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NewBooklly-2 Ollie now writes every story

Tonight's story starts with one idea

Tell Booklly what tonight's story should be about. It writes the story for your child's age and interests, paints the pictures and reads it aloud, with a different voice for every character.

Hear a story first

30 days free on Basic or Creator. You add a card to start, and you won't be charged if you cancel before the trial ends.

Read on the web today. iPhone and iPad coming soon.

A picture book lies open on a windowsill at night, and out of its glowing pages rise paper cut-outs on threads of light: a lighthouse, a sailing boat on curling waves, a whale, a hot-air balloon and a dragon kite, while a toy rabbit sleeps against the book.

New in the library

One idea, three moments

You type a sentence. You read the draft. At bedtime, you press play.

  1. Type one idea

    A sentence is enough: what happened today, what they are scared of, what they want to know.

  2. Read the draft first

    Booklly-2 Ollie writes it for your child's age and interests. You read it before anything is narrated or painted, and you can ask for a different story once.

    Reading the draft is free. Credits are only used when you confirm the story.

  3. Press play at bedtime

    Pictures for every scene, a different voice for every character, and a sleep timer for heavy eyes.

New in October 2026

Booklly-2 Ollie

Our new story writer. You still type one idea. What happens after that is new.

Before
WriteEdit
Booklly-2 Ollie
Up to ten steps, and you still type one idea.

Watch it work

Three example requests, shown with the words the app uses while you wait.

This panel shows, step by step, how Booklly-2 Ollie works on an example request. Every step is also listed in full on the contents page, and the result is announced when the replay ends.

The idea
A little bear who can't fall asleep because the wind keeps rattling his window. By the end he should feel safe and sleepy.
Ready to read

Review and confirm

This is the final text. Our editor has already checked it.

What you asked for

A tick means we found it in the story.

Kind of story
Bedtime
  • The hero is a little bear who cannot fall asleep.In the story
  • The wind keeps rattling his window.In the story
  • By the end, the little bear feels safe and sleepy.In the story

If Booklly-2 Ollie cannot confirm one of your wishes, the review says so instead of showing a tick.

We could not confirm this one.

What happens to your idea

Some steps run only when your story needs them.

  1. Read your request

    It notes everything you asked for, and you can see that list while you wait.

  2. Choose the kind of story

    It works out what kind of story you want, from a calm bedtime story to a mystery.

  3. Look things up

    It looks the facts up before the story uses them.

    Only when the story teaches real facts

  4. Plan the story

    It plans the plot before it writes a word.

  5. Write the draft

    It writes the first draft, for your child's age and interests.

    Was there before

  6. Check it against your request

    It checks the draft against everything you asked for.

  7. Fix a detail

    If one of your wishes did not make it in, it fixes that detail.

    Only when the check finds something to fix

  8. Edit

    An editor goes over the pacing, the safety and the length.

    Was there before

  9. Proofread

    It checks the grammar and spelling of the finished text.

    Only for stories in Slovenian

  10. Check it again

    Before you read a line, it checks once more that the things you asked for made it in.

Series get it too. Booklly-2 Ollie checks every new episode against what the series promised, and a series keeps the voice of its first episode to the last.

How series work

Hear one before you make one

A real story from the library, made on Booklly. Press play: the pictures change with the story, a narrator reads it, and every character speaks in a voice of its own.

The cover of Roll, Pinecone, Roll!
0:001:30

The first 1:30 of a 2:28 story

The voices in this story

Tap the narrator or a character to hear their voice.

Made on Booklly, from the public library

Roll, Pinecone, Roll!

Ages 4–6~3 min

Bennie scrambled out of the leaf nest, trailing a leaf on his bottom. The little puffy brown bear cub wanted to play. Now!

His sisters, Luz and Tamara, followed him to the den entrance. The three bear cubs put their paws together.

“One paw, two paws, three paws—ready to play!”

Freda the squirrel arrived with a pinecone. Plop! She set it beside Bennie.

Read and listen to the whole story

The same friends, night after night

A series is a story that keeps going. Each season is planned episode by episode, and you make each episode when you are ready for it.

  • The same faces and the same voices

    Each main character is painted once and keeps its own voice, so they look and sound the same in every episode.

  • Every episode remembers

    A new episode remembers what happened before. Booklly-2 Ollie checks it against what the series promised and tells it the way the first episode was told.

  • Calm endings at bedtime

    A bedtime series ends every episode with everyone at rest. Nothing is left hanging until tomorrow.

Series are part of the Creator plan.

Booklly is coming to iPhone and iPad

Make tonight's story and listen to it in the app.

Coming soon to the App Store.

The Booklly app on iPhone, playing a story with its pictures and the sleep timer.
Sleep timer
Set it, and the story stops on its own.
Up next
When a story ends, the next one starts, even with the phone locked.
A note when it's ready
The app tells you when a story or a new episode is ready.
Pictures, full screen
On iPad, cinema mode fills the screen with each picture as the story plays.
Back where you stopped
A story you paused picks up where you left it.
Start tonight's story on the web

Use the same account in the app, and your stories will be waiting there.

