Chat with Tella, your AI story buddy
Make magical storybooks together
Tellasaurus helps you and your kids create their very own illustrated AI storybooks — with characters you invent, stories you dream up, and narration you can listen to. Then share them with everyone you love.
Storybooks made with Tellasaurus — every page illustrated, every character invented by a kid.
How it works
From idea to storybook in three steps
Step 1
Create a character
Pick an art style, then dream up a hero with Tella — or start from a photo of a pet, a toy, or a drawing.
Step 2
Dream up a story
Chat the idea through with Tella, your AI story buddy, and choose who's in it and how big the words should be. Tella writes and paints every page.
Step 3
Read, listen & share
Flip through the finished book together, let Tella read it aloud — then send a private link so family and friends can read it too.
Features
Everything a small storyteller needs
AI story buddy
Chat with Tella to dream up amazing stories
Every character and story starts as a conversation with Tella — a friendly AI dinosaur who asks just the right questions and builds on your kid's ideas until they're ready to become a book.
- Kids chat with Tella and watch their ideas grow into characters and plots
- Suggestion chips spark inspiration when imagination needs a nudge
- Every conversation stays gentle and kid-friendly
Characters
Invent heroes, villains, and trusty sidekicks
Kids brainstorm out loud with Tella, and their idea becomes a real character — with a portrait, a personality, and stats like brave, clever, and funny.
- Start from a photo — a pet, a stuffed animal, or a drawing becomes a character that still looks like itself
- Every character gets personality stats and a role: hero, villain, sidekick, or supporting friend
- Regenerate the portrait until it's exactly right
Stories
Written and painted while you get the blanket ready
Pick who's in the story and spark the plot together. Tellasaurus writes the words and illustrates every page — and your characters stay recognizably themselves, page after page.
- Characters keep their look across every illustration
- Stories generate in the background — watch the progress or come back when it's done
- Edit any page's words, repaint its picture, or swap in your own photo
Reading together
A storybook that reads itself aloud
Finished stories open in a page-flipping book made for little hands and big screens. Tap to hear Tella narrate, or turn on reading mode and let the book carry bedtime.
- Tella reads every page aloud — in the narrator voice your kid picks
- Reading mode auto-turns the pages — hands-free bedtime
- Big, friendly page-turn controls kids can drive themselves
Sharing
Made to be shared with the people they love
Every finished story gets a private link you control. Grandparents can read it right in their browser — no account needed — and other Tellasaurus families can save the story to their own bookshelf and listen along.
- One tap creates a private link — turn it off any time
- Anyone with the link can read the story in their browser, no app required
- Families who sign in can listen along and save it to their own library
Kid profiles
A bookshelf for every kid in the family
Each kid gets their own profile with a dino avatar, their own characters and stories, and their own defaults for art style, reading level, and narrator voice. Switching kids takes one tap.
- Eight dino avatars to pick from
- Per-kid defaults for art style, reading level, and narrator voice — seven voices to choose from
- Everyone's creations stay neatly separate
Art styles
Ten looks, one imagination
Every character and story is illustrated in the style your kid picks — from soft watercolor to glowing neon.
Reading levels
Stories that grow with your reader
Pick a level per story — the words, page count, and pacing adjust to fit.
Little Kids
Ages 3–5
Short, sing-song pages with playful sounds and cozy refrains. Every page gets a picture.
Big Kids
Ages 6–8
Full paragraphs with dialogue, jokes, and just enough suspense. Every page illustrated.
Middle Grade
Ages 9–12
Chapter-book prose for confident readers, with illustrations at the story's key moments.
For parents
Built to be handed to a kid
Kid-safe by design
Everything Tella writes and paints passes a content filter tuned for young kids — gentle stories, friendly villains, no scary surprises.
You hold the account
Parents own the account and the kid profiles inside it. Kids create; you stay in charge.
Sharing you control
Stories are private until you share a link, and you can turn a link off any time. No public feeds, no comments, no strangers.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Tellasaurus free?
Getting started is free — sign up and start making characters and stories right away.
What ages is it for?
Stories come in three reading levels covering ages 3–12: Little Kids (3–5), Big Kids (6–8), and Middle Grade (9–12). Younger kids create together with a grown-up; older kids fly solo.
Can my kid listen to stories instead of reading?
Yes — every page has read-aloud narration, and reading mode turns the pages automatically so the book can carry bedtime by itself.
How does photo-to-character work?
Upload a photo of a pet, a stuffed animal, or a drawing. Tellasaurus turns it into a storybook character in the art style you pick — and it stays recognizable in every illustration.
Can we share stories with family?
Each story can be shared with a private link — grandparents can read it in their browser, and other Tellasaurus families can save it to their own library. You can turn a link off any time.
Is the content safe for kids?
Yes. Story chat and generation run behind a kid-appropriate content filter, and the whole experience is designed around gentle, playful storytelling.
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