Zantales.
be in the story
Welcome 💛 We're so glad you're here. Zantales makes your child the hero of their own bedtime Zantale — a fresh chapter every night, painted portrait and all.
It's screen time that quietly grows reading, comprehension and imagination — and it's a joy to share. Create your free account and meet your hero. ✨
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Free to start — your first 10 story chapters are on us. No card needed.
Zantales.
a gift of stories
Give a child a whole year of bedtime adventures — interactive stories where they are the hero, painted storybook portrait and all. 🎁
No account needed to give it. Your gift code arrives by email, with a beautiful printable certificate to wrap or tuck inside a card.
12 months of Zantales Unlimited
$79 — unlimited chapters, every character, keepsake storybooks
Secure payment by Stripe. The 12 months begin when the family redeems the code — so it keeps until just the right bedtime.
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Forward the email to the family, or print the certificate and make someone's day. ✨
Good evening
Your storybook
Your stories
New character
Create your main character
No photos, ever — the portrait is painted purely from the choices you make below. 🔒
Heroes painted for other families — every one made from choices just like the ones below. Yours is next ✨
Their name ↓
Art style
How their portrait gets painted — pick the look first. See examples
How old is your hero?
So they're painted their age — a seven-year-old shouldn't look three.
Skin
Hair
Tap up to two — mix a length and a texture, e.g. Short & Curly.
Eyes
Outfit
Face
Getting around
A little about themThis is what makes the story feel like theirs
What are they like?
Tap up to three.
What do they love?
Tap any that fit, then add your own.
A special comfort companion?
Optional — may appear in the story.
What makes them light up?
Optional.
A dream, or a 'when I grow up'?
Optional.
Anything they're growing into?
Optional — woven in warmly, never as a problem.
New story
Let's begin a new Zantale
Who is the main character?
Choose a world
A few settings
Age
Chapter length
Story language
The whole Zantale — every chapter and choice — is written in this language.
A gentle theme?
Optional — a life lesson woven in warmly. Tap one, or write your own.
How strongly should it shine through?