Turn Big Feelings intoBedtime Stories
Bedtime Stories
Personalized audio stories that help children navigate emotions, spark imagination, and make winding-down time magical.
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Stories for Every Moment
Whatever your child is going through, there's a story to help them understand and grow.
Scared of the Dark
A story where your child befriends the night and discovers its magic
New Sibling Arriving
Prepare them for the big change with tales of love and sharing
First Day of School
Build confidence with a friendship adventure full of excitement
Trouble Sharing
Model generosity through an enchanting tale of giving and joy
Visiting the Dentist
Transform fear into curiosity with a brave hero just like them
Moving to New Home
Turn anxiety into excitement for the adventure ahead
+ hundreds more situations tailored to your child's unique experiences

The Quiet Between Notifications
This story helps adolescents and parents understand the psychological cost of constant connectivity and the value of intentional presence. It models self-regulation and demonstrates that while disconnecting has consequences, the emotional resilience and deepened relationships gained are worth the trade-off.

When the Clouds Remembered
This story helps teenagers navigate the fear of judgment and social anxiety by showing that true courage is acting despite uncertainty. It teaches the value of patience and 'asking without demanding,' encouraging a mindset of resilience and presence rather than control.

Echoes in Glass Cases
This story helps children understand that asking for help and staying connected to family are signs of strength, not weakness. It provides a gentle framework for processing grief and change, showing that even when loved ones change, the bond remains. Readers will learn the value of empathy and courage when facing the unknown.

Four Friends and One Big Mess
This story helps your child understand the value of collaboration and recognizing that everyone has different strengths to contribute. It teaches social-emotional skills like resolving conflict, appreciating diversity in peers, and finding confidence in their own unique abilities.

Saltwater Margins
This story helps adolescents explore the complexities of identity and social roles, showing that belonging is an active choice rather than a passive trait. It demonstrates the value of restorative justice over punishment, encouraging teens to look beyond stereotypes and understand the hidden struggles of others. Additionally, it models how literacy and shared narratives can build empathy and bridge community divides.

The Mystery of the Silent Sky
This story helps children develop emotional intelligence by teaching them to recognize feelings of loneliness and fear in others. It encourages social skills like fairness and negotiation, showing how sharing solutions can solve problems better than taking things. Your child will also learn that they can be brave and take action to make the world right again.

The Waiting Bench
This story helps your child understand the abstract concept of empathy by visualizing it as magic that brightens the world. It encourages social courage, showing children that listening to their "brave feelings" and including others can turn a lonely situation into a happy one. Your child will learn that simple acts of kindness, like saying hello, are powerful tools for building friendship and community.

Notes from the Morning Wind
This story helps children understand that small acts of kindness can create powerful community connections and emotional support for others. It encourages empathy by showing how sharing can comfort those facing hidden struggles, like loneliness or anxiety.

The Great Interspecies Firewall
This story helps children understand the difference between raw information and emotional connection, fostering emotional intelligence. It also encourages critical thinking about technology and responsible decision-making by showing that technical ability must be balanced with empathy.

The Dilemma of the Double-Crossed Map
This story helps your child develop **social flexibility** by showing that there can be more than one "right" answer to a problem. It encourages **cooperation and sharing** by demonstrating how combining different things (music and costumes) creates a better outcome than keeping them separate.

Tall Tower Teamwork
This story helps your child develop social skills by modeling positive turn-taking and cooperative play. It also teaches emotional resilience by showing that making a mess can be funny rather than upsetting, encouraging children to try again when things go wrong.

What Makes a Real Hero?
This story helps your child reframe mundane tasks or chores as valuable learning opportunities that build competence. By showing how Lucas saves the day through preparation and knowledge rather than just super-strength, it teaches children that paying attention and being responsible are heroic traits they can practice in their own lives.

Mandy's Underwater Dance
This story helps your child understand that being different can be a strength, encouraging self-acceptance and confidence. It teaches resilience by showing how a perceived limitation can be turned into a unique talent. The rhythmic repetition and sound words also support early language development and listening skills.

Inkfeather’s Flight
This story validates your child's imagination and creativity, framing these traits as strengths rather than distractions. It helps children navigate feelings of self-doubt ('not being enough') by showing that owning one's unique perspective is a superpower. Through Lydia's journey, young readers learn that their voice has the power to define their own reality and protect what they love.

