When bedtime hits a specific bump — a fear, a fib, a big change — here's the story to reach for, and the gentle question to ask after. No lectures, no login, always free.
For the holiday that disappeared into a screen: a free 8-minute story about a boy, a hundred levels, a dead transformer, and the nine evenings that turned out bigger than the whole game. Ages 8-12.
Read it →For the family whose dog, cat, or fish has just died: a free 4-minute story about a shoebox, a family that let the sad be exactly as big as it was, and where love goes when the pet is gone. Ages 0-12.
Read it →For the exclusion nobody has a clean word for: a free 8-minute story about a bag placed just wrong enough on a wall, and the one message that undid months of it. Ages 7-12.
Read it →For the practice that didn't pay off in the moment that mattered: a free 6-minute story about a lion cub whose first roar came out as a squeak, and what he did with it after. Ages 4-12.
Read it →For the sibling relationship a rakhi is trying to put into words: a free 6-minute story about a big brother who never finished writing the rules for loving a baby sister. Ages 4-12.
Read it →For the kid who's been carrying it alone for months: a free 8-minute bedtime story about the one question that finally got it out into the open. Ages 0-12.
Read it →For the night your child needs to do the brave thing anyway: a free 5-minute story about an owl who's still scared of the dark, and flies through it because someone smaller needs him to. Ages 0-12.
Read it →Every version of this fable ends with the moral spoken out loud. Ours doesn't - because a child who reaches the lesson herself keeps it longer than one who's told it. Free retelling, ages 4-6.
Read it →For the big sibling who loves the baby and can't stand him, in the same hour: a free 8-minute bedtime story that doesn't ask her to pick one feeling. Ages 0-12.
Read it →A free 8-minute story for the grumpy neighbor, strict teacher, or quiet classmate your child has already written off — plus 3 questions that open the gap between the story we tell and the person behind it. Ages 2-12.
Read it →Skip the reminder. A free 6-minute bedtime story about what a thank-you is actually worth — for the kid who says it like a chore. Ages 2-12.
Read it →For the night your child won't let you switch the light off: a free 2-minute bedtime story that reframes the dark, plus two gentle questions to ask after. No lecture, no login.
Read it →Skip the lecture. A free 6-minute bedtime story about honesty for the night after a lie — plus the three questions that start the real conversation. Ages 4–12.
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