You stay in charge

What Booklly does with your stories and your child's details, in plain words.

You read it first
A story you start from an idea waits for you as a draft: nothing is painted or narrated, and no credits are spent, until you confirm it.
Checked, then edited
Booklly-2 Ollie checks the draft against what you asked for, and an editing step goes over every story for safety and age fit.
Their name stays with you
Booklly never sends the writer the name, birthday or photo in your child's Kid Profile.
Finished stories are shared
Every story you confirm, and every series episode, joins Booklly's public library for other families, without your name or your child's profile.
Reports are reviewed
Anyone with an account can report a library story. Our team reviews reported stories, and a story with 3 reports from different accounts is taken down until we have looked at it.
No ads
Booklly shows no advertising, and we don't sell your family's data.

The details are in our privacy policy.

Plans and prices

Read 2 library stories a month for free, or start Basic or Creator with 30 days free and write your own.

  • Free

    Explore our story library

    $0/month

    • Read 2 library stories a month
    • Audio narration
    • Beautiful illustrations
    • No credit card required
  • Basic

    Create personalised stories

    $9.99/month

    Free for 30 days, then billed monthly

    • Full library access
    • Create up to 3 stories a month
    • High-quality voice narration
    • All illustration styles
  • Includes series

    Creator

    More stories, plus the Series Creator

    $24.99/month

    Free for 30 days, then billed monthly

    • Everything in Basic
    • Create up to 9 stories a month
    • Series Creator
    • Priority support

How the 30-day free trial works

  1. Today

    Choose Basic or Creator and add a card, and your plan's full Story Credits are yours straight away.

  2. Day 30

    Your first monthly payment is taken, unless you cancel before then.

  3. Every month after

    Your plan renews with a fresh set of Story Credits, until you cancel from your account.

  • The Free plan reads 2 library stories a month and needs no card.
  • Unused Story Credits don't carry over to the next month.

Questions parents ask

Short answers about the stories, your child's details and the plans.

Something else on your mind? Write to us.

Who writes the stories?

Booklly-2 Ollie, our writing agent, writes every story with AI. It reads your idea, looks up the facts when a story teaches something real, plans the story, writes it and checks the draft against what you asked for. Then an editing step goes over every story, and when you start one from an idea, you read the draft before anything is painted or narrated.

Is it safe for my child?

Every story goes through an editing step that checks it for safety and age fit before anyone hears it. When you start a story from an idea, you read the draft first, and nothing is narrated or painted until you confirm it. If a library story ever seems wrong for children, anyone with an account can report it. Our team reviews reported stories. A story with 3 reports from different accounts is taken down automatically and stays down until we have looked at it.

How does personalisation work?

You write what tonight's story should be about: a dragon who is scared of the dark, a first trip to the dentist, how volcanoes work. Booklly writes it for your child's age and the interests in their Kid Profile. Their name, birthday and photo are never sent to the writer, so the characters get names of their own, unless you name one in your idea.

What age range is this for?

Booklly stories are designed for every age from 0 to 16 and up, with content automatically adjusted for different developmental stages. Toddlers get simpler narratives with lots of repetition, school-age children get adventures with character agency, and teens get complex stories with nuanced emotional themes.

Will other families see our stories?

Yes. Every story you confirm, and every series episode, joins Booklly's public library when it is ready, so other families can enjoy it too. The library never shows your name, your username, your child's profile or the idea you typed. Booklly has no private stories, so if you would rather keep a draft out of the library, archive it instead of confirming it: archiving costs nothing.

How does the free trial work?

Basic and Creator both start with a 30-day free trial. You add a card when you start, and you're first charged when the trial ends. Cancel any time before then from your account and you won't pay anything. During the trial you get your plan's full monthly Story Credits. The trial is available once per account.

Is there an app?

Booklly is coming to iPhone and iPad. Until then, it works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers.

Tonight's story is one idea away

Most stories start with something that happened today. Borrow one of these, or type your own.

  • Big feelings

    She's been scared of the dark since her night light broke.

  • Curious minds

    Why does a volcano erupt? He asks me every single night.

  • Just for fun

    A birthday cake that rolls away just before the party.

  • Big feelings

    A new baby is coming in spring, and he's not sure how he feels about it.

  • Curious minds

    Why is the sea salty?

  • Just for fun

    A sock who goes looking for its lost twin.

  • Big feelings

    First day at a new school on Monday. Something to make it feel smaller.

  • Curious minds

    How do bees make honey? For a curious five-year-old.

  • Just for fun

    A snail who really, really wants to win the garden race.

  • Big feelings

    His best friend moved away this summer, and he misses her a lot.

You read the draft first, and nothing is painted or read aloud until you say yes.

30 days free on Basic or Creator. You add a card to start, and you won't be charged if you cancel before the trial ends.

Every idea becomes one of these kinds of story:

  • Adventure
  • Learning about the world
  • First concepts
  • Feelings
  • Life moments
  • Values
  • Bedtime
  • Humour
  • Mystery
Browse the library

Sleep well.