About Nounou
Nounou is the children’s side of Out of Usual: illustrated bedtime stories to read aloud, one page at a time, free to read, with no ads, no accounts and no tracking.
How to read them with your child
Each story has 20 pages and takes about half an hour to read aloud. That is long for one evening, so every story has two natural places to stop for the night. A good place to pause is marked on the page.
At the end of each story there are two or three questions to talk about together, and a short sentence about what the story is about. You do not need to ask them all: one good question is plenty.
Use night mode for dim rooms, bigger text for little eyes, and book mode to turn pages like a book. You can also print a story or save it as a PDF.
How the stories are made
The stories are written and illustrated by Out of Usual Editorial, with the help of AI tools. A person decides what is published. The characters and events are imaginary, and any resemblance to real people is by chance.
Languages
Every story is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. English is the original; the other versions are translations.
For grown-ups
Our articles for parents, with the research and sources behind them, are on the Out of Usual blog. Our editorial standards explain how we work.