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Bedtime stories and puppet shows for ages 2 to 8

Tonight’s story,picked in thirty seconds.

A curated shelf of read-aloud stories we wrote for reading together, sorted by your kid’s age and by the lesson you want tonight: kindness, courage, telling the truth. Plus puppet-show scripts for the stuffed animals already on the floor.

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Tonight’s pick

Goodnight, Little Fox

Ages 2–42 minFull cast audio

FreeNo adsNo sign-upOriginal stories, written by Stories Nest

The thirty-second pick

Start with an age

…or with tonight’s lesson:kindnesscouragehonestysharingpatiencetrying again

Straight from the shelf

One for every age, ready right now

Browse the whole shelf

How the stories are made

Written for reading aloud, reviewed before they reach the shelf

  • Our own shelf24 stories and 16 scripts, every one original and written for Stories Nest. Nothing is licensed from a publisher, scraped, or uploaded by other users.
  • A read-aloud craft bibleEvery piece is built for a grown-up's voice: a refrain the kids can join, a middle that comes in threes, a hero who solves it, and a last page that slows everyone down.
  • Hand-curated, every timeEach story is drafted, then edited and reviewed by hand against that bible before it is published. The moral is never announced; the story carries it.

The second act

The stuffed-animal basket is a theater company

16 short scripts a grown-up can sight-read from behind the couch: silly voices, stage directions, and built-in moments where the kids shout along. Tap the animals you own and we’ll match the shows you can perform tonight; if nothing fits, we’ll write one for exactly your basket.

  • 3 to 6 minutes each, so the puppeteer’s arms survive
  • Works with puppets, stuffies, or a sock with eyes
  • Every script ends warm. Several land right before lights-out
Match my puppets
Perfect fit with Frog and Duck. Mouse optional

Tap the puppets you own. The shelf sorts itself.

  • Bear
  • Rabbit
  • Fox
  • Duck, in the show
  • Frog, in the show
  • Mouse, optional part
  • Owl
  • Lion
  • Monkey
  • Elephant
  • Dog
  • Cat

How an evening goes

Made for the 7:43pm scramble

  1. 7:43pm

    Pick age + lesson

    The negotiation is over. Two taps (your kid's age, tonight's lesson) and the shelf shows exactly the right stories.

  2. 7:45pm

    Read it together

    Every story is written for reading aloud: rhythm, sounds to join in on, and a read-aloud tip for the grown-up. They end calm on purpose.

  3. 7:52pm

    Talk about it

    Three little questions after the last page turn the lesson into a 30-second conversation. That's where it sticks.

Browse by what you’re working on

Every story quietly practices one thing

Inside the app, with Pro

A narrator and a story maker, for the nights the shelf isn’t enough

  • ListenA warm narrator reads our stories and scripts aloud at bedtime pace while you both follow along on the page. You stay on pillow duty. Six full-cast recordings play free for everyone, so you can hear it first.ProListen is part of Stories Nest Pro
  • The story maker and the show builderPick the age, a hero, a lesson and a mood; the app writes a short story for your family from those choices and checks it before you see it. Pick 2 to 4 of your puppets and the show builder scripts them a show the same way.Make a storyBuild a show

Every family gets 2 stories and 1 show a month free. Pro makes as many as you like.

One subscription, for the app

Reading is free. Pro is the app’s subscription.

Every story and script on the shelf stays free, with no ads, for good. Pro is for the nights you want the narrator, a brand-new story, or a painted portrait of the sock with eyes. You start it inside the iPhone or Android app, and it follows you here.

  • For every family

    Free

    $0for good

    The whole shelf, every night, with nothing to sign up for.

    • All 24 stories and 16 puppet-show scripts, for every age
    • Scripts matched to the puppets and stuffies you own
    • 6 full-cast recordings with sound effects, free to listen
    • A taste of the writing room: 2 stories and 1 show a month
    • Your own puppets in the basket, with a photo for a face
    • No ads, no sign-up. Add a free account when you want your nest on every device
    Open the shelf

  • ProFor the nights you want more

    Stories Nest Pro, the app’s subscription

    A subscription to the Stories Nest app. Everything on the shelf is original and ours; reading it stays free.

    $59.99a year

    The same as $5.00 a month. Or $5.99 a month, cancel whenever.

    • Everything in Free, plus
    • Listen: a narrator reads every story and script on the shelf aloud, at bedtime pace
    • Make a story or build a show whenever you like, not just a taste a month
    • Painted portraits of your family's own puppets
    • Follows you to every phone and tablet you sign in on

    Start Pro inside the app

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    Billed by the App Store or Google Play at $59.99 a year, renewing until you cancel there. In US dollars, shown in your currency by the store. Pro needs a free account, and follows you to the website too.

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Questions parents actually ask

Talk to us

A question, a problem, or an idea for the shelf

Tell us what happened, or what you wish the shelf had. A person reads every message and answers by email.

Write to us

Rather use email? Write to hello@storiesnest.app.

Tonight’s story is already on the shelf

Pick the age, pick the lesson, and read. The choosing part takes thirty seconds.

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