Minari App
Stories shape who your child becomes.
So ours actually have something to say. A curated world of original tales and reimagined classics for ages 3–8, plus adventures your child creates themselves.
- 130+ stories, with new ones every week
- Personalized stories, starring your child
- Read together, or listen at bedtime
- Stories end with a wonder question
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Curated stories
A library you can trust
Worlds you'll fall in love with — original tales and reimagined classics. 130+ and growing every week.
Original tales
Meet Ollo, the octopus with giant dreams
And the Wild Shadow, a girl whose shadow won’t stop dancing. Originals you’ll find only here.
Reimagined classics
The wolf’s side of the story
In Minari’s Little Red, he turns out to be a friend. Beloved fairytales, retold with a few surprises tucked in.
Story series
One story leads to the next
Series your child falls into — like Harmonia, a world of ten linked tales. Each stands alone; together they go somewhere bigger.
Personalized stories
You dream it.
We build it.
Your child becomes the storyteller. They pick the hero — a kid who looks just like them, a blue dragon, a fox — then the world they'll explore and the adventure they'll go on. Moments later it's real: a fully illustrated story that didn't exist until they dreamed it up.
the story is all theirs
They pick a hero, a world, a moment
…and a real story appears, theirs
Or listen, eyes closed at bedtime
More stories, based on what they love
They pick a hero, a world, a moment
…and a real story appears, theirs
Or listen, eyes closed at bedtime
More stories, based on what they love
For real life
A story teaches what school can't
School doesn't have a class for courage, or kindness, or losing the game with grace. A story does — quietly, while your child thinks they're just along for the adventure.
sound familiar?
Here's how our stories work:
- 1
They see it
A character they love faces the very thing they're facing, and finds a way through.
Every curated story
- 2
Again, and again
The same courage, the same kindness, across different stories over time.
A library that grows weekly
- 3
They see themselves in it
When your child is the hero of the story, it lands even closer to home.
Personalized adventures
- 4
You talk about it
A wonder question at the end turns watching into a conversation — the part that makes it stick.
A question after every story
It adds up.
Log the real moments worth remembering and collect virtue badges as your child reads, all on a growth timeline you can look back on together.
The Science
Backed by research
Minari is built around decades of research studies on how children actually learn.
63% vs 5%
how much more we remember from a story than from a list of facts.
Heath & Heath
21 studies
link reading stories to more kindness and sharing in young children — on a screen as much as on paper.
Empathy meta-analysis, 2025
1.4 million
more words a child hears by kindergarten when they're read five stories a day.
Logan et al., 2019
Built on the frameworks schools trust: CASEL's social-emotional standard and Carol Dweck's growth-mindset research. We design around what they suggest, not a promised outcome, and aren't affiliated with either.
Start their story tonight.
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Why we made this
We couldn't find the stories we wanted. So we made them.
It started at bedtime: we just wanted better stories for our own kids. The kind that are beautiful, and quietly teach the things that matter most.
A good story can stay with a child for years, so we treat every one like it matters.
We hope you love reading these stories as much as we do. From our family to yours.
Susan & Andrew
Parents & founders
Love from families
What parents are saying
4.9 out of 5, loved by our first families
My 5 year old squealed and laughed every time we read 'The Weather Boy.' We talked about what his big feelings would look like if it manifested into weather. I've never seen him so excited to read a story again.
The first time my daughter made herself the hero of a story, it was awesome to see the joy on her face. It's also great to NOT have to read the same library books. The app has better quality stories than most kids' books.
The art alone makes it feel like a real book, not just another app. Honestly, the whole family is a little obsessed.
Our promise
We built Minari the way we'd want it for our own kids. A few promises we'll never break:
No ads. Ever.
We never sell your data
No tricks to keep them hooked
We read every message
One plan, the whole world
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
$8.25/month
$135$99 billed yearlysave 27%
Your founding price holds until you cancel — it never goes up. After our first 500 families, the price returns to $135/yr.
- 8 personalized stories per month
- Up to 4 child profiles
- Full curated library access (130+ stories)
- Unused credits are rolled over to next month
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Questions parents ask
The best part of bedtime starts tonight.
Read your first story together tonight — the first 7 days are on us.
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