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 Room That Wasn't There Yesterday
This story encourages your child to develop critical thinking and scientific inquiry skills by modeling observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing in a fun, magical context. It also reinforces the value of patience and persistence, showing children that some problems require careful attention and time to solve rather than immediate action.

When the Glow Went Whoosh
This story helps your child understand that feeling shy or scared is a normal emotion that can be managed with support. It encourages emotional intelligence by showing how friendship and helping others can build confidence and turn nervousness into bravery.

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.

The Broom Who Loved the Grass
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by showing Lena recognizing and validating her friend's fear without judgment. It also teaches adaptability and social skills, demonstrating that changing plans to accommodate others can lead to new and wonderful ways to have fun.

The Great Floating Cow Chase
This story helps your child identify and label emotions, transitioning from silly excitement to worry and back to relief. It models problem-solving as Marta actively searches for her missing friend, while the reassuring presence of a parent reinforces a sense of safety and security.

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.

What the Gilded Faces Knew
This compelling story helps develop a teen's moral compass by exploring complex themes of honesty, integrity, and the courage to do what is right, even when it brings difficult consequences. It encourages critical thinking about history and responsibility while fostering emotional resilience. Young readers will learn that true leadership requires accountability and that they have the power to forge their own path regardless of family expectations.

Where the Sideways Lanterns Go
This story helps children understand the value of family heritage and the importance of carrying on traditions. It validates a child's agency in making independent moral choices while navigating feelings of grief and connection to loved ones.

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.

The Magic Repair Shop
This story helps children reframe bedtime from a loss of playtime to a productive activity that builds strength and intelligence. By using concrete metaphors like a 'Repair Shop' and 'Dream Cinema,' it encourages children to view rest as an essential tool for their growth. It provides parents with positive language to explain the biological benefits of sleep in a way young children can understand.

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.

Blueprints Above the Clouds
This story encourages a 'growth mindset' by showing children that making mistakes—like drawing a crooked line—is just a first test in the learning process. It introduces foundational STEM concepts like lift and balance through tangible experiments kids can try at home. Additionally, Kelvin's emotional journey helps children understand how to manage feelings of nervousness when trying something new.

Please, Please, PLEASE Can I Play Soccer?
This interactive story empowers your child to practice setting healthy boundaries by allowing them to be the 'voice of reason.' It also reinforces the value of self-acceptance, helping children understand that finding an environment where they can thrive is more rewarding than trying to fit in where they don't belong.

The Loudest Princess in the Land
This story helps your child practice self-regulation by demonstrating that different situations require different voice volumes. It models emotional intelligence by identifying feelings like worry and showing how to overcome frustration through calming thoughts. Your child will learn that being gentle and quiet can be just as powerful and magical as being loud and energetic.

48 Hours to History
This story helps your child develop moral reasoning by exploring the difference between what we *can* do versus what we *should* do. It encourages integrity and humility, showing that asking for help and admitting mistakes are signs of true maturity and intelligence.

Velvet Ears, Hidden Doors
This story teaches your child about emotional intelligence by showing that bad behavior (stealing) sometimes stems from being overwhelmed rather than malice. It also encourages critical thinking and fairness, as the protagonist looks beyond stereotypes and surface clues to find the root of the problem.

The Giggly Galactic Chase
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by clearly labeling feelings and showing healthy ways to manage frustration. It also reinforces the values of empathy and fairness, demonstrating that kindness and teamwork are the most effective ways to solve problems.

Drawing the Night Away
This story empowers children by showing them that they have the agency to solve problems through creativity and imagination. It also helps develop emotional intelligence by modeling how to transform feelings of nervousness (a 'wiggly tummy') into confidence and pride.

Behind the Music
This story helps children develop self-confidence by showing that everyone has a unique and valuable way to contribute to a team. It encourages observational skills, creativity, and resilience, demonstrating that even quiet children can be powerful problem-solvers. Readers will learn the importance of overcoming self-doubt and finding their own voice.

The Night the Mice Saved Starshine
This story supports your child's emotional development by modeling how to acknowledge fear and choose bravery. It reinforces social skills through teamwork, showing that cooperation allows friends to solve problems that are too big for one person alone. Additionally, it boosts self-confidence by demonstrating that size does not limit a person's ability to make a positive difference.

