A child and a glowing little lantern at bedtime
A bedtime story made for one child -- yours

Tonight, your child is the hero of their own story.

An original, narrated, illustrated bedtime story -- built around your child by name, the moment they're working through, and the lesson you want them to carry. Made just for them, to keep and replay.

Not a name dropped into a template. An original story shaped around your child -- written, illustrated, and narrated like a real picture book, delivered as a video they'll ask for night after night. The kind of gift they remember being about them.

How it works

Three simple steps to a story they'll ask for again.

1

Tell us about your child

Their name, what they're working through (a new sibling, the dark, a first day), the lesson you'd like the story to carry -- and a favorite toy or pet to write in.

2

We make it

We write, illustrate, and narrate an original story around your child -- in the voice and language you choose.

[3-day proof] -- confirm
3

Keep it forever

You get a narrated, illustrated video to replay at bedtime for years. No shipping, no print worries.

Go deeper -- only on littlelanternstory.com

The richer story the site can tell.

The 5-Night Story Arc

One story is a gift. Five is a ritual.

Your child's hero returns night after night in a continuing 5-part story -- same character, a story that grows across the week. Bedtime becomes the thing they look forward to.

Night one
NIGHT 1
Night two
NIGHT 2
Night three
NIGHT 3
Night four
NIGHT 4
Night five
NIGHT 5
A child meeting the little lantern
Their whole world, in the story

Their favorite toy or pet, written in.

The stuffed bunny that goes everywhere. The family dog. We weave your child's real favorite toy or pet right into the story as a character -- the detail that makes them point and say "that's mine."

A child carrying a gentle light
In their language

Their story, in their language.

Beyond our shop's set: choose from a wider range of languages, with the whole story written and narrated in-language by a native voice (never English with an accent), so it truly sounds made for them.

See it for yourself

See a Little Lantern Story.

A child holding a glowing lantern

"Made by a small studio that believes every kid deserves to be the hero of a story."

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Real parent reviews appear here once families share them -- never fabricated.

Two ways in, one keepsake

Start simple, or go deeper.

Try a single story, or create the richer, continuing keepsake only the site can make.

Start simple

A single personalized story -- the easiest way to try it.
$29
  • One original narrated, illustrated story
  • Your child as the named hero
  • Your situation + the lesson you choose
Create your child's story

A premium single story

The deeper single story -- made on the site.
~$[39-49] / story
  • Everything in the single story
  • Favorite toy or pet written in
  • Your choice of language
Create a premium story
The keepsake

The 5-Night Story Arc

A continuing series -- a week of bedtimes, the full keepsake.
~$[79-99] / arc
  • Five connected nights, one growing story
  • The same hero, returning each night
  • Favorite toy or pet + your language
  • A keepsake series to replay for years
Create the arc

Premium price points are Sean decisions (ranges shown are recommendations). The value is the keepsake, not a discount -- no urgency, no countdowns.

It starts with their name

Make tonight's story about them.

Create your child's story
Original art, made just for them No photos of your child needed Yours to keep + replay Made by a small studio