Turn a children’s bookinto an animated video
Paste the text of a picture book, your own, a class reader or a public domain fairy tale, and upload the drawings of its characters. oVideo splits the book into scenes, keeps the characters looking like your illustrations, narrates every page and animates it into one video.
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Nila the Rabbit's Journey Home Through the Forest
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Lightning Quick: The First Adventure of Zippy, Bolt, and Lila in Toon City
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The Knock That Changed Clara’s Winter Night
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At a glance
AI children’s book to video: the facts
- Input
- The book text, up to 3,000 characters per video (about 500 words, a short picture book); longer books go in parts
- Length
- 15, 30, 45 or 60 seconds, or 3 or 5 minutes
- Format
- Vertical 9:16 for Shorts, TikTok and Reels, or 16:9 for YouTube
- Looks for picture books
- Watercolor and Illustration for a storybook feel; 3D Cartoon, Pixar or Claymation for an animated film
- Voices
- A narrator, characters who speak, or both, in English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Arabic or Russian
- Characters
- Upload a picture of each character from the book and oVideo keeps that look in every scene
- Editing
- Redo any scene, animate it again or drop in your own clip before the final video
- Price
- Look at the storyboard first. Making every scene and the final video needs the Creator plan, from $40 a month ($30 billed yearly); the cost shows before you create
Why turn a book into a video
The same book, now it moves
A picture book read aloud on screen keeps children watching, helps a class follow along and gives an author a trailer for the book. It only works if the characters still look like the ones in the book, so oVideo takes them from your illustrations and keeps them the same in every scene.
You bring
- The text of the book
- The characters’ pictures
- The style and the narrator’s voice
- Length: 15 sec to 5 min
oVideo makes
- The book split into scenes
- Characters like your drawings
- Narration and gentle music
- One finished animated video
How it works
From idea to video in three steps
- 01
Write the idea
Type one line, paste your script or paste the full prompt ChatGPT wrote for you. Pick the style, the language, the length and who speaks.
- 02
Check the storyboard
oVideo writes the scenes, designs the characters and draws each scene. Change any scene, regenerate an image or give each character a voice.
- 03
Create the video
Every scene is animated and voiced, music goes underneath, and you get one finished video to post or edit further.
Better results
Getting a book ready for video
- Use your own book, a public domain tale, or a book you have permission to adapt.
- Paste the text as it is; up to about 500 words fit in one video, so split a longer book into parts.
- Upload a clear picture of each main character, one character per picture.
- Watercolor and Illustration look closest to a printed picture book.
- Pick a calm narrator voice for bedtime books and a lively one for funny books.
Ideas
Books people bring to life
- A self published picture book. An author turns the book into a short animated trailer for Amazon and social media.
- The family bedtime book. A parent turns the story they read every night into a video with the same drawings.
- A class reader. A teacher animates the week’s story so the whole class can watch it together.
- A classic fairy tale. The Ugly Duckling or The Tortoise and the Hare, public domain, retold in Pixar style.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
- How do I turn a children’s book into a video with AI?
- Paste the book text, upload a picture of each main character, pick a style such as Watercolor and a narrator, and oVideo builds a storyboard scene by scene. After you check it, every scene is animated and narrated into one video.
- Will the characters look like the ones in my book?
- Upload a picture of each character and oVideo uses it as the reference in every scene, so they keep the look of your illustrations.
- How long a book can I use?
- Up to 3,000 characters of text per video, about 500 words, which fits most short picture books. Split a longer book into parts.
- Does the text appear on screen like a read along?
- The book is narrated over the animated scenes; the video is not a page by page text display.
- Can I use any book?
- Use your own book, a public domain story, or a book whose author or publisher gave you permission.
- Which style looks like a picture book?
- Watercolor and Illustration look closest to a printed picture book; 3D Cartoon, Pixar and Claymation turn it into an animated film.
- Which languages can it narrate in?
- English, Turkish, Spanish, German, French, Arabic and Russian, so one book can be read in several languages.
- Can I see it before I pay?
- Yes. You see the storyboard with the characters and the first scenes before paying. Making every scene and the final video needs the Creator plan, from $40 a month ($30 billed yearly).
Your photos, your story
- Photos used only for your videoA photo of you or your child is used to draw the characters of your story and is kept in your account.
- Private until you share itThe finished video waits in your gallery; nothing is posted for you unless you choose to publish it.
- Deleted when you askEmail support@ovideo.io and your photos, stories and videos are deleted within 30 days.
- Your story, your rightsUse your own stories or ones you may use, and photos of your own children or with their parent’s permission.
Details in the privacy policy.
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Bring your book to life
Paste the text, add the characters and get the book back as an animated video.