My first English storybook

Every child has a story. Let them write it.

Four words a day. Ten days. One real storybook — created by your child.

Meet new words. Play with them. Color the scenes. And watch a real book take shape — page by page, with their name on the cover.

Let's Make a Book →See How It Works

Chapter Three

The round moon lit the sky. One bright star winked hello. A small fish jumped in the lake. A green frog hopped along.

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Chapter One

Jini found a red apple. A friendly bear waved hello. The cat wanted to play too. They walked the dog all day.

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Chapter Two

The warm sun rose over the hill. A tall tree gave them shade. A little bird sang a song. Jini picked a yellow flower.

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Aligned with the Science of ReadingDolch & Fry research-based wordsSpaced-repetition memory scienceBuilt on Nation's vocabulary frameworkReviewed by ESOL educatorsTrusted across NZ · AU · US · UKPrivacy-first · child-safe by design

How it works

Ten minutes. Four steps. A book by month's end.

Meet

Four new words arrive every day — few enough to truly stick, woven in until they're theirs. Jini introduces each like a new friend.

Play

Words turn into puzzles, matches and games — the kind where learning hides inside the fun.

Create

Today's words become a story page. Pick the path, color the scene. The book grows one page at a time.

Collect

Day 10: the book is complete. Their name on the cover. Print it, share it, read it at bedtime.

A growing bookshelf

A bookshelf that grows with them.

Every month, a new book. Every book, their creation — their name on the cover, their words inside, their colors on every page.

12books a year

1,000+word encounters

10 mina day

"Jin's February Adventures"24 pages · Created by Jin · Feb 2026

Why this matters

In a world of screens, give them something to hold.

Screens are built to be effortless — endless fun a child just takes in, with nothing left at the end. StoryPress turns the same device the other way. Your child doesn't sit back and watch; they meet words, imagine a story, color it in, and make a page that's truly theirs. The screen stops taking, and starts giving back.

Everything else is built to be watched. This is built to be made.

Built on research

We didn't invent a method. We built on what works.

Decades of vocabulary research, wrapped in something a child actually wants to do.

Research-backed words

Grounded in Dolch, Fry and the Science of Reading — trusted by educators in NZ, Australia, the US and the UK.

Spaced repetition

Words return at carefully timed intervals — the same proven memory science behind the world's best learning tools.

Learning by creating

Children remember what they make — far better than what they're simply given. Every story page is active creation, not passive consumption.

Based on Dolch & Fry word lists · Nation's vocabulary framework · Biemiller's developmental sequences · output-hypothesis research.

Loved by families

What parents say after the first book.

Hear from families whose children went from "I can't" to "I made a story!"

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We moved to Auckland from Korea and English felt like a lot for her at first. Finishing one small story a day gave her something she could feel good about, at her own pace.

Amy Jang

Parent of Hana, 7 · Auckland, NZ

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We speak Mandarin at home, so I worried English would feel like homework. She treats it more like making her own book, and usually asks to do it herself.

Grace Chen

Parent of Sophie, 6 · Sydney, AU

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In Korea, English can feel like one more thing to study. This feels like play — he's making his own book, not taking a test, and he asks to do it himself.

Min-Jung Kim

Parent of Doyun, 6 · Seoul, KR

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I wanted less passive screen time and something he'd actually finish. He's proud there's a real book with his name on it — and he's picking up more words along the way.

Sarah Mitchell

Parent of Noah, 5 · Austin, TX

Sample reviews — ready to swap for real, verified parent testimonials.

Our story

We built this for our daughter. Then every family needed it.

Penny and I spent years in publishing — we made magazines, and we thought about books for a living: why they matter, why they last. Then our daughter moved to a new country at four, and English was a wall. We tried everything we knew; nothing reached her. What finally did wasn't a lesson — it was a story she made herself. So we built that one moment into this.

We set out to give our daughter a voice in a new language. The app is just how we got there.

— Yussi & Penny

Simple plans

One small habit, a shelf full of books.

Your child's first book is free. Keep going, and a new one joins the shelf every month.

One bespoke storybook costs more than a whole month here.

Free

Your child finishes a real book — free, no card.

A finished storybook in 10 days
1 story session a day
All 5 word games
1 child

Start free

Starter

$5.99/mo

A new book every month — a shelf that grows all year.

Everything in Free, plus
2 story sessions a day
A new storybook every month
All 10 story themes
A downloadable PDF of every book

Most loved

Family

$9.99/mo

The plan most families grow with.

Every child an author — their own books, their own shelf.

Everything in Starter, plus
Unlimited daily sessions
Up to 4 children
A shelf of their own, each

Start free · subscribe anytime · cancel whenever — every book you make stays yours.

30-day money-back guaranteeCancel anytimeKeep every book forever

Good to know

A few common questions.

What age is StoryPress for?+

Ages 3–8, and especially friendly for ESOL families. The words and stories adapt to your child's level — no level numbers, no pressure.

How long does it take each day?+

About ten minutes. Four new words, a few games, and one story page — a calm daily habit that builds a real book by month's end.

Can I print the finished book?+

Yes. When a book is complete you can order a printed copy with your child's name on the cover, or simply re-read it in the app anytime.

What happens if I cancel?+

You keep every book you've already made — forever. Cancelling only stops new monthly books; nothing your child created is taken away.

Every child has a story to tell.

Yours is ready to start. Ten minutes a day, a book by month's end — with their name right on the cover.

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