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.

The Royal Decree of No More Zzzs
This story helps your child understand that bad behavior (like grumpiness) often hides feelings of fear or tiredness. By watching Edmond, children learn how empathy and calming routines can turn a scary situation into a safe, peaceful one.

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.

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 Great Pizza Hunt
This story encourages teamwork and helps your child understand the sequence of daily tasks, from shopping to cooking. It also reinforces important habits like washing hands and safety awareness around hot ovens.

Flutter's Big Surprise
This story helps your child develop early math skills by counting foods and learning the days of the week in a fun, rhythmic pattern. It also introduces the concept of growth and change through nature, fostering curiosity about the world while providing a reassuring sense of safety and wonder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fault Lines in the Fifth Dimension
This story helps adolescents navigate the pressure to fit in by reframing their perceived flaws as unique strengths crucial for resilience. It validates the complex emotions of the teen years—anger, uncertainty, and the need for independence—teaching that being 'messy' or imperfect is a vital part of being human. Through Casey's journey, your child will see that authentic connection comes from honesty and vulnerability, not from pretending to be perfect.

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.

Run Jimmie Run
This story helps develop your child's understanding of object permanence and observation skills as they help Jimmie search for his toy. The rhythmic repetition and sensory sounds support early language acquisition, while the transition from active play to quiet rest models healthy self-regulation.

Moonlight Playtime on the Comet Porch
This story helps your child develop emotional intelligence by naming feelings like worry ("wiggly tummy") and showing how to express them to others. It also models positive social skills, demonstrating how friends can cooperate to solve small problems and the joy that comes from sharing.

The Deep End Directive
This story teaches children that leadership requires honesty and that true teamwork means accepting others for who they are. Your child will learn that effort and spirit can be just as rewarding as coming in first place.

Where the Wind Learns to Hush
This story teaches your child valuable self-regulation skills through Frankie's calming mantra and his journey from restlessness to peace. By identifying 'whirly feelings' and finding a quiet mental space, children learn that they have the power to soothe themselves when they feel wiggly or anxious at bedtime.

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.

The Royal Decree of No More Zzzs
This story helps your child understand that bad behavior (like grumpiness) often hides feelings of fear or tiredness. By watching Edmond, children learn how empathy and calming routines can turn a scary situation into a safe, peaceful one.

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.

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 Great Pizza Hunt
This story encourages teamwork and helps your child understand the sequence of daily tasks, from shopping to cooking. It also reinforces important habits like washing hands and safety awareness around hot ovens.

Flutter's Big Surprise
This story helps your child develop early math skills by counting foods and learning the days of the week in a fun, rhythmic pattern. It also introduces the concept of growth and change through nature, fostering curiosity about the world while providing a reassuring sense of safety and wonder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fault Lines in the Fifth Dimension
This story helps adolescents navigate the pressure to fit in by reframing their perceived flaws as unique strengths crucial for resilience. It validates the complex emotions of the teen years—anger, uncertainty, and the need for independence—teaching that being 'messy' or imperfect is a vital part of being human. Through Casey's journey, your child will see that authentic connection comes from honesty and vulnerability, not from pretending to be perfect.

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.

Run Jimmie Run
This story helps develop your child's understanding of object permanence and observation skills as they help Jimmie search for his toy. The rhythmic repetition and sensory sounds support early language acquisition, while the transition from active play to quiet rest models healthy self-regulation.

Moonlight Playtime on the Comet Porch
This story helps your child develop emotional intelligence by naming feelings like worry ("wiggly tummy") and showing how to express them to others. It also models positive social skills, demonstrating how friends can cooperate to solve small problems and the joy that comes from sharing.

The Deep End Directive
This story teaches children that leadership requires honesty and that true teamwork means accepting others for who they are. Your child will learn that effort and spirit can be just as rewarding as coming in first place.

Where the Wind Learns to Hush
This story teaches your child valuable self-regulation skills through Frankie's calming mantra and his journey from restlessness to peace. By identifying 'whirly feelings' and finding a quiet mental space, children learn that they have the power to soothe themselves when they feel wiggly or anxious at bedtime.

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.

