Bedtime audio stories made for your child
The best bedtime story is the one about them. Give Purrytale tonight's idea, with your child's name and age, and get back a narrated audiobook instead of a page to read aloud.
Every family eventually runs out of books that land. The dinosaur phase outgrows the shelf, the same three stories get requested on loop, and some nights you just need something new that's still gentle enough for lights-out.
Purrytale works differently from a bookshelf. You describe the story you want, in one or two plain sentences: who it's about, what they love, where it goes. The story is written for your child, matched to their age, and narrated by a storyteller voice. You get an mp3 to play tonight and keep.
Because each story starts from your idea, it can follow whatever your child currently loves. This month that might be excavators. Next month, mermaids. The story keeps up.
Story ideas parents start from
One sentence is enough. Here's the kind of thing that works.
“A princess whose pet dragon is afraid of the dark, so she teaches him about stars”
Use this idea →“A small fox who collects lost dreams in a jar and returns them all before morning”
Use this idea →“Grandpa's rusty old tractor can secretly fly, but only very slowly and only at night”
Use this idea →How a bedtime story gets made
You give the idea
Your child's name, their age band, and tonight's adventure. Anything from "Mia and her teddy fly to the moon" to a full cast of family members.
Purrytale writes and narrates it
The story is written around your idea and recorded with a warm storyteller voice, in the language you choose. Ready in a few minutes.
You press play
Download the mp3 and the story text and keep them. Tonight's story, and every story after it, stays replayable.
Hear stories made with Purrytale
Six finished stories from toddlers up to age 8 — a lost blanket, a duckling parade, a fox postman — free to play so you hear the narration before making your own.
Toby and the Missing Blanket
A little dinosaur says goodnight to half the valley while hunting for his lost blanket, which is closer to bed than he thinks. 5-minute · male narrator · for little ones (1–3)
Lola and the Lost Teddy
A little bunny can't find her teddy at bedtime and says goodnight to everything in the burrow while she looks. 5-minute · female narrator · for little ones (1–3)
Delilah and the Goodnight Parade
Delilah, a small yellow duckling with one white feather on her head, leads her four younger duckling siblings on their nightly parade around the pond to say goodnight to everyone — the frogs, the dragonflies, the old willow tree. 5-minute · female narrator · for growing kids (4–5)
The Great Sock Mystery
Gus notices that socks keep disappearing all over the house — one from the laundry basket, one from the stairs, one right off the radiator. 5-minute · male narrator · for growing kids (4–5)
The Fox Postman's Last Letter
One letter left in the mailbag and the moon already rising: a fox postman hurries through the wood to deliver the last goodnight. 5-minute · male narrator · for big kids (6–8)
The Lost Yawn Under the Bed
Alfie hears a tiny polite knock from under his bed and meets Barnaby, a very polite fluffy green monster with soft mossy ears and big amber eyes, who apologises for arriving so late. 5-minute · male narrator · for big kids (6–8)Find the right bedtime story
Stories are written to fit the listener. Start with your child's age, or with how much evening is left.
By age
- Bedtime stories for toddlers Soft, simple stories for the smallest listeners.
- Bedtime audio stories for 3-year-olds Gentle adventures built around their favorite things.
- Bedtime audio stories for 4-year-olds Bigger imagination, still a soft landing.
- Bedtime audio stories for 5-year-olds Real adventures that still end in sleep.
By length
- 5-minute bedtime audio stories Short stories for nights when bedtime is running late.
Free to play tonight
- Free bedtime audio stories The full free library — listen or read along, no account needed.
- Accessible audio and read-along stories Narration plus the full text, with adjustable reading settings.
How Purrytale works
- Purrytale: personalized bedtime audio stories The service itself: one sentence in, a narrated story for your child out — sleepy, gentle, adventurous or curious.
- Personalized bedtime audio stories How your child's name, age, and interests shape the story.
- Personalized audiobooks for kids The narrated mp3 you receive, and why audio matters at bedtime.
- AI bedtime story generator The generator itself: one typed line in, a narrated story out.
Bedtime story questions
What ages are the stories for?
Roughly ages 1 to 8. You pick between three settings — little ones (1 to 3), growing kids (4 to 5) and big kids (6 to 8) — and the story's sentences, vocabulary, and pacing follow.
Are the stories read aloud?
Yes, every story arrives as a narrated mp3, told by a male or female storyteller voice you choose. The full text comes along as a download too.
Do the stories stay gentle?
Yes. Whatever the idea, stories are written to bedtime rules: nothing violent or scary, and an ending that settles down calmly.
How much does a story cost?
Stories are paid with credits; one credit is one minute of narrated audio, so a story costs three, five, or ten depending on the length you pick. No subscription.
Can the same story be played again?
As often as they ask. Download the mp3 once and it's yours to keep and replay, on any device that plays mp3s.
Tonight's story starts with one sentence
Write the idea while they brush their teeth, then press play together.
Create tonight's story →