DreamStories, an AI-powered kids’ storytelling platform that dynamically adapts every tale to a child’s age and interests, launches this week on a mission to reinvent books for a new generation of young readers.
Using proprietary AI technology, DreamStories lets families craft smartbooks where the artwork and story are fully personalized into unique, one-in-a-million adventures. You can put your own kids’ faces on characters in the books in a seamless way.
Seamlessly levelling-up every book as the child grows, from vocabulary and narrative complexity to story characters and themes, DreamStories is redefining storytelling into an interactive, individual and continually evolving reading journey.
Kids are the main stars of each story with their pictures transformed into adorable photo-realistic characters and transported onto the page together with their family and friends. Uniquely, parents can instantly toggle the book text across 100+ languages, perfect for bilingual families and every DreamStories customer around the world.
The brainchild of former Spotify exec Ricardo Vice Santos, DreamStories books are available as both immersive digital book experiences as well as deluxe hardcover editions – perfect for a screen-free bedtime.
“Books have barely changed over the centuries, but kids and the world around them have,” said Vice Santos, CEO of Dreamstories.ai, in a statement. “A regular book tells the same tale to every child, but DreamStories reflects their world – their reading age, language and particular tastes – on every page. We’re reimagining what a book can be.”
With recent studies showing reading enjoyment among kids falling to its lowest level in two decades* and with books in competition with near-unlimited, low-grade online content, Vice Santos says busy parents need new ways to get their kids into the reading habit.
The books have already received thousands of glowing test reviews from educators, parents and most importantly, kids.
Bilingual families, who historically have struggled to find books they can read together, have particularly praised DreamStories’ unique ability to instantly switch between multiple languages.
Vice Santos, himself a Portuguese married to a Swede in an English-speaking household, says this adaptability is key to DreamStories’ leap forward in the book evolution. He adds: “We believe in the life-changing power of books, but there’s still so much potential to unlock.”
Features include:
- Your story, your way: Anyone can create a DreamStory, no special tools or experience required. Through a friendly chat interface similar to ChatGPT, you’ll be guided to provide a few details about your child. The AI then crafts a fully illustrated story tailored to the child’s age and interests.
- DreamStories Studio: Create, edit and cast your family – even pets – in your very own photo-realistic personalized story with the DreamStories editing Studio. Upload your pictures and edit each page to perfect your starring storyline.
- Stories grow with your child: Each story is part of an ongoing series, with every episode set on a different world and designed to evolve with the child across developmental stages and emotional needs.
- Multilingual magic: Toggle seamlessly between 100+ languages, enabling bilingual households and language learners to experience stories in their preferred dialect.
The fully-illustrated digital books and deluxe hardcover storybooks cost US$39 / GBP £39 / EUR €39 delivered.