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Memory Book

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★★★★★ Rated 4.9 Excellent 2,847 Reviews

The First & Last Day Book You'll Hand Them At Graduation

First & Last Day, Side By Side
Prompts Capture Every Detail
A Keepsake Pocket Every Grade
Preschool Through College
5 Minutes, Twice A Year
Sturdy Keepsake Box Included
93% Sold
Ashley R.
★★★★★
“I'm already crying and my daughter isn't even in school yet. This is the one thing I'd pay double for.

Ashley R.  ·  Verified Buyer
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The First & Last Days memory book is one place for their entire school journey, preschool through 12th grade, with a page for college too. Every grade gets a first day page and a last day page, side by side, so you can watch them grow year after year in one book.

The pages do the work for you. Slide in the photo, fill in the short prompts together, and drop the year's keepsakes into that grade's pocket folder. No scrapbooking skills, no glue, no craft table. Five minutes on the first day, five on the last.

It arrives in a sturdy keepsake storage box that looks beautiful on a shelf, with a personalizable spine so every kid gets their own. Start it now and hand it to them at graduation.

A full section for every grade, and a pocket for everything you can't bring yourself to throw away.

First & Last Day Pages Side-by-side photo pages for every grade, preschool through 12th, plus college. Their name, their height, and the year at a glance.
Fill-In Prompts Short questions you answer together: their teacher, best friends, favorite things, and what they want to be when they grow up. The answers change every year. That's the magic.
Pocket Folders One per grade, big enough for full 8.5x11 papers and the 8x10 class photo. Artwork, awards, report cards, the note they wrote you. No more bins.
Extra Photo Pages Additional pages for the moments between: field trips, sports teams, Halloween costumes, school friends and more.
Keepsake Storage Box A sturdy 14.5 x 10 inch box that protects the book for years to come, with a spine you can personalize for each of your kids.

Everything shown in the product images above is included.

They are the same memory book with the same pages, prompts, pockets and features. The difference is the design.

Primary Stripes has a bold, colorful striped cover and comes with the matching blue keepsake box.

Pastel Dots has a white cover with soft multicolored dots and comes with the matching pink keepsake box.

Choose whichever style you love most. Everything inside works the same.

  • One book holds their entire school journey, preschool through college
  • First and last day pages side by side, so the transformation is visible every year
  • Prompts capture the details you would otherwise forget
  • A pocket folder for every grade helps organize artwork, photos and school papers
  • Five minutes twice a year, no scrapbooking skills needed
  • Sturdy keepsake box with a personalizable spine for each child
  • A keepsake you can build year after year and eventually hand to them at graduation

Twice a year, five minutes each time. On the first day of school, snap the photo, slide it in, and fill in the prompts together at the kitchen table. On the last day, do the same on the facing page and compare how much they changed.

Through the year, anything worth keeping goes straight into that grade's pocket folder: report cards, awards, drawings, class photos and special notes.

Starting mid-year or catching up from earlier grades? Use old photos from your camera roll and fill in what you remember. You can catch up whenever you're ready.

Yes. Every order is backed by our 120-day money-back guarantee.

That gives you four months to hold it, flip through the pages and start filling it with memories. If you're not happy with your purchase, contact us within 120 days and we'll help with your return.

★★★★★

Real Moms. Real Memories

See what parents are saying about the book they'll keep for 18 years

Mom filling in the first day of school page with her daughter
5.0 ★★★★★

My daughter starts pre-K next month and I already filled in her name on the first page and cried. My husband thinks I'm crazy. He's right, but I don't care. This book is going to be with us for the next 18 years.

AR
ASHLEY R.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
First and last day pages side by side in the memory book
5.0 ★★★★★

My son is in 3rd grade so I thought I missed the boat. Went through my camera roll, found every first day photo, and caught up the whole book in one Sunday afternoon. Seeing pre-K him next to 3rd grade him made me tear up.

MG
MELISSA G.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
Keepsake pocket folder holding artwork and the class photo
4.9 ★★★★★

On the last day of kindergarten we filled in his page and he could not believe how little his first day photo looked. He said "mom I was a baby." One school year. The side by side thing gets you, I'm warning you now.

JT
JENNA T.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
5.0 ★★★★★

Bought one for each of my three kids and personalized the spines. They look so good lined up on the shelf together. The grandparents keep flipping through them every time they visit.

KD
KATIE D.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
4.9 ★★★★★

I had two garbage bags of artwork I couldn't throw away and couldn't deal with. Now the best stuff goes in the grade pockets and the guilt pile is gone. The report cards and class photo fit right in too.

SB
SARA B.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER
5.0 ★★★★★

I teach kindergarten and I tell every parent at orientation about this book. The first day of school feels like it lasts forever. It doesn't. Write it down while it's happening, you will never regret it.

EW
EMILY W.
✔ VERIFIED CUSTOMER

One Book. Every Grade.
Every Little Detail, Kept.

Built around one simple idea: their first day and last day, side by side, every year from preschool to graduation. Here is what verified customers told us after their first school year with it.

Wish They Started Sooner

0%

Say their only regret is not starting the book in their child's very first year

Happy Tears

0%

Admit they teared up seeing the first day and last day photos side by side

Details Saved

0%

Say the prompts captured details they would have completely forgotten by June

Would Recommend

0%

Would recommend it to another parent, and many order one for every kid in the house

How It Works Through
The School Year

How It Works
Through The
School Year

Day 1

The keepsake box arrives before the school year starts. You write their name on the spine, flip through the pages, and suddenly the big morning feels a little less scary and a lot more exciting. Fair warning: the happy tears start here.