The Sneeze That Sparkled
This story helps your child understand that making mistakes is a natural part of learning and can be fixed with calmness and courage. It also reinforces the value of resilience and finding creative ways to solve problems, even when a task feels difficult at first.

The Dreaming Stone
This story teaches your child the importance of cultural respect and humility, showing that true understanding comes from listening rather than assuming. It encourages curiosity about the natural world and helps children recognize that their actions have consequences within the larger web of life.

Coral Wishes and the Grammar of Whalesong
This story helps children understand that their voice matters and that making mistakes is a natural part of growth. It teaches that true strength comes from vulnerability and honesty, encouraging children to express their needs rather than hiding them. By showing a villain who acts out of fear, it also builds empathy and demonstrates that people can change when they confront their own insecurities.

The Blue Jar of Wishes
This story helps your child develop empathy by showing how recognizing and meeting the needs of others brings shared happiness. The repetitive structure and concrete actions reinforce the concept that even small hands can make a big difference in the world. It also models positive social-emotional behavior through gentle interactions and a comforting routine.

The Sunflower Who Knew Too Much
This story helps children distinguish between merely hearing words and active listening, a critical social skill for deepening friendships. By watching the protagonist recognize her own unintentional selfishness, your child will learn the value of 'holding space' for others' emotions without feeling the need to immediately fix their problems.

Pocketwatch Thunder
This story helps children understand that patience and careful listening are powerful tools for solving difficult problems. It also fosters emotional security by connecting personal identity to family history, showing that even distant relatives are part of a supportive legacy.

The Quiet Between Notifications
This story helps adolescents and parents understand the psychological cost of constant connectivity and the value of intentional presence. It models self-regulation and demonstrates that while disconnecting has consequences, the emotional resilience and deepened relationships gained are worth the trade-off.

When the Clouds Remembered
This story helps teenagers navigate the fear of judgment and social anxiety by showing that true courage is acting despite uncertainty. It teaches the value of patience and 'asking without demanding,' encouraging a mindset of resilience and presence rather than control.

Echoes in Glass Cases
This story helps children understand that asking for help and staying connected to family are signs of strength, not weakness. It provides a gentle framework for processing grief and change, showing that even when loved ones change, the bond remains. Readers will learn the value of empathy and courage when facing the unknown.

Four Friends and One Big Mess
This story helps your child understand the value of collaboration and recognizing that everyone has different strengths to contribute. It teaches social-emotional skills like resolving conflict, appreciating diversity in peers, and finding confidence in their own unique abilities.

Saltwater Margins
This story helps adolescents explore the complexities of identity and social roles, showing that belonging is an active choice rather than a passive trait. It demonstrates the value of restorative justice over punishment, encouraging teens to look beyond stereotypes and understand the hidden struggles of others. Additionally, it models how literacy and shared narratives can build empathy and bridge community divides.

The Mystery of the Silent Sky
This story helps children develop emotional intelligence by teaching them to recognize feelings of loneliness and fear in others. It encourages social skills like fairness and negotiation, showing how sharing solutions can solve problems better than taking things. Your child will also learn that they can be brave and take action to make the world right again.

The Waiting Bench
This story helps your child understand the abstract concept of empathy by visualizing it as magic that brightens the world. It encourages social courage, showing children that listening to their "brave feelings" and including others can turn a lonely situation into a happy one. Your child will learn that simple acts of kindness, like saying hello, are powerful tools for building friendship and community.

Notes from the Morning Wind
This story helps children understand that small acts of kindness can create powerful community connections and emotional support for others. It encourages empathy by showing how sharing can comfort those facing hidden struggles, like loneliness or anxiety.

The Great Interspecies Firewall
This story helps children understand the difference between raw information and emotional connection, fostering emotional intelligence. It also encourages critical thinking about technology and responsible decision-making by showing that technical ability must be balanced with empathy.

The Dilemma of the Double-Crossed Map
This story helps your child develop **social flexibility** by showing that there can be more than one "right" answer to a problem. It encourages **cooperation and sharing** by demonstrating how combining different things (music and costumes) creates a better outcome than keeping them separate.

Tall Tower Teamwork
This story helps your child develop social skills by modeling positive turn-taking and cooperative play. It also teaches emotional resilience by showing that making a mess can be funny rather than upsetting, encouraging children to try again when things go wrong.

