“Some stories happen only once. Yours.”

We make guided fill-in books that hold on to what slips away most easily: a grandparent's memories, your parents' stories, a child's first school year. We ask the questions — your family writes the answers.

DISCOVER OUR BOOKS

Three series, one idea: family memory

We design and typeset every book ourselves — from the first question to the gold frame on the cover. Published in English, German and Polish.

Grandma,
tell me
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Grandpa,
tell me
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Tell Me About Your Life

Memory books with over 100 questions about a whole life — from childhood through great love to hard-earned wisdom. With a family tree, family recipes and room for photos.

Mom,
tell me
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Dad,
tell me
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Parents have their stories too

Burgundy for Mom, deep navy for Dad — the newest volumes of the series, in the same elegant design. A gift for birthdays, holidays, Mother's Day and Father's Day that comes back to the family filled in forever.

My First
School Year
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My First
School Year
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My First School Year

A first-grader's keepsake album to fill in and paste photos into — with a class schedule, a lost-tooth list, an autograph page and a spread for grandparents. Editions for girls and boys, photo frames sized for 4 × 6 prints.

About the publisher

Herzfaden — German for “heart-thread”.

Herzfaden Verlag is a small family publishing house that does one thing and does it with care: books you fill in by hand. We believe the most precious stories aren't in bookstores — they live in the memory of the people we love, and they vanish if nobody asks.

So our books ask. Specific, warm, sometimes playful questions — the kind that get Grandma talking about her first dance, Mom about her first day of school, and a first-grader gluing in the ticket from her first field trip.

Eighteen titles. Three languages. One thread.

Stay in touch

New titles and bonus printable pages — no spam, a few times a year.

Write to us: kontakt@herzfadenverlag.de