Backpack on, photo snapped, and five minutes at the kitchen table filling in the prompts together. Their teacher, their best friend, their favorite things, what they want to be when they grow up. Saved before the bus even comes back.

First Day
All Fall

The backpack starts coming home full. The drawing that is too good to toss, the award, the Halloween costume photo. Instead of piling up on the counter, it all goes straight into the year's pocket folder. Ten seconds, no sorting, no guilt pile.

Class photo day and report cards. The 8x10 fits in the pocket without folding, and the wallet-size photos of their little friends finally have a home. Midway through the year, the book is already something you catch yourself flipping through.

Midyear
Last Day

The last day photo goes on the facing page, and there it is: September them next to June them, side by side. One school year. Even the kids stop and stare at how much they changed. This is the moment the book was built for.

Summer comes, the book goes back in its keepsake box on the shelf, and next year the whole ritual repeats on a fresh set of pages. Year after year, the book fills up, until one day you hand it to them and they see their whole childhood in one place.

Next Year
Customer Reviews
4.9
★★★★★
Based on 2,847 reviews
★★★★★
crying and she doesn't even start school until september
i wrote her name on the first page and completely lost it. my husband walked in and asked what was wrong and i just pointed at the book. he read the first page and went quiet too. we're both so annoying now. buy the book
Ashley R. · Verified Purchase
★★★★★
thought i missed my chance. caught up in one sunday
my kids are in 2nd and 4th grade and i almost didn't buy it because i felt like it was too late. went through my camera roll, printed the old first day photos at walgreens, and filled in what i remembered. took one afternoon. seeing four years side by side had me in pieces. don't wait like i did
Melissa G. · Verified Purchase
★★★★★
i would genuinely pay double for this
the book itself is sturdier than i expected, the pockets fit his actual artwork and the 8x10 class photo without folding anything, and the box looks beautiful on the shelf. but honestly you're not paying for the book, you're paying for what it's going to be in 18 years. can't put a price on that
Danielle T. · Verified Purchase
★★★★★
bought it as a baby shower gift. stole the show
everyone brings onesies and diapers. i brought this and the whole room passed it around while the mom-to-be teared up reading the prompts. it's now my default gift for every shower and kindergarten send-off. warning: buy one for yourself at the same time or you'll regret it
Karen W. · Verified Purchase
★★★★★
three kids, three books, three names on the spines
they're lined up on the bookshelf in the living room and it might be my favorite thing in the house. each kid knows which one is theirs and they ask to look at them all the time. my middle one already said she's taking hers to college. that's the whole point i guess
Katie D. · Verified Purchase
★★★★★
kindergarten teacher here. this is the one i recommend
parents ask me every year how to save all the school stuff and i always say the same thing: you don't need a craft project, you need a system. this is a system. photo, prompts, pocket, done. the parents who start it in august thank me in june every single time
Emily W. · Verified Purchase

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Questions Parents Ask
Before They Order

My kid is already in 2nd or 3rd grade. Is it too late? +
Genuinely no, and this is the question we get most. Your first day photos are already in your camera roll. Print them, slide them in, and fill in what you remember, and most parents catch up the whole book in one afternoon. The only real mistake is waiting longer, because every year you wait is another year you're rebuilding from memory instead of writing it down while it's fresh.
What grades does it cover? +
Every grade from preschool through 12th, each with its own first day and last day pages, plus a page for their college year. One book holds the entire journey, so their pre-K photo and their graduation photo live a few pages apart. That is the part that gets everyone.
I'm not crafty. Is this a scrapbooking project? +
No, and that is the whole point. There is no gluing, no cutting, no designing pages. The pages are already designed with fill-in prompts, you just add the photo and write the answers. Five minutes on the first day of school, five on the last. If you can fill out a form, you can build this heirloom.
What fits in the pocket folders? +
Each grade has its own pocket big enough for full 8.5x11 papers, so artwork, awards, report cards, and certificates go in without folding. The 8x10 class photo fits too. It is the end of the artwork bins and the "I'll deal with this pile later" drawer.
Can I personalize it? +
Yes. The book has a spot for your child's name, and the keepsake box spine can be personalized too, so if you have more than one kid, each book is clearly theirs on the shelf. Kids love seeing their own name on it, and it settles any sibling disputes before they start.
Will it actually hold up for 18 years? +
It is built for exactly that job. The book is a sturdy binder-style keepsake, and it arrives in a rigid storage box that protects it on the shelf between school years. It is designed to be handled twice a year and flipped through a hundred times in between, then handed over at graduation in one piece.
Is it a good gift? +
It might be the best baby shower and kindergarten send-off gift there is, because nobody else brings it and nobody forgets it. It arrives in its own beautiful keepsake box, so there is barely anything to wrap. Fair warning from our reviews: people who buy it as a gift almost always end up ordering one for their own kids in the same week.
When will it arrive? +
Orders typically ship within 24 to 48 hours of being placed. Most customers receive their order within 5 to 7 business days. You will receive a tracking link by email as soon as your order ships so you can follow it the whole way. Ordering before the school year starts? Give yourself a comfortable week so it is on the counter for the big morning.
What is your return policy? +
Every order is backed by our 120-day money-back guarantee. That is four months to hold it, flip through every grade, and start their first pages. If it is not everything you hoped, contact us and we will make it right. No questions asked.