Story Gift Start tonight's story
Episode 1Grandpa Miles drives Hazel, Poppy and Owen in the golf cart while Scout runs alongside
Episode 2Hazel and Poppy on the treehouse balcony, Owen and Scout below, Grandpa Miles by the ladder
Episode 3Grandma Rose, Poppy and Hazel at the breakfast table while Grandpa Miles comes in
Episode 4Inside the treehouse, Poppy and Grandpa Miles find a glowing golden acorn under a floorboard
The real house The storybook home
The real house — a brown wooden house with a wide porch under tall pines The storybook home — the same house and pines, now with the tree house, pool, trampoline and winding trails
Grandpa Miles & Grandma Rose’s house
Poppy as a storybook character — blonde bun, flower shirt, purple shorts and pink shoes
Poppy · the hero
Hazel as a storybook character in her star t-shirt and yellow skirt
Hazel, 5
Owen as a storybook character in his yellow t-shirt and blue shorts
Owen
Grandpa Miles as a storybook character — grey beard and green shirt
Grandpa Miles
Grandma Rose as a storybook character in her floral blouse
Grandma Rose
Scout, a black pointer dog crossing a grassy field with his tail up
Scout
Murphy, an old shaggy grey mutt resting by a wooden fence
Murphy
Mabel, a long-haired black cat curled up on an armchair
Mabel
Pepper, a short-haired black cat sitting on a stone wall
Pepper
Your photo Your storybook hero
A real family photo — a little blonde girl with her hair in a top bun, wearing a flower-print shirt The same little girl as a storybook character — same blonde bun, same flower shirt
Poppy, 3 — the little sister — and the hero
A bedtime adventure series
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Story Gift
Bedtime adventures where the hero… is you
Volume I

Once upon a time — well, tonight, actually — there was a book.

Not about princesses or dragons.

About someone very special — your child. The hero of every story inside.

A grown-up gives the book its family, just once. One photo becomes a storybook hero.

Every face. Every pet. Drawn once — remembered forever.

Even home itself joins the adventure — and every night, a brand-new chapter.

The adventures change. The hero never does.

Give a gift that teaches the values you love — and makes your child the hero.

Story Gift

Teach the values you love — with your child as the hero.

Start tonight's story

Story Gift

Every great adventure begins at bedtime.

Bedtime adventures starring your child, your pup, and the people who love them most — short illustrated chapters about kindness, courage, truthfulness and perseverance.

Start tonight's story See how it works

From photo to storybook character

One grown-up setup makes every episode possible

Before the first story is ever written, a grown-up sets up the family once — the people, the pets, the place. That one-time setup is what every episode is built from. It’s why the little sister on page one is still the same little sister at the end of season four.

Inside the Grown-up Area

Everything on this page starts in the Grown-up Area — the part of Story Gift protected by a grown-up PIN. Children never use it. Here’s what the grown-up does there, one time:

  1. Add each person

    Name, age, who they are to the child, and a photo. Grandparents, cousins — anyone who belongs in the stories.

  2. Describe the pets

    No photo needed — just kind, color, coat, inside or outside. From those few words, each pet gets its own storybook drawing.

  3. Add the home

    A photo of the house, plus the special things around it — the tree house, the pool, the trampoline, the golf cart, the trails.

  4. Look every drawing over

    Each person, pet and place is drawn once, as a storybook character or a storybook spot — and the grown-up looks each one over before anything is settled.

  5. Approve & lock the setup

    After Preview & Review Setup comes Approve & Lock Setup: names, photos, looks, places, narrator voice and favorites become read-only. From then on, every story uses exactly those approved drawings — and episodes you’ve already made are never erased.

  6. Then make a season

    The grown-up makes a season of episodes, reads each one first, and approves it before the child sees it. Only then is it ready for bedtime.

Real photos in. Storybook family out.

Each photo becomes one storybook character — the face, the hair, the favorite shirt — checked by the grown-up, then drawn the same way in every episode.

