Free to read · Illustrated · Narrated
Ten-year-olds are ready for stories with real choices in them: a princess who has to make up for a broken promise, a hero who gives up her medal to stay with a friend, and a pirate captain who has to admit she forgot the way. Read together, or let them read on their own.
Every book here is free to read, no account needed.
Sora wins a prize with a story Ravi asked her to keep private. Returning the prize is only the start; Ravi decides when he is ready to tell her another story.
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“Princess Sora had entered the palace storytelling contest every spring and never won. This y…”
Ari wants her medal, and Calder wants one whole day at the sea. Staying with the marble lion means missing something she had hoped for.
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“On parade morning, Captain Ari polished her boots twice. Today the city would give her a med…”
Roxana finds the treasure, then forgets where she tied the ship. Kazoo remembers every turn—and has a bargain in mind.
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“Captain Roxana sailed her one small ship toward an island marked on her map with a silver X.…”
Choosing tonight’s book
Roxana and Kazoo’s pirate story is the one for a laugh. Ari and Calder’s story is quiet, and the medal she gave up still matters at the end. Sora’s is the longest, at eighteen pages, with an uneasy middle and trust that comes back a little at a time—a good one to talk about.
Make your own
Start with this idea, or swap in their name, a favorite toy, or tonight’s worry. You’ll read the story, with its first pictures, before you sign up.
Questions, answered
Fifteen to twenty minutes suits many ten-year-olds, or longer when they are reading it themselves. The books here run ten to eighteen pages, and an Epic Storybook (16 to 20 pages) has room for a proper mystery.
Many can, at least a page or two. The words are pitched for the age you choose, and highlighted words follow along with the narration, so ten-year-olds can read, listen, or both.
Real choices, clever plots, humor with a little bite, and endings that aren’t always perfectly tidy. Many ten-year-olds still love being read to, and a shared story gives you something to talk about that isn’t school.
Yes. Put their name and what they’re into right now in your idea—“Sam finds a library map that only appears after midnight”—and choose age 10. Your first illustrated, narrated Storybook is free.
Your first illustrated, narrated Storybook is free. Read it before you sign up, no credit card required.