The Royal Decree of No More Zzzs
This story helps your child understand that bad behavior (like grumpiness) often hides feelings of fear or tiredness. By watching Edmond, children learn how empathy and calming routines can turn a scary situation into a safe, peaceful one.

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.

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 Great Pizza Hunt
This story encourages teamwork and helps your child understand the sequence of daily tasks, from shopping to cooking. It also reinforces important habits like washing hands and safety awareness around hot ovens.

Flutter's Big Surprise
This story helps your child develop early math skills by counting foods and learning the days of the week in a fun, rhythmic pattern. It also introduces the concept of growth and change through nature, fostering curiosity about the world while providing a reassuring sense of safety and wonder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fault Lines in the Fifth Dimension
This story helps adolescents navigate the pressure to fit in by reframing their perceived flaws as unique strengths crucial for resilience. It validates the complex emotions of the teen years—anger, uncertainty, and the need for independence—teaching that being 'messy' or imperfect is a vital part of being human. Through Casey's journey, your child will see that authentic connection comes from honesty and vulnerability, not from pretending to be perfect.

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.

Run Jimmie Run
This story helps develop your child's understanding of object permanence and observation skills as they help Jimmie search for his toy. The rhythmic repetition and sensory sounds support early language acquisition, while the transition from active play to quiet rest models healthy self-regulation.

Moonlight Playtime on the Comet Porch
This story helps your child develop emotional intelligence by naming feelings like worry ("wiggly tummy") and showing how to express them to others. It also models positive social skills, demonstrating how friends can cooperate to solve small problems and the joy that comes from sharing.

The Deep End Directive
This story teaches children that leadership requires honesty and that true teamwork means accepting others for who they are. Your child will learn that effort and spirit can be just as rewarding as coming in first place.

Where the Wind Learns to Hush
This story teaches your child valuable self-regulation skills through Frankie's calming mantra and his journey from restlessness to peace. By identifying 'whirly feelings' and finding a quiet mental space, children learn that they have the power to soothe themselves when they feel wiggly or anxious at bedtime.

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.

The Royal Decree of No More Zzzs
This story helps your child understand that bad behavior (like grumpiness) often hides feelings of fear or tiredness. By watching Edmond, children learn how empathy and calming routines can turn a scary situation into a safe, peaceful one.

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.

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 Great Pizza Hunt
This story encourages teamwork and helps your child understand the sequence of daily tasks, from shopping to cooking. It also reinforces important habits like washing hands and safety awareness around hot ovens.

Flutter's Big Surprise
This story helps your child develop early math skills by counting foods and learning the days of the week in a fun, rhythmic pattern. It also introduces the concept of growth and change through nature, fostering curiosity about the world while providing a reassuring sense of safety and wonder.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fault Lines in the Fifth Dimension
This story helps adolescents navigate the pressure to fit in by reframing their perceived flaws as unique strengths crucial for resilience. It validates the complex emotions of the teen years—anger, uncertainty, and the need for independence—teaching that being 'messy' or imperfect is a vital part of being human. Through Casey's journey, your child will see that authentic connection comes from honesty and vulnerability, not from pretending to be perfect.

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.

Run Jimmie Run
This story helps develop your child's understanding of object permanence and observation skills as they help Jimmie search for his toy. The rhythmic repetition and sensory sounds support early language acquisition, while the transition from active play to quiet rest models healthy self-regulation.

Moonlight Playtime on the Comet Porch
This story helps your child develop emotional intelligence by naming feelings like worry ("wiggly tummy") and showing how to express them to others. It also models positive social skills, demonstrating how friends can cooperate to solve small problems and the joy that comes from sharing.

The Deep End Directive
This story teaches children that leadership requires honesty and that true teamwork means accepting others for who they are. Your child will learn that effort and spirit can be just as rewarding as coming in first place.

Where the Wind Learns to Hush
This story teaches your child valuable self-regulation skills through Frankie's calming mantra and his journey from restlessness to peace. By identifying 'whirly feelings' and finding a quiet mental space, children learn that they have the power to soothe themselves when they feel wiggly or anxious at bedtime.
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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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