Free to read · Ages 3-12
The Imagiverse story library
50 illustrated stories you can read right now, with no account and no card. Every one of them can be rewritten in about a minute with your own child as the hero.
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The same stories, grouped by the age your child is now and the situation you are reading in.
- Dragon stories for 4-year-olds
- Dragon stories for 5-year-olds
- Dragon stories for 6-year-olds
- Dragon stories for 7-year-olds
- Dragon stories for 8-year-olds
- Unicorn stories for 4-year-olds
- Unicorn stories for 5-year-olds
- Unicorn stories for 6-year-olds
- Unicorn stories for 7-year-olds
- Unicorn stories for 8-year-olds
- Dinosaur stories for 4-year-olds
- Dinosaur stories for 5-year-olds
- Dinosaur stories for 6-year-olds
- Dinosaur stories for 7-year-olds
- Space stories for 4-year-olds
- Space stories for 5-year-olds
- Space stories for 6-year-olds
- Space stories for 7-year-olds
- Space stories for 8-year-olds
- Animal stories for 4-year-olds
- Animal stories for 5-year-olds
- Animal stories for 6-year-olds
- Animal stories for 7-year-olds
- Friendship stories for 4-year-olds
- Friendship stories for 5-year-olds
- Friendship stories for 6-year-olds
- Friendship stories for 7-year-olds
- Kindness stories for 4-year-olds
- Kindness stories for 5-year-olds
- Kindness stories for 6-year-olds
- Kindness stories for 7-year-olds
- Courage stories for 4-year-olds
- Courage stories for 5-year-olds
- Courage stories for 6-year-olds
- Courage stories for 7-year-olds
- Courage stories for 8-year-olds
- Pirate bedtime stories for kids
- Mermaid stories for kids
- Fairy stories for kids
- Superhero bedtime stories for kids
- Princess stories for kids
- Robot stories for kids
- Farm animal stories for kids
- Jungle animal stories for kids
- Ocean adventure stories for kids
- Knight and castle stories for kids
- Rainy-day stories for kids
- Car ride stories for kids
- Stories for kids who won't sleep
- Stories for anxious kids
- Nap time stories for toddlers
- Stories for kids scared of the dark
- Sick day stories for kids
- Grandparent stories for kids
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Ages 3-6 · 4 minutes
The Sleepy Lighthouse
A lighthouse that has never once slept finally gets a night off.
Ages 3-5 · 3 minutes
The Blanket That Would Not Sleep
Everyone in the room is asleep except one very stubborn blanket.
Ages 5-9 · 8 minutes
Night Train to Nowhere in Particular
A train that only stops at places you have already been.
Ages 6-10 · 9 minutes
The Map With One Mistake
The map is perfect except for one deliberate lie.
Ages 5-8 · 6 minutes
The Bridge That Counted
The rope bridge holds exactly one hundred steps. No more.
Ages 7-11 · 10 minutes
The Mountain That Changed Its Mind
Three attempts, one mountain, and weather that keeps voting no.
Ages 3-6 · 5 minutes
The Fox Who Forgot How to Be Quiet
A fox is supposed to be silent. This one squeaks.
Ages 4-7 · 6 minutes
Eleven Ducklings and a Crossing
Eleven ducklings, one busy road, and a town that stops.
Ages 6-9 · 8 minutes
The Elephant Who Remembered Too Much
She remembers every single thing, including the ones she'd rather not.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Third Wish Is the Tricky One
Three wishes, and a rule nobody reads carefully enough.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Princess Who Refused the Tower
The tower is booked. She isn't going.
Ages 6-10 · 8 minutes
The Shoemaker's Honest Mistake
He sold the queen a pair of shoes with a flaw only he can see.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Moon Has a Lost and Found
Everything you've ever lost ends up in one crater.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Robot Who Counted Stars Wrong
Off by one. Every night. For six years.
Ages 7-11 · 10 minutes
One-Way Ticket to Tuesday
The trip takes four days. Back home, it takes four years.