PhotoPhoto of Grandpa Miles, a smiling silver-haired man with a grey beard, wearing a green polo shirt StorybookGrandpa Miles as a storybook character — same grey beard and green shirt, standing in a flower garden
Grandpa Milesthe grandfather
PhotoPhoto of Grandma Rose, a smiling woman with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a floral blouse StorybookGrandma Rose as a storybook character in her floral blouse, standing in a garden
Grandma Rosethe grandmother
PhotoPhoto of Hazel, a smiling five-year-old with dark blonde hair, wearing a blue t-shirt with a yellow star StorybookHazel as a storybook character in her star t-shirt and yellow skirt
Hazel, 5the big sister
PhotoPhoto of Poppy, a blonde three-year-old with her hair in a top bun, wearing a flower-print shirt StorybookPoppy as a storybook character — blonde bun, flower shirt, purple shorts and pink shoes
Poppy, 3the little sister — and the hero
PhotoPhoto of Owen, a smiling teenage boy with wavy brown hair, wearing a yellow t-shirt StorybookOwen as a storybook character in his yellow t-shirt and blue shorts
Owenthe teenage cousin

This is a fictional demo family — the photos are make-believe stand-ins, not real people. Your family becomes your storybook family.

Pets are described once — then drawn the same forever

No photo needed for the four-legged family. A sentence or two is enough, and each pet gets its own approved drawing.

Storybook drawing of Scout, a black pointer dog crossing a grassy field with his tail up
ScoutWhat the grown-up typed“Black pointer dog. Short coat, tail always up. Lives outside.”
Storybook drawing of Murphy, an old shaggy grey mutt resting by a wooden fence
MurphyWhat the grown-up typed“Older grey mutt, shaggy all over. Slow and sweet. Lives outside.”
Storybook drawing of Mabel, a long-haired black cat curled up on an armchair
MabelWhat the grown-up typed“Black long-haired cat. Inside only. Owns the good armchair.”
Storybook drawing of Pepper, a short-haired black cat sitting on a stone wall
PepperWhat the grown-up typed“Black short-haired cat. Lives outside. Patrols the stone wall.”

The house becomes a storybook home

One real photo, plus the grown-up’s list of the things that make it home. This is Grandpa Miles and Grandma Rose’s house — a real house, shared with its owner’s permission.

The real houseThe real house — a brown wooden house with a wide porch under tall pines The storybook homeThe storybook version — the same house and pines, now with the tree house, pool, trampoline, golf cart and winding trails

Same porch, same pines — plus the tree house, the pool, the trampoline, the golf cart and the winding trails, exactly as the stories will always draw them.

Same family. Every episode.

Different adventures, different seasons — the same approved drawings on every page, because a story can only use what the grown-up locked in.

Grandpa Miles drives Hazel, Poppy and Owen in the golf cart while Scout runs alongside
Episode 1The first ride out to the trails — Grandpa Miles at the wheel, Scout alongside.
Hazel and Poppy on the treehouse balcony, Owen and Scout below, Grandpa Miles by the ladder
Episode 2The treehouse — same green roof, same ladder, same four adventurers.
Grandma Rose, Poppy and Hazel at the breakfast table while Grandpa Miles comes in
Episode 3Breakfast at Grandma Rose’s — same floral blouse, same sunny kitchen.
Inside the treehouse, Poppy and Grandpa Miles find a glowing golden acorn under a floorboard
Episode 4Under a loose floorboard, a golden acorn — and episode four begins.

A continuing adventure. A familiar family.

Like their favorite show, made for bedtime together.

Your real family stars in a story that carries on from chapter to chapter. Each four-episode season explores a virtue through everyday choices, with chapters designed for ten minutes or less read aloud.

A gentle ending settles tonight’s adventure. A little curiosity invites you back for the next chapter—something to look forward to when you snuggle up tomorrow.

Read at your family’s pace. You choose when the next chapter begins.

Your Family Chronicle

Tonight’s chapter.
Tomorrow’s keepsake.

The familiar faces. The brave little choices. The adventures you shared before lights out. Your Family Chronicle gathers those stories into something you can return to together.

Today: print your approved stories or save your Chronicle so far as a PDF.

Planned: a year-end hardcover anthology—Volume I of Your Family Chronicle. Physical book ordering is not available yet; final format, pricing and delivery will be shared when it is ready.

