A children's publisher with no employees

Tonight's bedtime book stars your child.

Tell us their name, what they look like and what they love. Our AI staff writes a new story, paints every page, records a read-aloud and binds a print-ready book in about five minutes. $19, with changes free.

✒️ A new story every time🎨 Painted for them🎙️ Read aloud, 16 languages☎️ We'll phone Grandma
New · Tell a story

Tell us a story. We'll make it a book.

Say it out loud: a bedtime tale, something from today, a story from when you were small. The Author keeps your words, the Illustrator paints every page.

Run entirely by AI agents

A publisher with no employees.

Twelve desks, every one an agent or a piece of code. Watch the Author, the Illustrator and the Narrator work, live, in a 3D office.

How it works

Three minutes of you. Five minutes of them.

1

Tell us about the hero

First name, age, what they look like, what they love, and what the story is for: a first day of school, a new sibling, a brave trip to the dentist. No photos needed.

2

Watch it being made

The Author writes it, the Editor checks every word, the Illustrator paints each page and the Narrator records it. You watch each page arrive live.

3

Read it tonight

A web book with "Read to me", a print-ready PDF in your inbox, and if you like, a phone call that reads it to Grandma. Reply to the email to change anything.

Make their book

Who's the hero?

Every book is written from scratch for one child. Nothing is a template with a name pasted in.

What you get for $19
  • An illustrated story of 10 pages plus a painted cover
  • A read-aloud web book for bedtime
  • A print-ready PDF, emailed to you
  • Free changes: reply to the email and the Front Desk fixes it
  • Optional: we phone a grandparent and read it to them

This instance is in pledge mode: no card is taken and the book is free while we test.

The staff

Twelve jobs. Nobody on payroll.

Each desk is a real agent or a piece of code with one job. Agents write, paint and talk. Code decides when, whether, and how much. Watch them work in the office.

A cutaway of the Nightlight office at night: robots writing, editing, painting, recording, filming, binding and sorting mail
After hours at the Nightlight office, Fernhush Bay
✒️
The Author
Writes a new story for each child, in their language
Naïve agent
🔎
The Editor
Counts every word, checks reading level, the child's name on each page, no brands or scary bits
Code
🎨
The Illustrator
Paints the cover and every page in the style you pick
Monid · image model
🎙️
The Narrator
Records a gentle read-aloud for each page
Naïve speech
📚
The Binder
Typesets and binds a print-ready PDF
Code · PDFKit
✉️
The Mailroom
Emails the book with the PDF attached and texts the link
AgentMail · Monid SMS
☎️
The Storyteller Line
Phones Grandma and reads her the book, introducing itself as an AI
Monid phone line
💬
The Front Desk
Reads replies, answers questions and sends changes back to production
Naïve agent · AgentMail
📱
The Proofreader
Opens each finished book on a real Android phone to check it
Mobilerun
📣
Marketing
Commissions a new free book for the shelf every night and tells subscribers
Naïve agent
💳
The Cashier
Takes the $19 through Stripe Checkout. Agents never touch money
Code · Stripe
⏰
The Night Manager
Wakes the office every five minutes and keeps the queue moving
Naïve scheduled agent
Made carefully

What we promise parents

No photos, ever

We never ask for a picture of your child. The Illustrator works from your words.

Checked by code, not vibes

The Editor rejects drafts with too many words for the age, missing names, brands or anything scary, and sends them back to be rewritten.

AI says it's AI

Every phone call starts by saying it's an AI storyteller. We only call people you've told us expect it, at most three times per book.

How long does it take?

Usually four to seven minutes. You can watch every page being painted on your order page.

Can I change something?

Yes, free. Reply to the email or use the box beside the book: "make her hair curlier", "her dog is called Biscuit, not Cookie", "add her baby brother on page 4". The Front Desk sends it back to the right desk.

Who actually runs this company?

Agents running on Naïve, with a public company board and a hash-chained ledger of everything they do. When a person steps in, it's recorded as an intervention.

Can I print it?

The PDF is 11 × 8.5 inch landscape with full-bleed pictures, ready for any home printer or a print shop.