Google Gemini Can Now Create Bedtime Stories Using AI Through Gemini Storybook

Google has rolled out a new tool in its AI chatbot Gemini that lets you create an illustrated story just by describing it. The feature, called 'Storybook,' generates 10-page stories, each with a short paragraph of text that Gemini can read aloud and an illustration.

You can customize your story by asking Gemini to use specific art styles, such as claymation, anime, comic book, etc. Google also lets you upload photos and other images for Gemini to reference, such as uploading a child's drawing and asking Gemini to create a story around it.

Wanting to test these features myself, I first asked Gemini to create a story about a catfish struggling to make friends in a new aquarium. As I flipped through the 'pages,' I found the plot it generated, about the tank's inhabitants trying to move a marble, to be pretty boring. But other than that, everything seemed pretty standard for an AI-generated children's story—until I came across an illustration that added a human arm to a fish.

Another Gemini-generated story had a page about spaghetti sauce that looked like a cartoon crime scene, while an AI image of a mother and son watching TV showed the screen on the wrong side. Someone else even noticed an AI-generated oddity in Google's own video about the feature, which shows a woman building a spaceship and making "tap, tap, tap" noises while holding a wrench and some other slightly incomprehensible tools.

Aside from spotting some inconsistencies in the character designs, there weren't any other obvious AI oddities in some of the other stories Gemini created. However, the chatbot didn't seem to share your artistic vision when you uploaded a picture of a cartoon cat you drew yourself.

The Gemini Storybook feature is now available globally, including desktop and mobile, in all languages that Gemini currently supports.

David Pac

Update 06 August 2025