How it works

From your voice to tonight's story.

Record once and tell us about your child. Then every night, a brand new story made just for them, read in your voice, is ready in about 4 minutes.

Create Your First Story Free See It Step by Step

One free story in your own voice. No card needed.

1Record your voiceAbout 30 seconds, just once 2Make it all about themAbout 2 minutes, just once 3Create their storyAbout 4 minutes, every night

Lights down, story onEvery night, in your voice

One story, from hello to goodnight

Set up once, in a few minutes. After that, every night is a brand new story.

Step 1 · about 30 seconds, just once

Record your voice

Read a short story aloud on your phone, for about 30 seconds. We make a private copy of your voice that only your family's stories can use.

Read at your normal bedtime pace. Small stumbles are fine.

Your permission comes first, and you can delete your voice at any time.

Only grown-ups can record. Children only ever listen.

Can't be there at bedtime?Send Grandma a link by email. She records on her own phone in about 3 minutes, reading for about 30 seconds, with no app and no account.For family and friends →

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Your voiceRecording

Read this aloud

Once upon a time, at the bottom of a quiet garden, there lived a hedgehog who collected moonbeams in a jam jar. "Goodnight, little star," he whispered.

0:12 of about 0:30Lovely and clear

Stop Recording

Step 2 · about 2 minutes, just once

Make it all about them

Their name, favourite colour, imaginary friend, the dog, family, best friends, hobbies they love and more. Tell us once, and every story remembers.

Only your family can see it, and you can change it any time.

We draw them once and keep them looking the same on every page. Their first drawing is free.

The words suit their reading age, from 2 right up to 12.

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About Grace4 to 5 · read by Mum

Their nameGrace

Favourite colours

Who comes along

Pickle the tortoiseCaptain SparkleGrandma

Things Grace loves

BoatsStrawberriesLighthousesSilly jokes

Save

Step 3 · about 4 minutes, every night

Create their story

We write it, draw the pictures and read it in your voice, ready while the popcorn pops.

Pick tonight's world, or let us choose.

Six ways to draw it, from watercolour to clay.

Make it a series: five nights, each ending on a cliffhanger.

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Making Grace's storyReady in about 4 minutes. You can leave this screen.

Writing the storyDone

Drawing the picturesNow

Reading it in Mum's voice

Grace and the Lighthouse StrawberriesPicture story · read by Mum

Bedtime · every night

Lights down, story on

Night mode dims the screen to big, gentle controls. The words light up as your voice reads them, and the sleep timer lets the story fade away.

Night mode comes on by itself at 7pm, and you can switch it any time.

Play it again tomorrow, or download it as a picture book to print.

Works on any phone, tablet or computer, with no app to install.

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ClosePage 3 of 6

Grace tiptoed to the window. Far below, the lighthouse blinked hello, once, twice, three times. Pickle gave a sleepy yawn.

2:146:30

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1xSleep 20 minDim

Every night, somewhere new

Forty worlds to start from, six ways to draw them, and a brand new story every time.

Sweet factory

Talking pet

Dinosaur dig

Jungle

Robot friend

Snowy mountain

Train journey

Fairy wood

City at night

Bakery

Seaside

Lost balloon

Moon picnic

Garden giants

Cloud castle

Toy parade

Lighthouse

Volcano

Sleepy train

Shadow puppets

Space voyage

Under the sea

Castle

Pirates

Farm

Magic garden

Everyday hero

Desert caravan

Circus

Library

Treehouse

Rainy day

Kitchen kingdom

River race

Secret door

Night market

Hot air balloon

Bedtime zoo

Star fishing

Surprise me

Drawn your wayChoose a finish, or let it follow your child's age.

Watercolour

Clay

Paper Collage

Block Print

Comic Book

Flat Colour

Questions about how it works

About 30 seconds to record your voice and a couple of minutes to tell us about your child, just once. After that, each new story is ready in about 4 minutes.