Bedtime stories for 5-year-olds you can read tonight
Eight short illustrated stories for five-year-olds that wind a child down instead of up, free to read online, plus what makes a story work at bedtime.
How to tell what reading level your child is at, without a test
Three things to listen for when your child reads aloud, what each grade band looks like on the page, and how to pick a book that is hard enough but not too hard.
How to write a children’s story with your child
A step-by-step way to write a picture book together: choose a hero, a problem, three tries, a fix, and an ending, then match the words to your child’s reading level.
48 story ideas for a 6-year-old
Forty-eight one-sentence story prompts for six-year-olds, grouped by theme: school, pets, lost toys, kindness, nature, space, family trips, and fears.
Notes from TaleBuilder
Short, practical pieces on writing and illustrating stories with children.
Browse finished books in the story catalog, or start a book of your own.