What Makes a Real Hero?
This story helps your child reframe mundane tasks or chores as valuable learning opportunities that build competence. By showing how Lucas saves the day through preparation and knowledge rather than just super-strength, it teaches children that paying attention and being responsible are heroic traits they can practice in their own lives.

Mandy's Underwater Dance
This story helps your child understand that being different can be a strength, encouraging self-acceptance and confidence. It teaches resilience by showing how a perceived limitation can be turned into a unique talent. The rhythmic repetition and sound words also support early language development and listening skills.

Inkfeather’s Flight
This story validates your child's imagination and creativity, framing these traits as strengths rather than distractions. It helps children navigate feelings of self-doubt ('not being enough') by showing that owning one's unique perspective is a superpower. Through Lydia's journey, young readers learn that their voice has the power to define their own reality and protect what they love.

The Sneeze That Sparkled
This story helps your child understand that making mistakes is a natural part of learning and can be fixed with calmness and courage. It also reinforces the value of resilience and finding creative ways to solve problems, even when a task feels difficult at first.

The Dreaming Stone
This story teaches your child the importance of cultural respect and humility, showing that true understanding comes from listening rather than assuming. It encourages curiosity about the natural world and helps children recognize that their actions have consequences within the larger web of life.

Coral Wishes and the Grammar of Whalesong
This story helps children understand that their voice matters and that making mistakes is a natural part of growth. It teaches that true strength comes from vulnerability and honesty, encouraging children to express their needs rather than hiding them. By showing a villain who acts out of fear, it also builds empathy and demonstrates that people can change when they confront their own insecurities.

The Blue Jar of Wishes
This story helps your child develop empathy by showing how recognizing and meeting the needs of others brings shared happiness. The repetitive structure and concrete actions reinforce the concept that even small hands can make a big difference in the world. It also models positive social-emotional behavior through gentle interactions and a comforting routine.

The Sunflower Who Knew Too Much
This story helps children distinguish between merely hearing words and active listening, a critical social skill for deepening friendships. By watching the protagonist recognize her own unintentional selfishness, your child will learn the value of 'holding space' for others' emotions without feeling the need to immediately fix their problems.

Pocketwatch Thunder
This story helps children understand that patience and careful listening are powerful tools for solving difficult problems. It also fosters emotional security by connecting personal identity to family history, showing that even distant relatives are part of a supportive legacy.

The Quiet Between Notifications
This story helps adolescents and parents understand the psychological cost of constant connectivity and the value of intentional presence. It models self-regulation and demonstrates that while disconnecting has consequences, the emotional resilience and deepened relationships gained are worth the trade-off.

When the Clouds Remembered
This story helps teenagers navigate the fear of judgment and social anxiety by showing that true courage is acting despite uncertainty. It teaches the value of patience and 'asking without demanding,' encouraging a mindset of resilience and presence rather than control.

Echoes in Glass Cases
This story helps children understand that asking for help and staying connected to family are signs of strength, not weakness. It provides a gentle framework for processing grief and change, showing that even when loved ones change, the bond remains. Readers will learn the value of empathy and courage when facing the unknown.

Four Friends and One Big Mess
This story helps your child understand the value of collaboration and recognizing that everyone has different strengths to contribute. It teaches social-emotional skills like resolving conflict, appreciating diversity in peers, and finding confidence in their own unique abilities.

Saltwater Margins
This story helps adolescents explore the complexities of identity and social roles, showing that belonging is an active choice rather than a passive trait. It demonstrates the value of restorative justice over punishment, encouraging teens to look beyond stereotypes and understand the hidden struggles of others. Additionally, it models how literacy and shared narratives can build empathy and bridge community divides.

The Mystery of the Silent Sky
This story helps children develop emotional intelligence by teaching them to recognize feelings of loneliness and fear in others. It encourages social skills like fairness and negotiation, showing how sharing solutions can solve problems better than taking things. Your child will also learn that they can be brave and take action to make the world right again.

The Waiting Bench
This story helps your child understand the abstract concept of empathy by visualizing it as magic that brightens the world. It encourages social courage, showing children that listening to their "brave feelings" and including others can turn a lonely situation into a happy one. Your child will learn that simple acts of kindness, like saying hello, are powerful tools for building friendship and community.

Notes from the Morning Wind
This story helps children understand that small acts of kindness can create powerful community connections and emotional support for others. It encourages empathy by showing how sharing can comfort those facing hidden struggles, like loneliness or anxiety.

