✦ WRITTEN, NEVER TRANSLATED ✦
Your child is the hero, with their toys, pets and people alongside. The story is written in the language you speak at home, in that language's own nursery rhythm, so it sounds right when you read it aloud.Printed hardcover or digital PDF.
Written in Spanish from the first line, in rhyming eight-syllable couplets, the same beat as the copla and the romance. For families raising kids in Spanish in the US, and for abuelos who want a book they can read aloud without stumbling over a translation.
Written in Russian, in the rocking trochee of Russian counting rhymes and nursery verse, the meter children learn by heart. Made for Russian-speaking families abroad who want a bedtime book in the language they grew up with.
Written in French, in rhyming octosyllabic couplets, the line of the French comptine. A personalized storybook for French-speaking and immersion families that reads like it was always French.
Written in German, in rhyming trochaic couplets, the swaying meter of German Kinderreime. A book your child hears in German, starring your child, not a translated template.
Written in Portuguese, in paired rhymes with the music of lengalengas and cantigas. For Brazilian and Portuguese families keeping the language alive at bedtime.
Written in Italian, in rhyming couplets of ottonari, the eight-syllable meter of the Italian filastrocca, the kind you learn by heart and rock to as you read. For Italian-speaking families and nonni who want their grandchild to hear the language.
Written in Ukrainian, with paired rhymes in the singsong meter of the Ukrainian counting rhyme. A personalized storybook for Ukrainian families wherever they are now.
Written in Chinese, in seven-character lines that rhyme in pairs, the rhythm of Chinese children's songs. For families teaching Mandarin at home.
Written in Japanese in shichigo-cho, the 7-5 syllable rhythm of warabe-uta and Japanese nursery songs. The music comes from the count of sounds rather than rhyme, so it flows naturally read aloud.
Written in Korean in the 4-4 meter of traditional Korean children's songs, read in four-syllable beats that are easy to say aloud and remember. For Korean families raising kids abroad.
Written in Hindi, in rhymed, rhythmic lines in the tradition of Hindi bal-kavita. For families who want their child to hear Hindi at bedtime, and grandparents who want to read it to them.
Written in Bengali from the first line, not translated from English. A personalized storybook for Bengali-speaking families in Bangladesh, India and abroad.
Written in Arabic, in rhymed, metered lines with the rhythm of Arabic children's songs, laid out right to left. For Arabic-speaking families who want a storybook in their own language, starring their own child.
Written in Urdu, in rhyming couplets in the masnavi style, laid out right to left. For Pakistani and Urdu-speaking families keeping the language at home.
Written in Bulgarian from the first line, not translated. A personalized fairy tale for Bulgarian families abroad and for grandparents back home.
Written in Vietnamese from the first line, not translated from English. For Vietnamese families raising kids in the language of their grandparents.
No. The story is written directly in the language you choose, in that language's own verse tradition, so it reads aloud the way a book written in that language should.
The creation screens are in English, but you can type names, details and ideas in your own language, and every page of the finished book is in the language you pick.
English plus 16 more: Spanish, Russian, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Bulgarian, Vietnamese.