Marytale
Bedtime stories to read to your child
Illustrated bedtime stories for children aged two to ten. A picture on every page, night mode, a counter of evenings read. The first half of every story is free to read here; the whole library is in the app.
- A Christmas Tree for the Forest Animals
- Ava and the Whisper of Autumn
- Alice in Wonderland
Beauty and the Beast
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Apollo and the Whole Wide Sky
Birbal's Khichdi
Cinderella
Elara and the Little Song-Bird
What's in the library
Read a story nowIllustrated stories for preschool through third grade.
By age
By topic
Every coloring page is a small scene with a joke kids spot on their own: a hedgehog with a leaf stuck right on its nose, a kitten that fell asleep inside a hollow pumpkin. A picture that makes them laugh is one they keep coloring.
Spring coloring pages
Valentine coloring pages
Easter coloring pages
Horse coloring pages
Dragon coloring pages
Princess coloring pages
Fall coloring pages
Christmas coloring pages
Cat coloring pages
Unicorn coloring pages
Dog coloring pages
Dinosaur coloring pages
Car and truck coloring pages
Wild animal coloring pages
Winter coloring pages
Ocean coloring pages
Flower coloring pages
Riddles and jokes
- 1,000+illustrated pages
- halfof every story, free and with no account
- 0 adsand no tracking of your child
9,000+ families use Marytale to read to their children. Available in 113 countries and 16 languages.
What you get without installing anything
The first half of every story, and every poem in full, opens right here in the browser — illustrated, with no account and no card.
- Read tonightPick a story, open it, read the first half aloud. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
- See the length firstThe reading time is printed under every title, so you can match the story to the night you actually have.
Marytale's own stories, written for us and illustrated page by page.
Why parents keep it
The things that turn out to matter at nine in the evening.
- A picture on every pageNot one illustration for the whole story — a new one each time you turn.
- Works with no internetIn the car, on a plane, at grandma's house where the wifi never worked.
- No adsNothing interrupts a story, and nothing tries to sell anything to a child.
- The bookmark stays putRight where your child fell asleep, even if that was four nights ago.
- Nothing to sign up forNo account, no email, no password to lose.
- Reading time on every storySo you can pick a five-minute one when bedtime has already gone wrong.
- Built for handing overYou can give a child the phone without wondering what they will find.
How it works
- Pick a storyBy stage, by length, or by whatever the child points at.
- Start it hereThe first half in the browser, illustrated and free.
- Or open the appThe whole illustrated library — offline, and it keeps your place.
What parents say
This is exactly what we were looking for: really lovely, kind, instructive stories. And best of all — they come with pictures, beautiful and bright, which my child loves.
We read with my granddaughter every evening. Interesting and absorbing. She listens spellbound and asks for one more every time.
Really lovely stories. We read them with pleasure every evening. We can't wait for the new books.
Great. A very easy app to use and interesting stories. We read every evening with pleasure.
Really lovely stories, and my child is delighted with the illustrations!
Wonderful stories and very beautiful illustrations!
Thank you for these wonderful stories. I recommend it.
I hope thousands of people find out about it and start using it.
A really good app! Simply enchanting!
App Store reviews, translated from Ukrainian and trimmed to the part that matters.
Questions parents ask
Is it really free?
On the site, yes: the first half of every story and every poem in full, with no account and no card. The app has a subscription for the full library; what you read here costs nothing.
What ages is it for?
Preschool through first grade — roughly two to eight. Each story shows its stage and its reading time.
Are there ads?
No. Not on the site and not in the app. Nothing interrupts a story.
Do I need the app?
Not to start. The first half of every story and all the poems read right here in the browser. The app is for the whole library, for reading offline, and for keeping your place.
We do not ask children for anything, and there is nothing to sign in to. Everything the site and the app save is listed, point by point, under Privacy