A Trip Around the Planets
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Stories that grow with your child
Every bedtime story is a chapter in their story.
Read together, in your own voice, and turn each day's moments into stories that help your child grow.
How it works
A story for every step of growing up
Chapter 1
Read together
Classic tales and gentle originals in English and Chinese, chosen by age, free for every family.
Browse stories →Chapter 2
In your own voice
Record yourself reading, or let a family voice read for you. Your child hears the people they love.
Your Voice →Chapter 3
Notice the moments
Jot down firsts, feelings and new interests. See patterns, progress and gentle ideas from experts and books.
Growth Assistant →Chapter 4
Stories made for them
Turn today's moment into tonight's story, written and checked with care, so it helps them grow.
AI Story Maker →
Read together
Public Stories by age
Rhymes, tiny tales and gentle stories
English stories11
Chinese stories 中文故事10
Story worlds
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Made for your child
Made by AI
Stories made with AI for your own child, from the moments of their day, private to your family. Sign up or log in to see yours.
Tonight
Tonight's picks
Growth Assistant
Children grow one small moment at a time.
Note a first, a worry or a new love in a sentence. Anana Kidstory remembers, shows you how they're changing, and writes the next story to meet them right where they are.
See how it works- SeptScared of the dark at bedtime
- OctNervous before her first dance show
- OctTonight's story: The Bravest Little Dancer
- NovDanced in front of everyone, and asked to go again
Your Voice
Your voice, even on the nights you're away
Record a few minutes once, and any story can be read in a parent's or grandparent's voice.
Learn more →The story speaker
A little speaker, no glowing screen
Your child asks for a story by voice, and its picture appears on a soft colour ink screen.
Preorder →Where our stories come from
Story sources
These Public Stories are original texts in the public domain, shown exactly as published. You can read them aloud, record them in your own voice, or have them read by an AI voice. Each link goes to the original, so you can check where the story comes from and its copyright status.
🇬🇧 Johnny-CakeAges 0–3 · Fairy Tales
See the original ↗Original: "Johnny-Cake" (the American Gingerbread Man tale), in Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales (1890) · Public domain
🇬🇧 The Elves and the ShoemakerAges 0–3 · Sharing & Kindness
See the original ↗Original: "The Elves" (first story), Grimms' Household Tales, tr. Margaret Hunt (1884) · Public domain
🇬🇧 The Story of the Three BearsAges 0–3 · Fairy Tales
See the original ↗Original: "The Story of the Three Bears" (Robert Southey's tale), in Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales (1890) · Public domain