What families say.

About half the families who make one book come back for a second.

A finished PlotJoys book open on a bed at bedtime, a bunny tucked in beside it

Loved by families like yours.

In their own words — though the kids just say “my book.”

“He keeps asking to 'read the Aeven book' — that's what he calls it now.”

Chris · Aeven's dad

What Parents Are Saying

The illustrations are impressive, and the storyline was surprisingly rich given how little information I provided. My wife and I were very impressed.

Ayaz · Father

We even put their favorite stuffies — Piglet and Linabelle — in the story!

Chloe & Chelsea · Sisters

She finished reading and immediately started creating her own story — she said she wants to go to a princess world!

Serena's mom · Mother

He was so excited and engaged — actively searching through every page, clearly thrilled that the little kid in the story was him!

Jasper's mom · Mother of a 5-year-old

Since the printed copy arrived this afternoon, she's only read it five or six times.

Emma's mom · Mother of a 6-year-old

The character even looks like her, which made it feel so real. And now we have something that helps her process what she's learning… in a way that's fun and familiar.

Isla's Mom · Mother

The illustrations are impressive, and the storyline was surprisingly rich given how little information I provided. My wife and I were very impressed.

Ayaz · Father

We even put their favorite stuffies — Piglet and Linabelle — in the story!

Chloe & Chelsea · Sisters

She finished reading and immediately started creating her own story — she said she wants to go to a princess world!

Serena's mom · Mother

He was so excited and engaged — actively searching through every page, clearly thrilled that the little kid in the story was him!

Jasper's mom · Mother of a 5-year-old

Since the printed copy arrived this afternoon, she's only read it five or six times.

Emma's mom · Mother of a 6-year-old

The character even looks like her, which made it feel so real. And now we have something that helps her process what she's learning… in a way that's fun and familiar.

Isla's Mom · Mother

The illustrations are impressive, and the storyline was surprisingly rich given how little information I provided. My wife and I were very impressed.

Ayaz · Father

We even put their favorite stuffies — Piglet and Linabelle — in the story!

Chloe & Chelsea · Sisters

She finished reading and immediately started creating her own story — she said she wants to go to a princess world!

Serena's mom · Mother

He was so excited and engaged — actively searching through every page, clearly thrilled that the little kid in the story was him!

Jasper's mom · Mother of a 5-year-old

Since the printed copy arrived this afternoon, she's only read it five or six times.

Emma's mom · Mother of a 6-year-old

The character even looks like her, which made it feel so real. And now we have something that helps her process what she's learning… in a way that's fun and familiar.

Isla's Mom · Mother

Story time, every week.

In partnership with Plano Day School

Every Tuesday, the kids open a brand-new storybook and find themselves inside it.

A Story Heroes Club member in her cape, acting out her story on the classroom rug while classmates watch
A Story Heroes Club member in his cape at story time, the circle rug and book shelf behind him

They see themselves as heroes in the story, and act it out.

Story Heroes Club · one hero skill a week, in the research-informed order leading pre-K programs use · a semester long · taught by Dao herself

Story time mid-spell — a girl in a snow-queen cape raises her bear while Dao tells the story, printed pages in hand

One story-time morning — and the storybook it became. Like every Story Heroes book, it carries one quiet lesson: everyone has a superpower, and superpowers are for helping.

The real teddy bear up close, and the same bear in the storybook — snow falling as the kids dance around him

Their stuffies go in the story

Top: the real bear. Bottom: the bear in the book. Same bear.

The real plush cat photographed, and the same cat in the storybook — flying over town holding a red balloon

Same cat.

The plush from the desk — over the rooftops with a red balloon.

The real mermaid-cat plush photographed, and the same plush in the storybook — leaping from a bubble bath as a boy casts a wand spell

Same mermaid kitty.

Out of the toy bag, into the bubble bath — mid-spell.

A girl in her snow-queen cape raises her hand to cast the spell at story time, and the storybook page where the caped hero casts snow beside the bear

Someone they love directs it

The snow spell was her call — raised hand and all. No writing or art skills needed.

And then they asked for more.

  • At pickup today, before we were even out the door: “I want the story teacher again.” I said, you mean Ms. Dao? He said yes.

    — A dad at pickup

  • The second she got home she had to tell me the whole story. She loves it so much. She’s over the moon. Thank you.

    — A mum, the same evening

  • Do you run picture-book story classes on weekends? He loves it. I keep hoping there’s a weekend one.

    — A mum asking for more

  • You could see the joy on their faces with you there. Story time was all fun and smiles.

    — A story-time host

  • It was a joy having you at our Littles Lounge this morning. We loved our story time.

    — The team at Littles Lounge