The Room That Wasn't There Yesterday
This story encourages your child to develop critical thinking and scientific inquiry skills by modeling observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing in a fun, magical context. It also reinforces the value of patience and persistence, showing children that some problems require careful attention and time to solve rather than immediate action.

When the Glow Went Whoosh
This story helps your child understand that feeling shy or scared is a normal emotion that can be managed with support. It encourages emotional intelligence by showing how friendship and helping others can build confidence and turn nervousness into bravery.

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.

The Broom Who Loved the Grass
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by showing Lena recognizing and validating her friend's fear without judgment. It also teaches adaptability and social skills, demonstrating that changing plans to accommodate others can lead to new and wonderful ways to have fun.

The Great Floating Cow Chase
This story helps your child identify and label emotions, transitioning from silly excitement to worry and back to relief. It models problem-solving as Marta actively searches for her missing friend, while the reassuring presence of a parent reinforces a sense of safety and security.

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.

What the Gilded Faces Knew
This compelling story helps develop a teen's moral compass by exploring complex themes of honesty, integrity, and the courage to do what is right, even when it brings difficult consequences. It encourages critical thinking about history and responsibility while fostering emotional resilience. Young readers will learn that true leadership requires accountability and that they have the power to forge their own path regardless of family expectations.

Where the Sideways Lanterns Go
This story helps children understand the value of family heritage and the importance of carrying on traditions. It validates a child's agency in making independent moral choices while navigating feelings of grief and connection to loved ones.

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.

The Magic Repair Shop
This story helps children reframe bedtime from a loss of playtime to a productive activity that builds strength and intelligence. By using concrete metaphors like a 'Repair Shop' and 'Dream Cinema,' it encourages children to view rest as an essential tool for their growth. It provides parents with positive language to explain the biological benefits of sleep in a way young children can understand.

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.

Blueprints Above the Clouds
This story encourages a 'growth mindset' by showing children that making mistakes—like drawing a crooked line—is just a first test in the learning process. It introduces foundational STEM concepts like lift and balance through tangible experiments kids can try at home. Additionally, Kelvin's emotional journey helps children understand how to manage feelings of nervousness when trying something new.

Please, Please, PLEASE Can I Play Soccer?
This interactive story empowers your child to practice setting healthy boundaries by allowing them to be the 'voice of reason.' It also reinforces the value of self-acceptance, helping children understand that finding an environment where they can thrive is more rewarding than trying to fit in where they don't belong.

The Loudest Princess in the Land
This story helps your child practice self-regulation by demonstrating that different situations require different voice volumes. It models emotional intelligence by identifying feelings like worry and showing how to overcome frustration through calming thoughts. Your child will learn that being gentle and quiet can be just as powerful and magical as being loud and energetic.

48 Hours to History
This story helps your child develop moral reasoning by exploring the difference between what we *can* do versus what we *should* do. It encourages integrity and humility, showing that asking for help and admitting mistakes are signs of true maturity and intelligence.

Velvet Ears, Hidden Doors
This story teaches your child about emotional intelligence by showing that bad behavior (stealing) sometimes stems from being overwhelmed rather than malice. It also encourages critical thinking and fairness, as the protagonist looks beyond stereotypes and surface clues to find the root of the problem.

The Giggly Galactic Chase
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by clearly labeling feelings and showing healthy ways to manage frustration. It also reinforces the values of empathy and fairness, demonstrating that kindness and teamwork are the most effective ways to solve problems.

Drawing the Night Away
This story empowers children by showing them that they have the agency to solve problems through creativity and imagination. It also helps develop emotional intelligence by modeling how to transform feelings of nervousness (a 'wiggly tummy') into confidence and pride.

Behind the Music
This story helps children develop self-confidence by showing that everyone has a unique and valuable way to contribute to a team. It encourages observational skills, creativity, and resilience, demonstrating that even quiet children can be powerful problem-solvers. Readers will learn the importance of overcoming self-doubt and finding their own voice.

The Night the Mice Saved Starshine
This story supports your child's emotional development by modeling how to acknowledge fear and choose bravery. It reinforces social skills through teamwork, showing that cooperation allows friends to solve problems that are too big for one person alone. Additionally, it boosts self-confidence by demonstrating that size does not limit a person's ability to make a positive difference.

