The Nightly Story Club
The Nightly Story Club
A bedtime ritual, in your inbox

A bedtime story written just for your child, every single night.

Every evening at 6:00 pm, members receive a fresh, personalized bedtime story by email — featuring your child by name, their favorite things, and a calm, happy adventure. Read it aloud from your phone, or print it and tuck it under their pillow.

Read a sample story →Founding price: $5/month, locked in forever.
  • ✓ Delivered by email at bedtime
  • ✓ Printable in one click
  • ✓ Cancel anytime
Tonight's email · delivered at 6:00 pm

The Nightly Story Club

Delivered Tuesday · 6:00 pm in your inbox

Dear Leo,

Tonight: Leo and the friendly little cloud

Tonight's story

On the walk home, Leo meets a small, smiling cloud who has lost its way back to the sky — and Leo knows exactly how to help.

Three places the story can go
  1. 1.Leo spots a fluffy cloud resting on the garden fence.
  2. 2.Leo gives the cloud a gentle boost with a big, happy breath.
  3. 3.The cloud floats home and waves goodnight to Leo from the window.
Conversation starters
  • “What do you think the cloud would say thank-you for, Leo?”
  • “If you had a cloud-friend, where would you two go tomorrow?”

Until tomorrow night 🌙

Written tonight for Leo — emailed to your inbox, ready to read or print.
Personalized to your childWritten fresh every eveningStrict gentle-content guardrailsRead on your phone or printedCancel in one click
How it works

Three small steps. One quiet, magical bedtime.

Setup takes a minute. After that, it runs itself — and your child looks forward to their story every single night.

Step 1

Set up your child's profile

Sixty seconds. Their name, age, the toys they refuse to sleep without, and any words you'd rather never see in a story.

Step 2

An email arrives at bedtime

Every evening at 6:00 pm, a story addressed to your child lands in your inbox. Short, happy, age-appropriate — with two questions to ask aloud.

Step 3

Read together — on screen or paper

Open it on your phone and read aloud, or tap print for a paper copy to tuck under their pillow. A new story every night, only for them.

A real story, a real night

“Dear Maya — tonight's story is yours.”

This is exactly what arrives in your inbox at 6:00 pm. Personalized, warm, age-appropriate — and ready to read aloud or print.

Below is a shortened preview — the real story is longer, with a full beginning, middle, and gentle ending.

Tonight's email · delivered at 6:00 pm

The Nightly Story Club

Delivered Wednesday · 6:00 pm in your inbox

Dear Maya,

Tonight: Maya and the kitten who loved bedtime

Tonight's story

Maya's kitten Pebble has decided that bedtime is her very favorite time of day — and tonight, she wants to show Maya exactly why.

Three places the story can go
  1. 1.Pebble curls up on Maya's pillow, purring like a tiny, happy engine.
  2. 2.Maya and Pebble watch the moon peek through the window together.
  3. 3.Pebble whispers a sleepy thank-you to Maya for being the best friend ever.
Conversation starters
  • “What's your favorite part of bedtime, Maya?”
  • “If Pebble could say one nice thing to you tonight, what would it be?”
The story
Preview · first few lines only

Maya climbed into bed with her soft grey kitten, Pebble, tucked gently in her arms. Pebble was very small and very warm, and she had the loudest, happiest purr in the whole house.

"Goodnight, Pebble," Maya whispered. Pebble blinked her round green eyes at Maya, as if to say goodnight right back, and curled up into a perfect kitten-circle on Maya's pillow.

…the rest of tonight's story is waiting.

Real stories are full-length — typically a 5–8 minute read aloud, with a complete arc and a peaceful ending.

Until tomorrow night 🌙

Written tonight for Maya — emailed to your inbox, ready to read or print.
Read the full sample story →
A note from the founder

Why we built The Nightly Story Club.

Our daughter asked, every night, for "a new story — one where I'm in it." We ran out of stories long before she ran out of bedtimes. So we built the thing we wished existed: a tiny, quiet ritual that arrives by email, takes five minutes to read, and makes the child you love the hero.

We're parents first. This isn't about screen time, gimmicks, or hooks. It's a calm, happy moment at the end of the day — for them, and for you.

— The Nightly Story Club team
What parents are saying

Quieter bedtimes. Happier mornings.

“My son asks for his story before he even asks for dinner. It's become the calmest part of our whole day.”
Rachel M., mom of Owen (5)
“It's the only screen-free bedtime thing my twins agree on. I print both copies and they read along.”
Daniel K., dad of Ivy & June (6)
“Worth every dollar. My daughter asks for her story before her teeth get brushed — it's the best part of our night.”
Priya S., mom of Anika (4)
Safety & content

Designed by parents, for parents.

A bedtime story has one job: send your child to sleep happy. We obsess over it so you don't have to.

Strict gentle-content guardrails

Every story is automatically checked against age-appropriate guidelines. No scary themes, no conflict-heavy plots, no surprises.

You control what's off-limits

Set words, characters, or themes you never want to appear — allergies, fears, recently lost pets. The story listens.

Parent-only delivery

Stories arrive in your email, not your child's. You decide when and how to share them. Nothing is handed to the child directly.

No data sold, ever

Your child's name and profile are used only to write their story. We don't sell, share, or advertise on their data.

The grandparent (and gift) angle

The kind of gift that shows up every single night.

A membership in The Nightly Story Club is a beautiful gift from a grandparent, godparent, or faraway aunt — a story made just for the child you love, arriving by email at bedtime, for as long as you'd like to gift it.

  • Print and frame the first story as a keepsake
  • Forward each evening's email to the grandparent — read along on a video call
  • Gift 3, 6, or 12 months at the founding price of $5/month
Join the waitlist
A note we received last week
“My grandkids live three time zones away. Every night at their bedtime, I get the same story on my phone — and we read it together on FaceTime. It's the closest thing to tucking them in.”
Helen, grandmother of two
Membership

One simple, honest price.

No tiers. No upsells. One quiet, magical bedtime ritual.

Founding member
The Nightly Story Club membership
$5/ month, forever
$9/mo · locked in for founding members
  • A brand-new bedtime story, emailed every night at 6:00 pm
  • Personalized to your child's name, age, and obsessions
  • Two conversation questions to ask aloud at bedtime
  • Read on your phone, or print it in one tap
  • Strict gentle-content guardrails — age 2 to 9
  • Pause or cancel anytime, one click
Save my founding price

No charge until we launch. Cancel before then for free.

Questions parents ask

Everything you might be wondering.

Founding members only

Lock in $5/month — forever.

We launch soon. Founding members keep $5/month for life — even after the price moves to $9.

Founding members get $5/month forever (regular $9). Cancel any night.