Kids Chapters

The problem

Reading motivation among children is falling, and many children rarely see anyone resembling themselves in the books they are handed.

The solution

Kids Chapters produces personalised illustrated picture books built around an individual child, so the reader is visibly the protagonist. The route to market is direct to parents, with schools and libraries as a second channel.

What is distinctive

Personalisation used as a reading-motivation instrument rather than as a novelty gift – the jury that ranked it singled out how immediately applicable it is.

Evidence

• Netherlands-based; books produced sustainably in the Netherlands, priced from €39.99.
• Second place at Renew the Book 2026 (€5,000), after a seven-entry longlist and a three-entry shortlist.
• Founding year, team and volumes are not published; the entry should be confirmed with the organisation before use.

Compiled from public sources, August 2026. Not yet reviewed by the organisation.