About TinyTaleWorld

Stories born at bedtime. Built with love.

Where It All Started

TinyTaleWorld began the way most good things do — quietly, at night, when the world had gone still.

I’m a parent of three little dreamers. Every evening, we’d lie in the dark and I’d make up a story. A fox who lost his tail. A wave that felt too small. A snail who dreamed of submarines. The stories were nothing fancy — just a parent reaching for words to carry small minds gently into sleep.

One night, my eldest asked me to write them down. “So we don’t forget,” she said.

So I did.

And then I kept going.

What TinyTaleWorld Is

TinyTaleWorld is a free library of short stories for children aged 3 to 12. Every tale is crafted to be read aloud, reread, or discovered alone — short enough for a school lunch break, warm enough for a bedtime ritual.

Stories are sorted by age group (3–5, 6–8, 9–12), setting (forest, ocean, space, magic kingdoms), and mood (adventurous, gentle, funny, heartfelt). There’s no account required, no paywall, and no catch.

New stories are published regularly. The goal is to reach 10,000 tales — one for every kind of child, every kind of night.

The $1 Million Dream

Here’s where it gets a little unusual.

I’m building TinyTaleWorld into something that can support my family — entirely in the open. Every story published, every visitor, and every cent earned is logged in a public monthly report. No smoke. No spin. Just honest numbers and honest effort.

The goal is $1,000,000. We’re at the very beginning.

If you’re curious about the journey — the wins, the quiet months, the lessons learned — you can follow along in the Monthly Reports. It’s not a highlight reel. It’s the whole story.

Who Writes the Stories?

Me. A parent. Not a professional author (at least not yet). I write the way I’d speak to my own children — with patience, a little magic, and the belief that small things matter enormously.

Every character who feels lost, every creature who tries again, every quiet moment of wonder — it all comes from the real world of raising three curious, imaginative kids.

A Note to Parents & Teachers

TinyTaleWorld stories are designed to be safe, inclusive, and gently meaningful. Many carry soft moral threads — courage, kindness, honesty, resilience — without being preachy. They’re meant to spark conversations, not deliver lectures.

Feel free to print them, read them aloud, or use them in classrooms. They’re offered freely, with love.

Thank you for being here. Every reader matters.