Bedtime stories by Korinna Leányvári

Read it aloud. Let your fingertip tell it.

Every page a little slower, until your hand rests still.

Fingertales™ are Touch-Along™ Bedtime Stories for ages 2 to 7. You read aloud while one fingertip gently plays the story on your child’s face or back: a tap, a glide, a warm circle.

  • Your fingertip gently plays the story
  • A Dream Keeper born from your child’s fingerprint
  • Every page a little slower, until eyes close
  • Made up for a boy who couldn’t fall asleep

Dim the day

Every night, the light gets a little lower.

Four small steps from a busy evening to a sleepy room. Do them in the same order every night, so your child always knows what comes next.

  1. Bright and busy

    Dinner done, toys everywhere. Time to start turning things down.

  2. Pick tonight’s story

    Curl up close and choose one story together. Just one is enough.

  3. Read it slowly

    Each page is a little calmer than the last. With Fingertales, your fingertip plays the story too.

  4. Nightlight on

    Quiet room, heavy eyes. Goodnight to you both.

Cover of Fingertales Book 1, On the Face: a sleeping child and the tiny glowing Dream Keeper on a parent’s fingertip Cover of Fingertales Book 2, On the Back: a sleeping girl, the glowing Dream Keeper and the Night Zoo animals under the moon

Series one · Ages 2 to 7

Fingertales™ Touch-Along Bedtime Stories

You read the story aloud while one hand gently plays it: a soft tap, a slow glide, a warm circle. Your child’s face becomes Pillow Land, their back becomes the Night Zoo, and the story winds down until your hand rests still.

  • 3 stories in every bookA rhyming story to look at together, then two Touch-Along stories for bedtime.
  • One hand, soft touchesLittle maps show where each touch goes. The other hand holds the book.
  • Always ask “May I?”If your child would rather not be touched tonight, simply read the story.
Everything about Fingertales, and meet the six Dreamland Friends →

Every Dream Keeper has a birth story

Read it together, let your child tap the glowing fingerprint, give your Dream Keeper its very own name (we’ll help you choose one) and print its certificate.

Meet your Dream Keeper

The bedtime shelf

One story tonight. The rest can wait for tomorrow.

A shelf that keeps growing.Fingertales is the first series. More stories, read-alouds and quiet-time books are on the way.
See all books →

Why parents keep it

The same little ritual every night: Tap, tap, tap… then quiet.

Every story gets a little slower page by page, so the last line lands when the eyes are already closing.

Korinna Leányvári

The author

Korinna Leányvári

More than thirty years ago her first son could not fall asleep, so she invented a new kind of bedtime story: she read it aloud while her fingertip gently played the story on his face. All three of her sons still remember it.

“I made this up for my first son, who could not fall asleep. Thirty-three years later, all three of my sons still remember it.”
Read Korinna’s story →

Ways to start

Start small. Tonight is enough.

A gift for tonight

Try a free Touch-Along story tonight.

Join the LullabyFlow letter and we’ll send you “Wink’s Three Stars”, a short Touch-Along story to try tonight. One short story tonight. Then at most one letter a month, when there is something new.