lullabyflow™

A mom of three’s 33-year-old bedtime secret

They want to play. You want them asleep.

So she made the story part of the play. You read aloud while your fingertip taps, glides and circles on your child’s face or back, slower each page, until the game turns into sleep. It’s called a Touch-Along™ story.

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What happens in those ten minutes

A slow hand tells a busy body: you can rest now.

A small change to bedtime. It isn’t only a story your child hears. It’s a story they feel.

  1. The body slows down.

    Slow, steady strokes with gentle, even pressure can slow the heartbeat and ease stress. The skin has special nerves that love slow touch, about one finger-width a second.

  2. “I am safe. I am loved.”

    Warm touch is linked to oxytocin, the bonding hormone, in your child and in you. Your child feels it without a word.

  3. Busy to quiet, page by page.

    Each story starts playful and gets slower and softer, until your palm rests on their forehead. For a bouncy evening or a worried one.

  4. The same ending every night.

    Every story ends with hope: “Tomorrow, wonderful adventures are waiting for you.” A short, calm routine done the same way each night helps many children fall asleep sooner.

Comfort, not medical treatment. Always ask “May I?” first.

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.
Book 1 · On the Face Book 2 · On the Back
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 (opens in a new tab)

The bedtime shelf

One story tonight. The rest can wait for tomorrow.

Fingertales Book 1, On the FaceFingertales Book 2, On the Back
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Book 3 and more on the way.

A shelf that keeps growing.Fingertales is the first series. More stories, read-alouds and quiet-time books are on the way.
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Why parents keep it

The best ten minutes of the day.

Not the bath. Not the teeth. The part your child will ask for again tomorrow.

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.”
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A gift for tonight

Try a free Touch-Along story tonight.

We’ll send you “Wink’s Three Stars”, a short Touch-Along story to read with your child tonight.