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For whoever does bedtime

A bedtime story where your kid is the hero. A new one every week.

You read it. They hear their own name, see their own face on every page, and ask for it again tomorrow.

Two minutes. You see their cover before you pay anything.

One photo. We draw them from it and keep it only while your tales are active. Never sold, and never used to train a model of ours. Sent only to the service that draws the pictures.

  1. Cover: Milo and the Moon Who Couldn't Sleep
    Week 1
  2. Cover: Milo and the Puddle Full of Sky
    Week 2
  3. Cover: Milo and the Sock That Ran Away
    Week 3
  4. Cover: Milo and the Tuesday Sea
    Week 4

Milo’s first month. One photo, four tales, the same kid on every cover.

  • See it before you pay. Their cover, drawn from one photo, before you're charged anything.

  • Same face on every page. Their name in the sentences, not pasted on the cover.

  • Photo kept only while active. Deleted 30 days after you cancel. Delivered tales stay.

Bedtime, honestly

It’s 8:47. They want one more.

You’ve read the same book so many times you could do it with the lights off. Some nights you skip a page and hope they don’t notice. They notice.

Some nights they ask for a story about them, and you make one up, and it falls apart somewhere around the dragon.

You’re not doing bedtime wrong. You’re doing it every single night. That’s the hard part.

  • You’re the one who does the voices.
  • You’re the one who reads it again when they ask.
  • You’re the one who stays until they’re asleep, even on the nights you’re wrecked.

Happy Tales doesn’t do bedtime for you. It gives you something new to bring to it. Every week.

A finished tale, start to finish

His name is in every sentence. Not just on the cover.

Milo is four. His mom told us he loves the moon and can’t sleep when it’s bright. One photo later, this is the first of his four tales this month. Look at his face: it’s the same on every page. This is the one he’ll ask for again.

Child · 3–5Bedtime12 pages
Cover: Milo sits on a rooftop under a wide-awake full moon
The cover. She saw this before she paid.
  1. Milo in bed while the moon peeks in through the window

    Milo couldn't sleep. Neither, it turned out, could the Moon.

    Page 1 of 12
  2. Milo on the roof handing a mug of warm milk up to the moon

    So Milo climbed up to the roof with a mug of warm milk. “For you,” he said.

    Page 2 of 12
  3. Milo reading a book to the moon while small stars listen

    Then Milo read the Moon his favourite story. The stars came down to listen.

    Page 3 of 12
  4. The moon asleep over the rooftops while Milo sleeps in his attic bed

    By the time the sun stretched, the Moon was snoring softly. And so was Milo.

    Page 4 of 12

Eight more pages, then the last one says goodnight to Milo by name.

See their cover first

How it works

Two minutes tonight. A new tale every week after.

No app to install. Nothing for a child to tap. The phone stays in your hand, not theirs.

  1. Mom reading to her daughter

    Tell us who stars.

    Their name, their age, what they're into right now, the thing only you know, and who else belongs in the story. Two minutes, one question at a time.

  2. Dad showing a toddler and the dog a picture on his phone

    One photo, and we draw them.

    You see their cover before you're charged anything. Not them? Try another cover once, or fix the name. You don't pay for a stranger.

  3. Three children in pyjamas reading together

    A new tale opens each week.

    You read it to them. Your voice, their name. The phone stays in your hand, dimmed with the Night theme, or print the ones they love and fold them into a booklet.

Who else is in the story

Bring the dog along. And Grandma, and the baby.

Your kid is always the star. When you set up, tick who else belongs in the tales, and they turn up the way they do at home: Grandma with the biscuits, the baby asleep in the next room, the dog underfoot on every other page. Add one photo of the dog and it’s him, spots and all. This is Biscuit.

  • Mom
  • Dad
  • Grandma
  • Grandpa
  • a sibling
  • the dog
Cover: Biscuit the dog carrying an enormous stick through an autumn park
Biscuit discovering a huge stick in the long grass

Biscuit found a stick. Not just any stick. The most important stick in the whole park.

Page 1
Biscuit trying to fit the stick through the front door while his family laughs

It would not fit through the door. Biscuit tried sideways. His family tried not to laugh.

Page 2

The photo, and your money

You read it. Not a chatbot.

Every tale is read aloud by you, on your sofa, in your voice. There’s no talking to it, nothing for a child to type into. It’s a picture book that happens to be about them.

  • One photo, and only one.

    We never ask for more, never for another adult, and never for a video.

  • Kept only while your tales are active.

    Deleted 30 days after you cancel. The tales already delivered stay yours.

  • Never sold. Never used to train a model of ours.

    The photo goes only to the service that draws the pictures. We open it only if you ask us to fix a tale.

  • First month, money back if the tales aren't right.

    Cancel in the first 30 days and the first month is refunded, no form, no reason. Keep what was delivered.

What should the tales lean toward?

Some weeks you need a story that does a job.

On the first day of school, they’re the one who walks through the big door. When the new baby comes, they get to be the big one. Pick what this season is about, and change it any week.

One price. One button.

Four tales a month, all about them.

Pause anytime. The tales you have stay.

$47/month

Four tales a month — $47. A new one every week.

About $11.75 a tale. One personalized picture book usually costs $40.

  • One child as the star. The dog, a sibling or Grandma can join the cast.
  • Four new personalized tales a month, one each week.
  • Every tale you've received, on the shelf for as long as you like.
  • Print at home. Letter or A4, folds into a booklet.
  • Pause up to 3 months, or cancel from your account any time.
Start their tales — $47/mo

First month, money back if the tales aren't right.

Need more than four? 8 more tales — $40, 20% off.

Questions

The things people ask before they hand over a photo.

Straight answers. If yours isn’t here, hello@gethappytales.com reaches a person.

Someday they stop asking for one more story.

Nobody tells you which night is the last one. Until then, read them the ones they’re in.

Two minutes. You see their cover before you pay anything. First month, money back if the tales aren't right.

$47/mo · or $397/yr, 30% off

One photo. We draw them from it and keep it only while your tales are active. Never sold, and never used to train a model of ours. Sent only to the service that draws the pictures.