DreamBugBedtime stories you have never read before.
Over 100 original picture books for children aged 2 to 7. Every story is written for DreamBug, and every picture is painted for that story. Nothing is licensed, recycled, or stitched together from stock art.
The library
Every book made from scratch
A troll who is only hungry. An island held up by bedsheets. A pumpkin far too big to carry home. Browse a few of them.
Inside a story
Words that wait for your reader
Turn on read-along and each word lights up as it is spoken, so a child who is still learning can follow the line with their eyes instead of losing it.
Ahead of them floated an island made all of cloud. Its top was a wooden ship's deck, with masts and rigging. Somewhere on it, a winch squeaked, and their balloon was reeled in.
Inside the app
Made for children, and for the people reading to them
Read-along words
One sentence a page, set below the picture where it never covers the art. Each word lights up as it is spoken, at a pace built for the age the book was written for, so a child who is still decoding can follow the line instead of losing it.
Completely offline
Every book lives inside the app. It works on a plane, in a car, in a cottage with no signal.
No ads. No tracking.
No advertising, no third-party trackers, and no link that leads your child out of the app. Nothing about them leaves the device.
New stories regularly
The library keeps growing, and new books arrive with the app update. Nothing extra to buy.
A shelf for each child, chosen by you
Give every child their own profile, then pick which ages, collections and individual titles appear on their shelf. Buying and settings sit behind a PIN, so children see stories and never a purchase screen.
It grows with them
From a seven page picture book at two, to a chaptered adventure at seven, all on one shelf.
Written for the age
A book grows with your child
A story for a three year old and a story for a seven year old are not the same story made longer. Sentence length, vocabulary, page count and how much happens all move together.
One idea, a line or two a page, and a refrain they can join in with.
A small problem, a clear middle, and a warm ending they can see coming.
Real setbacks, proper dialogue, and a turn that changes how the child sees someone.
Longer adventures, some in chapters, with characters who want opposite things.
Simple pricing
The whole library, one subscription
Seven days free, then pick a plan. Every book is included from the first day, and new ones arrive at no extra cost.
- Every book in the library
- Every new book included
- Cancel any time
- Everything in Monthly
- Just over five months free
- One reader
- Everything in Annual
- Up to 6 family members
- Each child their own shelf
Prices are shown in your local currency and confirmed by the App Store before you pay. The free trial works on every plan, and you cancel from your Apple account in a couple of taps.
Questions parents ask
Does my child need the internet?
No. Every book is stored inside the app when you install it, so the whole library works with the device in airplane mode.
Can my child tap through to anything else?
No. There is no advertising, no browser, and no link that leads out of the app. The purchase screen and all settings sit behind a parent PIN.
What do you collect about my child?
Nothing. Profiles, reading progress and favourites are stored on the device and never sent anywhere. There are no accounts for children. See the privacy policy.
Who writes and draws the books?
They are made in-house. We use AI tools as part of writing and illustrating, and then a person reads every line and checks every picture before a book reaches the app. Books that do not meet the bar are redrawn or thrown away.
Can I decide what my child sees?
Yes. Each child gets a profile, and in the parents area you choose which age ranges, collections and individual titles appear on their shelf.