The Room That Wasn't There Yesterday
This story encourages your child to develop critical thinking and scientific inquiry skills by modeling observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing in a fun, magical context. It also reinforces the value of patience and persistence, showing children that some problems require careful attention and time to solve rather than immediate action.

When the Glow Went Whoosh
This story helps your child understand that feeling shy or scared is a normal emotion that can be managed with support. It encourages emotional intelligence by showing how friendship and helping others can build confidence and turn nervousness into bravery.

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.

The Broom Who Loved the Grass
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by showing Lena recognizing and validating her friend's fear without judgment. It also teaches adaptability and social skills, demonstrating that changing plans to accommodate others can lead to new and wonderful ways to have fun.

The Great Floating Cow Chase
This story helps your child identify and label emotions, transitioning from silly excitement to worry and back to relief. It models problem-solving as Marta actively searches for her missing friend, while the reassuring presence of a parent reinforces a sense of safety and security.

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.

What the Gilded Faces Knew
This compelling story helps develop a teen's moral compass by exploring complex themes of honesty, integrity, and the courage to do what is right, even when it brings difficult consequences. It encourages critical thinking about history and responsibility while fostering emotional resilience. Young readers will learn that true leadership requires accountability and that they have the power to forge their own path regardless of family expectations.

Where the Sideways Lanterns Go
This story helps children understand the value of family heritage and the importance of carrying on traditions. It validates a child's agency in making independent moral choices while navigating feelings of grief and connection to loved ones.

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.

The Magic Repair Shop
This story helps children reframe bedtime from a loss of playtime to a productive activity that builds strength and intelligence. By using concrete metaphors like a 'Repair Shop' and 'Dream Cinema,' it encourages children to view rest as an essential tool for their growth. It provides parents with positive language to explain the biological benefits of sleep in a way young children can understand.

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.

Blueprints Above the Clouds
This story encourages a 'growth mindset' by showing children that making mistakes—like drawing a crooked line—is just a first test in the learning process. It introduces foundational STEM concepts like lift and balance through tangible experiments kids can try at home. Additionally, Kelvin's emotional journey helps children understand how to manage feelings of nervousness when trying something new.

Please, Please, PLEASE Can I Play Soccer?
This interactive story empowers your child to practice setting healthy boundaries by allowing them to be the 'voice of reason.' It also reinforces the value of self-acceptance, helping children understand that finding an environment where they can thrive is more rewarding than trying to fit in where they don't belong.

The Loudest Princess in the Land
This story helps your child practice self-regulation by demonstrating that different situations require different voice volumes. It models emotional intelligence by identifying feelings like worry and showing how to overcome frustration through calming thoughts. Your child will learn that being gentle and quiet can be just as powerful and magical as being loud and energetic.

48 Hours to History
This story helps your child develop moral reasoning by exploring the difference between what we *can* do versus what we *should* do. It encourages integrity and humility, showing that asking for help and admitting mistakes are signs of true maturity and intelligence.

Velvet Ears, Hidden Doors
This story teaches your child about emotional intelligence by showing that bad behavior (stealing) sometimes stems from being overwhelmed rather than malice. It also encourages critical thinking and fairness, as the protagonist looks beyond stereotypes and surface clues to find the root of the problem.

The Giggly Galactic Chase
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by clearly labeling feelings and showing healthy ways to manage frustration. It also reinforces the values of empathy and fairness, demonstrating that kindness and teamwork are the most effective ways to solve problems.

Drawing the Night Away
This story empowers children by showing them that they have the agency to solve problems through creativity and imagination. It also helps develop emotional intelligence by modeling how to transform feelings of nervousness (a 'wiggly tummy') into confidence and pride.

Behind the Music
This story helps children develop self-confidence by showing that everyone has a unique and valuable way to contribute to a team. It encourages observational skills, creativity, and resilience, demonstrating that even quiet children can be powerful problem-solvers. Readers will learn the importance of overcoming self-doubt and finding their own voice.

The Night the Mice Saved Starshine
This story supports your child's emotional development by modeling how to acknowledge fear and choose bravery. It reinforces social skills through teamwork, showing that cooperation allows friends to solve problems that are too big for one person alone. Additionally, it boosts self-confidence by demonstrating that size does not limit a person's ability to make a positive difference.

The Room That Wasn't There Yesterday
This story encourages your child to develop critical thinking and scientific inquiry skills by modeling observation, experimentation, and hypothesis testing in a fun, magical context. It also reinforces the value of patience and persistence, showing children that some problems require careful attention and time to solve rather than immediate action.