The Great Interspecies Firewall
This story helps children understand the difference between raw information and emotional connection, fostering emotional intelligence. It also encourages critical thinking about technology and responsible decision-making by showing that technical ability must be balanced with empathy.

The Dilemma of the Double-Crossed Map
This story helps your child develop **social flexibility** by showing that there can be more than one "right" answer to a problem. It encourages **cooperation and sharing** by demonstrating how combining different things (music and costumes) creates a better outcome than keeping them separate.

Tall Tower Teamwork
This story helps your child develop social skills by modeling positive turn-taking and cooperative play. It also teaches emotional resilience by showing that making a mess can be funny rather than upsetting, encouraging children to try again when things go wrong.

What Makes a Real Hero?
This story helps your child reframe mundane tasks or chores as valuable learning opportunities that build competence. By showing how Lucas saves the day through preparation and knowledge rather than just super-strength, it teaches children that paying attention and being responsible are heroic traits they can practice in their own lives.

Mandy's Underwater Dance
This story helps your child understand that being different can be a strength, encouraging self-acceptance and confidence. It teaches resilience by showing how a perceived limitation can be turned into a unique talent. The rhythmic repetition and sound words also support early language development and listening skills.

Inkfeather’s Flight
This story validates your child's imagination and creativity, framing these traits as strengths rather than distractions. It helps children navigate feelings of self-doubt ('not being enough') by showing that owning one's unique perspective is a superpower. Through Lydia's journey, young readers learn that their voice has the power to define their own reality and protect what they love.

The Sneeze That Sparkled
This story helps your child understand that making mistakes is a natural part of learning and can be fixed with calmness and courage. It also reinforces the value of resilience and finding creative ways to solve problems, even when a task feels difficult at first.

The Dreaming Stone
This story teaches your child the importance of cultural respect and humility, showing that true understanding comes from listening rather than assuming. It encourages curiosity about the natural world and helps children recognize that their actions have consequences within the larger web of life.

Coral Wishes and the Grammar of Whalesong
This story helps children understand that their voice matters and that making mistakes is a natural part of growth. It teaches that true strength comes from vulnerability and honesty, encouraging children to express their needs rather than hiding them. By showing a villain who acts out of fear, it also builds empathy and demonstrates that people can change when they confront their own insecurities.

The Blue Jar of Wishes
This story helps your child develop empathy by showing how recognizing and meeting the needs of others brings shared happiness. The repetitive structure and concrete actions reinforce the concept that even small hands can make a big difference in the world. It also models positive social-emotional behavior through gentle interactions and a comforting routine.

The Sunflower Who Knew Too Much
This story helps children distinguish between merely hearing words and active listening, a critical social skill for deepening friendships. By watching the protagonist recognize her own unintentional selfishness, your child will learn the value of 'holding space' for others' emotions without feeling the need to immediately fix their problems.

Pocketwatch Thunder
This story helps children understand that patience and careful listening are powerful tools for solving difficult problems. It also fosters emotional security by connecting personal identity to family history, showing that even distant relatives are part of a supportive legacy.

The Quiet Between Notifications
This story helps adolescents and parents understand the psychological cost of constant connectivity and the value of intentional presence. It models self-regulation and demonstrates that while disconnecting has consequences, the emotional resilience and deepened relationships gained are worth the trade-off.

When the Clouds Remembered
This story helps teenagers navigate the fear of judgment and social anxiety by showing that true courage is acting despite uncertainty. It teaches the value of patience and 'asking without demanding,' encouraging a mindset of resilience and presence rather than control.

Echoes in Glass Cases
This story helps children understand that asking for help and staying connected to family are signs of strength, not weakness. It provides a gentle framework for processing grief and change, showing that even when loved ones change, the bond remains. Readers will learn the value of empathy and courage when facing the unknown.

Four Friends and One Big Mess
This story helps your child understand the value of collaboration and recognizing that everyone has different strengths to contribute. It teaches social-emotional skills like resolving conflict, appreciating diversity in peers, and finding confidence in their own unique abilities.

Saltwater Margins
This story helps adolescents explore the complexities of identity and social roles, showing that belonging is an active choice rather than a passive trait. It demonstrates the value of restorative justice over punishment, encouraging teens to look beyond stereotypes and understand the hidden struggles of others. Additionally, it models how literacy and shared narratives can build empathy and bridge community divides.

