ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD MEMORY BOOK
That thing they say, that song they sing, that face you pull, that dance you do together.
The Book of You ensures you remember it all.
- Designed with every kind of family in mind
- Created in the UK with love
- Fill-in-together childhood journal
- Perfect baby shower or newborn gift


This fill-in-together memory book is designed to help you capture, celebrate and bond over the glorious mess, thrills and spills of growing up. Spanning years 1-16, there's space for both kids and grown-ups to add their own personal memories, drawings, photos and mementoes. It's a unique chance to see family life through each other's eyes, while creating a memory book you can both treasure forever.
When it feels like childhood is whizzing by, this childhood journal is a chance to slow down, smell the roses (as well as other less delicious odours) and make all those unforgettable memories, unforgettable.
The Perfect Gift: A Childhood Journal
Struggling to find the perfect baby shower gift? Give the gift of a baby memory book to be filled with memorable family experiences, childhood milestones - from first smiles all the way to their first day at secondary school. Grandparents, new parents, friends and family, give the gift of memory and help lock in those core moments forever.
Questions?
Please find below some of our frequently asked questions. If you can't find the answer you are looking for, please send us an email to hello@colourchronicles.com or use our contact form and we will be happy to help.
FAQs
The Book of You: A record of childhood is filled out once a year from age one to sixteen, with the inclusion of questions for the child from age three. It’s a record of childhood, every year, you’ll be prompted to answer 'Who I am to you' so it doesn't have to be the same person filling it out each year, making it inclusive for all families.
Yes, our books have a dedication page at the beginning to write a personal message. Our keepsake books make the perfect newborn or baby shower gift. It’s the perfect journal for kids as they grow up, allowing them to write and reflect on all the core moments of childhood.
Yes, the only prompt for the grown-up is ‘Who I am to you', our books are designed for all kinds of families, from single parents to same sex parents. The Book of You: A record of childhood, along with all our other memory books, are completely inclusive. So, whether its a new dad or two new dads, this memory keepsake is designed for all families.
Yes, all our books have the iconic ‘Make your mark' internal pages, which include a free space for hand and foot prints, drawings, photos, or any type of memento.
Each year, you’ll find a new prompt for the grown-up to write about the child, ‘The things you do that make me laugh', along with ‘Your best quotes'. It’s a memory book to write in, draw in and reflect in, providing all the space you need to jot down everything you don't want to forget.
There are age-appropriate questions to ask from the age of three, ‘What makes you happy?' along with ‘What's the naughtiest thing you've done this year?' which evolves into the most embarrassing thing when they get older. In the early years, the childhood journal presents a wonderful bonding activity between adult and child. The questions mature as the years pass, finally ending at the 16th year with a note to their future self, along with hopes and predictions for the future.
With yearly entries right up to age 16, you would still get 13 years of memories to fill in, so it’s not too late at all. You can always backfill the years you have missed with any photos and moments you remember.