Prêt-à-Lire brings you an illustrated, narrated story starring your own child, with a gentle prompt afterwards for the two of you to talk about — so story time helps them grow as a reader, not just drifts them off to sleep.
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Prêt-à-Lire isn't a lab experiment — it's one mum's answer to running out of story ideas by page three, every single night. It's being made in London, for her own two children first, and, she hopes, for yours too.
Made by hand in LondonVocabulary and sentence length are tuned to where your child is with reading, not just what they're into.
Every story ends with two or three questions for the two of you to talk through together — the kind that help understanding stick, not just recall.
The shape and language of each story draw on established early-literacy research, not just what holds attention for five minutes.
Hair, skin tone, eyes, glasses — set up your child's likeness once, and they'll spot themselves on every page after.
Each story is narrated aloud, so tired eyes can close before the last page turns.
Nine languages and counting, each one written and voiced to sound native — not translated.
Choose the tone and content boundaries once. Every story after stays kindly within them.
Pick which child the story is for — their look is already saved from last time.
A theme, a mood, a lesson to land gently — as little or as much detail as you like.
An illustrated, narrated story appears — ready before the pyjamas are on.
A bit of both, really. Every story is written to be enjoyed first — but the vocabulary is gently levelled to your child's reading stage, and each one ends with a little prompt for you, built around known early-literacy practices rather than generic trivia.
A mum in London, building the app she wished existed for her own two children — and now bringing it to other families too.
You choose a safety level for each child, and every story — the words, the pictures, the voice — stays gently within it. Nothing a child creates wanders past that boundary without you changing it.
We're launching in nine languages, written and narrated to sound native rather than translated — including a dedicated voice for Lithuanian, which most story apps skip entirely.
Yes. There'll be a free tier to get a feel for it before you'd ever need a subscription — pricing details land closer to launch.
No — one family account, multiple children, each with their own look, age range, and safety settings.
We're in the final stretch of testing now. Leave your email above and you'll hear from us the day the covers open — before anyone else.