The Mystery of the Silent Sky
This story helps children develop emotional intelligence by teaching them to recognize feelings of loneliness and fear in others. It encourages social skills like fairness and negotiation, showing how sharing solutions can solve problems better than taking things. Your child will also learn that they can be brave and take action to make the world right again.

The Waiting Bench
This story helps your child understand the abstract concept of empathy by visualizing it as magic that brightens the world. It encourages social courage, showing children that listening to their "brave feelings" and including others can turn a lonely situation into a happy one. Your child will learn that simple acts of kindness, like saying hello, are powerful tools for building friendship and community.

Notes from the Morning Wind
This story helps children understand that small acts of kindness can create powerful community connections and emotional support for others. It encourages empathy by showing how sharing can comfort those facing hidden struggles, like loneliness or anxiety.

The Great Interspecies Firewall
This story helps children understand the difference between raw information and emotional connection, fostering emotional intelligence. It also encourages critical thinking about technology and responsible decision-making by showing that technical ability must be balanced with empathy.

The Dilemma of the Double-Crossed Map
This story helps your child develop **social flexibility** by showing that there can be more than one "right" answer to a problem. It encourages **cooperation and sharing** by demonstrating how combining different things (music and costumes) creates a better outcome than keeping them separate.

Tall Tower Teamwork
This story helps your child develop social skills by modeling positive turn-taking and cooperative play. It also teaches emotional resilience by showing that making a mess can be funny rather than upsetting, encouraging children to try again when things go wrong.

What Makes a Real Hero?
This story helps your child reframe mundane tasks or chores as valuable learning opportunities that build competence. By showing how Lucas saves the day through preparation and knowledge rather than just super-strength, it teaches children that paying attention and being responsible are heroic traits they can practice in their own lives.

Mandy's Underwater Dance
This story helps your child understand that being different can be a strength, encouraging self-acceptance and confidence. It teaches resilience by showing how a perceived limitation can be turned into a unique talent. The rhythmic repetition and sound words also support early language development and listening skills.

Inkfeather’s Flight
This story validates your child's imagination and creativity, framing these traits as strengths rather than distractions. It helps children navigate feelings of self-doubt ('not being enough') by showing that owning one's unique perspective is a superpower. Through Lydia's journey, young readers learn that their voice has the power to define their own reality and protect what they love.

The Sneeze That Sparkled
This story helps your child understand that making mistakes is a natural part of learning and can be fixed with calmness and courage. It also reinforces the value of resilience and finding creative ways to solve problems, even when a task feels difficult at first.

The Dreaming Stone
This story teaches your child the importance of cultural respect and humility, showing that true understanding comes from listening rather than assuming. It encourages curiosity about the natural world and helps children recognize that their actions have consequences within the larger web of life.

Coral Wishes and the Grammar of Whalesong
This story helps children understand that their voice matters and that making mistakes is a natural part of growth. It teaches that true strength comes from vulnerability and honesty, encouraging children to express their needs rather than hiding them. By showing a villain who acts out of fear, it also builds empathy and demonstrates that people can change when they confront their own insecurities.

The Blue Jar of Wishes
This story helps your child develop empathy by showing how recognizing and meeting the needs of others brings shared happiness. The repetitive structure and concrete actions reinforce the concept that even small hands can make a big difference in the world. It also models positive social-emotional behavior through gentle interactions and a comforting routine.

The Sunflower Who Knew Too Much
This story helps children distinguish between merely hearing words and active listening, a critical social skill for deepening friendships. By watching the protagonist recognize her own unintentional selfishness, your child will learn the value of 'holding space' for others' emotions without feeling the need to immediately fix their problems.

Pocketwatch Thunder
This story helps children understand that patience and careful listening are powerful tools for solving difficult problems. It also fosters emotional security by connecting personal identity to family history, showing that even distant relatives are part of a supportive legacy.
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Tell us what your child is facing—fears, milestones, or just a topic they love
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AI creates a personalized story with your child as the hero
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Listen to a beautifully narrated audio story with stunning illustrations
The Spark
Tell us what your child is facing—fears, milestones, or just a topic they love
The Magic
AI creates a personalized story with your child as the hero
The Experience
Listen to a beautifully narrated audio story with stunning illustrations
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Transport kids to fantastical worlds where they're the hero
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Fuel imagination far beyond passive video content
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Lessons absorbed naturally through engaging narratives
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Process feelings safely through story characters
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Build comprehension and language skills effortlessly
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Start meaningful conversations about life's challenges
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