Kids Books

These little books do a lot for what they cost. They print full color on both sides, fold and staple into a real book, and come in sizes a child can hold or a teacher can fill with activities. Want to see how a kids book sits next to the rest of the range? Browse every bound option on books printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

The price rewards a bigger run. A set of 25 starts at $240.55, and the per-book cost keeps sliding as the count climbs toward 5,000, so a full classroom set or a print run to sell costs far less per book than a short test batch. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit.

What Is a Kids Book?

A kids book at 4OVER4 is a custom saddle-stitched booklet printed full color for children's stories, activity pages, coloring books, and classroom readers. It prints in 3 sizes, from 5.5" x 8.5" up to a square 11" x 11", on 7 inside-page stocks with a heavier cover, in page counts that start at 8 pages and build up across 14 options. You supply the file, pick the specs, and the price updates as you build. If you want the plain grown-up version of the same bound booklet, the Standard Booklets run on the same press and binding without the kid-first framing.

What Size and Page Count Should a Kids Book Be?

The right size comes down to how the book gets used. A 5.5" x 8.5" is the classic story-time shape, small enough for a child to hold and quick to print. An 8.5" x 11" gives full-page illustrations and activity room, and the square 11" x 11" reads like a premium picture book on the page. If none of the three fits, you can order a custom size up to 11" x 11". Page count is just as open: start at 8 pages, a cover plus 4 inside pages, then build through 12, 16, and beyond across 14 options, so a short board-style story and a longer activity book both fit. All 3 sizes, the stock list, ink and binding are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them. For a heavier bound book that lies flatter, the Perfect Bound Book is the step up, and the Spiral Coil Book opens fully flat for workbooks.

Here are a few easy ways to make a kids book feel like the real thing.

Pick a stock that fits the reader

A 100# Gloss Text makes a picture book's colors pop, a 100# Silk/Matte Text keeps a softer, glare-free read for longer stories, and a 70# Uncoated Text feels like a workbook a crayon can grab. The cover wraps in a heavier 14pt Gloss Cover or 80# Gloss Cover so it survives small hands, and a 14pt Uncoated Cover made with 30% recycled content is there when you want a greener build.

Choose full color or black ink

Print full color on both sides when the art carries the story, or black ink on both sides for a coloring book, an early reader, or an activity pack where the child adds the color. The ink choice moves the price, so a black-and-white workbook can run cheaper than a full-color picture book of the same size and page count.

Proof it before the full run

You do not have to print blind. Order a free online proof to check your file on screen, or a next-day hardcopy proof to hold a physical sample before the whole run prints. If your artwork is already print-ready, send it straight to production and skip the wait.

Building the file from scratch? Download a press-ready blank instead. The blank booklet template is set up at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your illustrations never crowd the cut or the spine. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your pages in, and upload.

How Much Does a Kids Book Cost?

Kids books start at $240.55 per set of 25, and the per-book price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 5,000, so a cheaper book really comes down to how big a run you order. A set of 300 runs $495.38, 1,000 come to $618.39, and 5,000 work out to $1,195.04, about 24 cents a book. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-book cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

How Do Kids Books Compare to the Rest of the Range?

Kids books are the light, low-cost way into a bound book, but they are not your only move. If you are weighing a thicker perfect-bound spine or a lay-flat spiral, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines up kids books against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

See How a Finished Kids Book Lands

Words only go so far. Want to see how stock, color, and binding come together on a real book? The gallery below collects booklet work printed in-house, across different sizes, stocks, and finishes, so you can borrow ideas and see how a choice actually reads once it is folded and stapled. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Kids Books?

Kids books print on a 7 business day standard turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can rush that one step at a time, to 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2 business days, all the way down to next day. Each step buys back time for a set amount on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. There is no same-day option on a book, since folding, stitching, and binding take a real press run, but next-day covers most last-minute birthdays and class dates.

See the Rest of Our Books

Kids books are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a thicker perfect-bound book, a lay-flat spiral, or the plain Standard Booklets would serve you better, the rest of the family is one tap away. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Kids Books Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock, ink or page count you pick, these kids books are built to be held, read and kept. Need them before a birthday, a class or an event? Rush production takes you down to next day. Print your kids books today.