Feature deep-dive

Nothing gets printed without you.

When your child invents a new character, it's flagged in your parent portal. When they finish a story, it lands in your approval queue and you can read every page. You approve or send it back. Only an approved story can be ordered as a printed book.

New characters are flagged for review

When your child creates a character, it appears in your portal marked as waiting for you. You can approve it or send it back (which removes it). Only approved characters can be moved into a story world's cast from your portal.

Page-by-page review

When a story is finished, you see every page — illustration with the story text beneath it. You can approve the whole story, approve it and go straight to print checkout, or send it back to your child to redo. Books that are still “awaiting parent” can't be ordered from the printer.

Why it's the safety contract

We don't rely on automated checks alone. Sparky is bounded, the text it writes is checked against a blocked-word list, and illustrations are made to a picture-book prompt — but ultimately, you are the gate. If anything slips past those checks, you can catch it on review before a book is printed.

You decide what your child publishes.

Create your first story free

Free · no credit card · you approve every page