Help your child fall in love with reading, one bedtime at a time.
Every school night, Lampling writes a brand-new story starring your whole family: your child as the hero, with the grown-ups, friends, and pets they love along for the adventure. We handle the creative part, so you get all the connection. Made to read aloud at bedtime, with no screen for your child.
A new story every school night. Cancel anytime. Every subscription helps put books in the hands of kids who need them.
Reading is a gift. 5% of every subscription helps put books in the hands of kids who need them, through Imagination Library.
How giving worksHow it works
A bedtime ritual that runs itself
Add your child
That's all it takes to start, and every story is great on its own. Want the grown-ups, friends, and pets woven in too? Add them any time. A lovely touch, never required.
We craft tonight's story
An original, personalized story starring your child, with a relevant cast member or two along for the night, in our hand-crafted house voice.
It arrives at bedtime
Delivered to your inbox and your private web library (texted stories coming soon). You read it together and watch them light up.
What you get
The bedtime every parent wants
A child who asks for story time
Personalized, can't-wait-for-tonight stories make bedtime the best part of the day.
A growing love of reading
Stories at just the right level, starring them, so books and bedtime become a place they love to be.
Ten minutes, zero prep for you
Set it up once. A finished story arrives every school night. No planning, no screens to fight over.
Your family, in every story
A bedtime cast your child knows by heart
Lampling isn't just your child in a story. It's the people and pets they love, so each story feels like home.
The whole family, free
Add your children, their grown-ups, best friends, and the family pet. Everyone you add is free, and any of them can show up in a story.
One child is the hero
You pick the primary reader. Every family story is written at their reading level, while the rest of the cast comes along for the adventure.
The family they know, in every story
Give each character their look once, and they become a familiar cast your child recognizes and loves, story after story.
Want more than one story?
The nightly family story is included. Give another child their very own story on any night, as an easy add-on whenever you're ready.
Why families love it
Made with heart, just for them
Made by a mom, for bedtime
Lampling started with a mom and longtime teacher who wanted to add a little magic to her own kids' childhood. Every story carries that warmth.
Hand-crafted, then personalized
Every story is written in our house author's voice, the warmth of someone who loves children's books, then shaped around your child, with original cover art in our own signature storybook style.
Two gifts in one
Every story does two things at once: it takes bedtime off your plate, and it wraps your child's night in whimsy and wonder. You get the ease, they get the magic.
Characters they'll love
Kids fall for original characters who can come back, grow, and become part of the family's bedtime.
Confident Reading
Made for every child, with extra support when it helps
Bedtime stories are made to be read aloud, but some nights your child will want to read it back to you. When they do, our reader, designed by a teacher, makes it a joy, and one gentle toggle adds extra support whenever it helps.
In every plan
A reader built on the science
From a longtime teacher: comfortable spacing, generous line height, short lines, and warm off-white backgrounds, so reading feels calm for every child.
Lexend by default
The typeface with the strongest reading-speed evidence, with the OpenDyslexic and Atkinson Hyperlegible fonts a tap away.
Confident Reading mode
One gentle toggle adds extra spacing, color tints, decodable stories, and syllable help for kids who need a little more support, no label required.
On the way
Read-along audio
SoonHave the story read aloud, so on the most tired nights you can simply cuddle up and listen together.
Sound-it-out moments
SoonGentle prompts that turn a story into a tiny, joyful reading lesson for kids who want to read along.
Try it now
See a story with your child's name in it
Type their name and what they love, and watch a personalized story appear in seconds. No account needed.
Pricing
Pick the magic that fits your family
Every plan includes a fresh family story every school night, your whole cast (kids, grown-ups, friends, and pets) for free, and the Confident Reading reader. 5% of what you pay helps fund children's books.
Spark (Starter)
One story a night, made for your family.
or $7.99/mo billed yearly · your whole family included
- ✦One personalized bedtime story every school night
- ✦Your whole family in the story: kids, grown-ups, friends, and pets, all free
- ✦Screen-free wind-down: written to be read aloud, no screen for your child
- ✦A cover illustration to set the scene
- ✦Reading-friendly reader: font options, spacing, color tints
- ✦Email and web delivery (texted stories coming soon)
- ✦Every story gives back: 5% funds children's books
Try 5 free nights. Stay only if you love it.
Your first 5school-night stories are on us. If bedtime isn't feeling more magical, cancel anytime in a tap, before you're ever charged. No pressure, no hard feelings.
Our mission
Every story helps light another
5% of every subscription helps put books in the hands of children who need them, through Imagination Library. And soon you'll be able to gift a Lampling subscription to a family who could use it, a reading scholarship from your family to theirs.
We believe every child deserves a story at bedtime.
Giving is built into how Lampling works, from the very first subscription, so the more bedtime stories we tell, the more books we help send to kids who need them.
Questions
Good to know
What makes Lampling's stories special?+
They're hand-crafted, then personalized. Each one is written in a real author's voice and given original cover art in our own signature style, then built around your child, their name, and what they love. The result feels made by people who love children's books, just for your kid.
Can I add siblings, parents, and pets?+
Yes, and it's free. Add your children, the grown-ups, their friends, and the family pet, each with their own look. Lampling weaves a relevant few into each night's story and keeps them looking the same from story to story, so your family becomes a cast your child knows by heart.
Who is the story about?+
You choose one child as the primary reader: the hero the story is written for, at their reading level. The rest of your cast comes along for the adventure. Want another child to have their own separate story too? You can turn that on any night.
My child finds reading hard. Can Lampling help?+
Yes. Turn on Confident Reading and we add evidence-based supports, font options like OpenDyslexic and Atkinson, extra spacing, color tints, and decodable stories, with no label needed. It helps whether you read to them or they read it back to you.
Is it a screen at bedtime?+
It doesn't have to be. Lampling is written to be read aloud, so your child can wind down with their eyes closed while you read. You hold the phone; they just listen. Read-along audio is on the way for the nights you'd rather press play.
Is it safe?+
Safety comes first. Every story passes layered safety checks, and anything questionable is held for a person to review before it ever reaches your child.
How is it delivered?+
Each story arrives in your inbox and waits in your private web library to read again any time. Texted stories are coming soon.
Can I cancel anytime?+
Yes. Start with 5 free school-night stories and cancel anytime in a tap before you're charged.