Stories in the language of home

Write a storybook in the language your family speaks, with your child as the hero, and hear it read aloud in that language. The app itself can stay in another language.

Start a story in your language

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Two children sailing a small boat on a river lined with palm trees and lotus flowers

What you get

You choose the story's language

Pick the language the story is written in when you create it, separately from the language you use zeStory in.

Read aloud in that language

Narration reads the story in the language it is written in, and you can record your own voice too.

Your family's words and places

Describe a grandparent's town, a favorite dish or a song from home, and the story is built around it.

Arabic and Hebrew, right to left

The zeStory app is available in 12 languages, with Arabic and Hebrew set right to left.

Start from a ready-made story

Each one arrives with the idea, the setting and the style decided: add your child's photo and name, and change anything you like.

See every ready-made story

Start a story in your family's language

Choose the language the story is written and read aloud in. The app can stay in the language you use every day.

One family's book, made with zeStory

Saddin's Cosmic Adventure

Made from the family's photos and a space adventure idea: a book to hold, a story to read, a film to watch and pages to colour.

The book

A hardcover to hold, or a print-ready PDF, made from the same pages.

Saddin sat in his room, surrounded by scattered star maps and robot parts. The faint hum of a thunderstorm outside made his heart race, yet his excitement bubbled beneath. He gazed at his latest creation, a small robot named Astro, glimmering with bright blue lights. "Astro, let’s explore space!" he whispered, as the first raindrop drummed against his window.

Page 1 of 10

The story

Read page by page, with narration in the voice the family chose.

The film

Every page becomes a moving scene with its own short voice-over, joined into one film.

The colouring book

The same pictures as line art, ready to print and colour in.

Questions families ask

Which languages can a story be written in?

You can write a story in ⁨English⁩, ⁨Español⁩, ⁨Français⁩, ⁨Deutsch⁩, ⁨Italiano⁩, ⁨Português⁩, ⁨العربية⁩, ⁨עברית⁩, ⁨हिन्दी⁩, ⁨中文⁩, ⁨日本語⁩, ⁨한국어⁩, and ⁨Русский⁩. You choose the story's language when you create it, and it does not have to match the language you use zeStory in.

Can one book have two languages side by side?

Each story is written in one language. You can make a story in each language your family speaks, with the same hero in both.

Can the story be read aloud?

Yes. A narrator can read the story aloud in the language it is written in, and you can record your own voice reading each page instead.

How much does a story cost?

A typical 12-page illustrated story costs 81 coins. Narration, film and print are priced separately.

Start your story

Start a story in your language

Bilingual and heritage language stories for kids | zeStory