Ages 3-7 · 5 minutes
The Smallest Dinosaur in the Valley
Everyone in the herd is enormous. Compsognathus is not.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
Fossil Hunting With Grandpa
Six hours on a cold beach for one small piece of a very old animal.
Ages 3-6 · 5 minutes
The Dinosaur Who Was Afraid of Thunder
The loudest animal on earth is terrified of a loud noise.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Turtle Who Took the Long Way
Two thousand miles, and she has done it before.
Ages 6-10 · 8 minutes
The Light at the Bottom
In the deepest water, the only light is the light animals make themselves.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
A Whale Called Maybe
He sings at the wrong frequency, so nobody answers.
Ages 6-10 · 8 minutes
One Spell a Day
One spell. Per day. Choose before breakfast.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Library That Reads Back
Open a book here and it opens you right back.
Ages 7-11 · 10 minutes
The Door That Opens at Dusk
Eleven minutes a day, and only two of you can go.
Ages 6-10 · 7 minutes
The New Kid Sits Alone on Purpose
Not everyone sitting alone wants rescuing.
Ages 5-9 · 6 minutes
The Apology That Took Three Tries
"Sorry you're upset" is not an apology, and both of them know it.
Ages 4-7 · 5 minutes
Two People, One Umbrella
The umbrella is small. The walk is long. The rain does not care.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Dragon Who Was Scared of Fire
Every dragon in the valley breathes fire. Ember breathes steam, and only when nobody is watching.
Ages 3-6 · 4 minutes
A Dragon in the Recycling
Something is eating the cardboard, and it is not the neighbor's goat.
Ages 6-10 · 10 minutes
The Last Egg on Ember Ridge
The egg has to stay warm for eleven nights. There are only two of them to do it.
Ages 3-6 · 5 minutes
Teaching a Dragon to Whisper
A dragon has exactly one volume, and it is bedtime.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Unicorn With a Crooked Horn
Every horn in the herd points straight up. Hers points slightly left.
Ages 3-6 · 4 minutes
The Unicorn Who Could Not Sparkle
Everyone's magic arrives on their fourth birthday. Juno's is running late.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Unicorn and the Borrowed Rainbow
She only borrowed it for one afternoon. It is now Thursday.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Unicorn Who Stayed for the Rain
Unicorns always leave before the rain. This one didn't.
Ages 4-7 · 5 minutes
The T. Rex With Tiny Worries
The biggest dinosaur in the forest is worried about absolutely everything.
Ages 3-6 · 4 minutes
A Triceratops Learns to Share
There is one fern patch and two very hungry dinosaurs.
Ages 6-10 · 9 minutes
Footprints That Go Both Ways
The tracks in the riverbed go out. Nothing came back.
Ages 4-7 · 5 minutes
The Astronaut Who Forgot Her Lunch
You cannot pop home for a sandwich from four hundred kilometers up.
Ages 6-10 · 9 minutes
Message From the Quiet Planet
The signal repeats every eleven minutes. Nobody has thought to answer it.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Comet That Was Late
The whole town came out to watch. The comet did not.
Ages 3-6 · 4 minutes
The House That Said Goodnight
One by one, every room in the house switches off.
Ages 4-8 · 5 minutes
Counting Sheep Went On Strike
The sheep have made a sign. The sign says NO MORE JUMPING.
Ages 5-9 · 7 minutes
The Last Firefly of Summer
One light is still on over the field, and it is the last one this year.
Ages 4-7 · 5 minutes
The Swing With Two Names
Two children. One swing. Twenty minutes of break left.
Ages 6-10 · 8 minutes
Nobody Picked Marisol First
She has been picked last eleven times, and she has been counting.
Ages 6-10 · 8 minutes
The Secret That Got Too Heavy
Some secrets are fun to keep. This one is not.
Ages 6-10 · 9 minutes
The Cave With Two Exits
One way out is short and dark. The other is long and takes until nightfall.
Ages 5-9 · 6 minutes
First Time Off the High Rock
Everyone else has jumped. The water is a long way down.
Ages 4-8 · 6 minutes
The Cat Who Only Visited Tuesdays
The cat comes every Tuesday, and only Tuesday, and nobody knows why.
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