When the Glow Went Whoosh
This story helps your child understand that feeling shy or scared is a normal emotion that can be managed with support. It encourages emotional intelligence by showing how friendship and helping others can build confidence and turn nervousness into bravery.

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.

The Broom Who Loved the Grass
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by showing Lena recognizing and validating her friend's fear without judgment. It also teaches adaptability and social skills, demonstrating that changing plans to accommodate others can lead to new and wonderful ways to have fun.

The Great Floating Cow Chase
This story helps your child identify and label emotions, transitioning from silly excitement to worry and back to relief. It models problem-solving as Marta actively searches for her missing friend, while the reassuring presence of a parent reinforces a sense of safety and security.

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.

What the Gilded Faces Knew
This compelling story helps develop a teen's moral compass by exploring complex themes of honesty, integrity, and the courage to do what is right, even when it brings difficult consequences. It encourages critical thinking about history and responsibility while fostering emotional resilience. Young readers will learn that true leadership requires accountability and that they have the power to forge their own path regardless of family expectations.

Where the Sideways Lanterns Go
This story helps children understand the value of family heritage and the importance of carrying on traditions. It validates a child's agency in making independent moral choices while navigating feelings of grief and connection to loved ones.

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.

The Magic Repair Shop
This story helps children reframe bedtime from a loss of playtime to a productive activity that builds strength and intelligence. By using concrete metaphors like a 'Repair Shop' and 'Dream Cinema,' it encourages children to view rest as an essential tool for their growth. It provides parents with positive language to explain the biological benefits of sleep in a way young children can understand.

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.

Blueprints Above the Clouds
This story encourages a 'growth mindset' by showing children that making mistakes—like drawing a crooked line—is just a first test in the learning process. It introduces foundational STEM concepts like lift and balance through tangible experiments kids can try at home. Additionally, Kelvin's emotional journey helps children understand how to manage feelings of nervousness when trying something new.

Please, Please, PLEASE Can I Play Soccer?
This interactive story empowers your child to practice setting healthy boundaries by allowing them to be the 'voice of reason.' It also reinforces the value of self-acceptance, helping children understand that finding an environment where they can thrive is more rewarding than trying to fit in where they don't belong.

The Loudest Princess in the Land
This story helps your child practice self-regulation by demonstrating that different situations require different voice volumes. It models emotional intelligence by identifying feelings like worry and showing how to overcome frustration through calming thoughts. Your child will learn that being gentle and quiet can be just as powerful and magical as being loud and energetic.

48 Hours to History
This story helps your child develop moral reasoning by exploring the difference between what we *can* do versus what we *should* do. It encourages integrity and humility, showing that asking for help and admitting mistakes are signs of true maturity and intelligence.

Velvet Ears, Hidden Doors
This story teaches your child about emotional intelligence by showing that bad behavior (stealing) sometimes stems from being overwhelmed rather than malice. It also encourages critical thinking and fairness, as the protagonist looks beyond stereotypes and surface clues to find the root of the problem.

The Giggly Galactic Chase
This story helps develop your child's emotional intelligence by clearly labeling feelings and showing healthy ways to manage frustration. It also reinforces the values of empathy and fairness, demonstrating that kindness and teamwork are the most effective ways to solve problems.

Drawing the Night Away
This story empowers children by showing them that they have the agency to solve problems through creativity and imagination. It also helps develop emotional intelligence by modeling how to transform feelings of nervousness (a 'wiggly tummy') into confidence and pride.

Behind the Music
This story helps children develop self-confidence by showing that everyone has a unique and valuable way to contribute to a team. It encourages observational skills, creativity, and resilience, demonstrating that even quiet children can be powerful problem-solvers. Readers will learn the importance of overcoming self-doubt and finding their own voice.

The Night the Mice Saved Starshine
This story supports your child's emotional development by modeling how to acknowledge fear and choose bravery. It reinforces social skills through teamwork, showing that cooperation allows friends to solve problems that are too big for one person alone. Additionally, it boosts self-confidence by demonstrating that size does not limit a person's ability to make a positive difference.
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Tell us what your child is facing—fears, milestones, or just a topic they love
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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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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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Calming bedtime routines that ease into restful nights
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