Every story starts with a blank.

The grown-up part comes first.

The account is yours, not your child's. A few calm minutes up front, so you can hand over the tablet at bedtime without a second thought.

• i.

  Sign in with a code

  Your email, then a 6-digit code. No password to remember.

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• ii.

  Confirm you're the adult

  A small card check that's refunded right away, with an email telling you it happened and why.

• iii.

  Say yes, one thing at a time

  Separate, plain-language consents: one for photos, and later one for voice.

• iv.

  A grown-up gate

  Settings and payments sit behind it, so little hands can't wander in.

More on safety & privacy

Set up your child, together.

Sit side by side and tap picture cards: what they love, what kind of story feels right, what to leave out, and who's in their world. Try it. Your story page is listening.

A family can set up as many children as it has, and you can view, change or delete any profile whenever you like. Deleting a child deletes their photos, character and stories.

Give everyone a look.

Your child, Grandma, the family cat: every character gets drawn in the story's style. There are two ways to do it, and photos are always optional.

Press Make.

Pick a child, add a spark for tonight if you like (a theme, who's in it, a place) and press Make. Bellemade writes the story at your child's reading level, paints every page with the characters you approved, and gets the learning-mode words ready at the same time.