create a story modeled after people around you, based on themes like 'a habit you always find yourself saying' or 'words of gratitude you find hard to express.'

This is a picture book based on the phrase 'See, I told you,' which is best avoided to improve a couple's relationship.

How about creating and sending a picture book to express gratitude to someone who has helped you or to celebrate a new beginning?

For example, as a gift for a department manager retiring, you could create and present a one-of-a-kind picture book filled with gratitude for their service and cheers for their future life.

Furthermore, you can even create picture books that turn familiar topics into English listening materials. If you create a picture book that explains your favorite hobbies in English, such as 'steps to set up a tent while camping' or 'how to make delicious pasta,' you can naturally learn technical vocabulary.

Also, by depicting theories written in books as 'relatable' stories lurking in daily life, you can further your understanding of those books.

Beyond uses like gifts or learning support, there might be uses such as sharing it with friends as a travel itinerary or using it for invitations, and in business, it could be used for 'self-introductions,' 'company introductions,' or concretizing a 'customer's future vision.'

Tips for Prompts to Master the Storybook Feature

Gemini's Storybook feature can create wonderful works just by telling it what kind of picture book you want in simple terms, but by refining your 'prompts,' you can create more consistent and engaging stories.
Here are some tips for drawing a solid 'blueprint' for the entire story in your prompt.

1. Tell it who the story is for

This is the most important element to decide first. By clarifying 'who' you want to read this story, you determine the overall tone, the difficulty level of the language used, and the depth of the theme.

2. Tell it what emotions you want the reader to feel after reading

After closing this book, deciding what feelings you want them to have and what you want them to think about will make the message clear. This is an important element for delivering a message that is not just interesting, but also stays in the heart.

3. Decide on the characters and story setting

To get readers immersed in the world of the story, just adding a little bit of specific character detail and the worldview they live in to your prompt will make the story come alive.

4. Set the art style and tone of voice

By specifying the language of the story and the touch of the illustrations, you can color the atmosphere of the picture book. When the content (message) and style (atmosphere) of the story match, readers can immerse themselves more deeply in the story.

It is also recommended to consult with Gemini about the structure of the story and the depiction of the picture book. Feel free to ask about what kind of characters would be good, what art direction would suit it, and so on. Gemini will help you create a wonderful picture book!

Create Heart-Touching Stories with the Storybook Feature

Gemini's Storybook feature can draw out the ideas in your head and 'complex and hard-to-convey information' into an intuitively understandable story.

By turning ideas you had noted down in text or bullet points into a concrete story with illustrations, you can convey important messages more deeply and impressively.

This Storybook feature can be easily used in the free Gemini app. Please try turning your ideas into a one-of-a-kind picture book.

Why not express complex information that cannot be conveyed by words alone, or feelings that cannot be expressed in a single picture, with your own original story?