How a conversation becomes a 24 page book

Your child talks. That is the whole method. Pip the bookworm asks friendly questions out loud, your child answers out loud, and those answers turn into a finished picture book with an illustration on every page. No reading, no typing, no spelling.

The conversation, step by step

  1. Hold the button and talk

    One big button. Your child holds it, speaks, and lets go. A little bar shows their voice going in, so they always know they are being heard.

  2. Pip asks for the next piece

    Pip never asks for a whole plot. It asks for one small thing at a time, in words that suit the age of the child, and it never asks the same thing twice.

  3. Pip keeps the shape of a story hidden

    Underneath the chat, Pip is quietly collecting five beats. Your child never hears the words who, where, want, trouble or win. They just answer questions about their own idea.

  4. Stop whenever you like

    Stories save as they go and pick up exactly where they stopped. Restart, archive and delete all sit behind a four digit parent code.

  5. The pages get made

    Their words are tidied, never rewritten, and each page gets its own illustration in one steady style with the same characters throughout.

What Pip is actually pulling out of them

Five beats, asked as ordinary questions. Here is a real shape of a session.

  • Who

    Pip: Who is this story about?

    Child: My grandma Kate, but she can fly.

  • Where

    Pip: Where does it happen?

    Child: In a cloud house made of pancakes.

  • Want

    Pip: What do they really want?

    Child: She wants to find her lost cat, Biscuit.

  • Trouble

    Pip: What gets in the way?

    Child: A wind that keeps blowing the pancakes away.

  • Win

    Pip: How does it work out?

    Child: Biscuit rides the wind home and they eat breakfast.

Who your child talks to

Pip can speak in more than 20 character voices. Kids pick a favourite and the whole session is a chat with that character. Parents listen to every voice before choosing, and can design a brand new one.

  • Pirate captain character illustration

    Pirate captain

    Big, booming, always ready to sail somewhere ridiculous.

  • Tiny mouse character illustration

    Tiny mouse

    Small, quick and squeaky. A favourite with the youngest storytellers.

  • Mythical dragon character illustration

    Mythical dragon

    Warm, rumbly and kind, even when the story gets brave.

  • Old wizard character illustration

    Old wizard

    Slow, wise and a little mysterious. Good at big questions.

  • Sparkly fairy character illustration

    Sparkly fairy

    Light and playful, full of little bits of magic.

  • Superhero character illustration

    Superhero

    Bold and encouraging, perfect for a rescue story.

  • Cosy granny character illustration

    Cosy granny

    Gentle and unhurried, like a bedtime story in a soft chair.

  • Silly goofball character illustration

    Silly goofball

    Daft voices and happy nonsense for kids who giggle their way through.

  • Storybook narrator character illustration

    Storybook narrator

    Classic read aloud warmth for children who love a proper tale.

Their words stay their words

We fix grammar that would trip up a grown up reading out loud. That is all. Invented words stay. Odd rhythms stay. Repetition that they clearly meant stays. We never add plot they did not say, never upgrade their vocabulary to sound literary, and never tack on a moral at the end.

Every page carries one to two short sentences, so a five year old can follow the book from the pictures alone.

Safety and parent control

  • The parent holds the account. A child never has a login of their own.
  • Pip never asks for a surname, an address, a school or a phone number, and steers those answers back into the story.
  • Recorded audio is used to hear the child and is then discarded. It is never kept.
  • Restart, archive and delete all sit behind a four digit parent code.
  • No advertising and no third party tracking anywhere a child can reach.

Ready to hear what they make?

Every story becomes a full 24-page book before you pay. A printed keepsake is $49, with discounts when you order copies for the whole family.

Grandparents tend to cry. Fair warning.