Hardcover concept illustration.
Final cover and finish may differ.

How it works

Four short steps, then a story that's truly theirs

You tell us about the little one and the world they live in. Every chapter after that is written for them, painted for them, and read by you first.

Who they are

Their name, their age, and the brothers, cousins, grandparents and pets they love most.

Their world

The house, the woods out back, the golf cart, the tree fort. The places that feel like home.

The season

Choose a virtue for this season, such as honesty, courage or kindness. The chapters explore it through the choices your characters make.

Read first, then together

Each chapter waits for your okay. Change any line you like, then read it at bedtime.

Virtues & everyday choices

Big adventures. Everyday courage.

Stories give you a natural way to talk about the things growing up asks of us. Your child’s character makes a choice, sees what happens, and has a chance to put things right.

Perseverance

Trying again when the first attempt doesn’t work. Taking the next small step, even when something feels hard.

Kindness

Noticing who needs a hand. Sharing, listening and making room for someone else.

Truthfulness

Owning a mistake, telling the truth and discovering how to make things right.

Courage

Speaking up, asking for help and doing the right thing even with butterflies in your tummy.

The fruit of the Spirit, one season at a time

Choose up to three for any season. The story gives each one a real moment — a choice, a consequence and a chance to grow.

Love

Caring for others the way God loves us — at home, at play and with the people who are hard to love.

Joy

A glad, thankful heart, even on ordinary days and rainy afternoons.

Peace

A calm heart when things go wrong, and making peace when friends fall out.

Patience

Waiting your turn and letting good things take the time they take.

Kindness

Noticing who needs a hand, and helping before anyone has to ask.

Goodness

Doing what is right, even when no one is watching.

Faithfulness

Keeping your promises and staying true to the people who count on you.

Gentleness

Soft words and careful hands — with little ones, pets and feelings.

Self-control

Stopping to think before you act, even when you really, really want to.

A peek inside

Three small pages from one small story

Poppy, her dog Scout and her Grandpa Miles — the example family you met above — star in this sample. Your story stars yours.

Poppy finds the garden gate wide open and Scout digging up Grandma Rose's rosebush
Page oneThe gate was open, and Grandma Rose's roses were in trouble.
Poppy sits quietly at supper while Grandpa Miles talks, Scout's chin on her knee
Page fourScout rested his chin on her knee, as if he knew.
Poppy tells Grandpa Miles the truth about the open gate, Scout at her side
Page seven"Grandpa, it was me. I left the gate open."

Made to be trusted

Built to be handed to a child

Grown-ups are in charge from the first page to the last.

Only your family's

Your names, photos and places stay with your family's stories.

You read it first

Nothing reaches your child until you've said yes.

No child accounts

No sign-ups, no chat, no messages. Just the story.

Grandpa's voice

Record a few minutes of reading and the story can be read aloud in his voice when he can't be there.

Ten minutes or less

Every chapter fits a bedtime, with a gentle, sleepy ending.

Good to know

Questions parents ask

What ages is it for?

Children under twelve. Stories for little ones are shorter and simpler; older readers get longer chapters with more going on.

How long is each chapter?

Ten minutes or less read aloud, so it fits a bedtime without a fight.

Does the story continue each night?

A season has four connected episodes. Read the next one at your next bedtime, or take your time. You choose the pace; chapters do not arrive on an automatic daily schedule.

Can we keep a printed book?

You can print approved stories and your Chronicle so far, or save them as a PDF. A year-end hardcover anthology is planned. Physical book ordering, final format, price and delivery are not available yet.

Can I change something before my child hears it?

Yes. Every chapter waits for you. Read it, change any line, then share it when you're happy.

Can a grandparent read it from far away?

Yes. They record a few minutes of reading once, and the story can be read aloud in their voice whenever they can't be in the room.

Who sees our family photos?

Only your family's stories. Photos are used during setup to draw your storybook characters, and your names, photos and places stay with your family's stories — never anyone else's. The whole setup lives in the Grown-up Area, behind your grown-up PIN.

Tonight

Tonight's story is waiting to be written.

Start tonight's story

Four questions and a few minutes, then it's bedtime.