Coming early 2027 · reserving is free
One question a week by phone or voice note, in her language. Then a hardcover with English beside her words.
Reserve a holiday giftA question arrives in her language, by phone call at her chosen time or as a WhatsApp voice note.
She answers by talking, for two minutes or forty. She can stop, skip or call back.
You read it side by side in both languages, fix a name, add a photo, mark the words your family never translates.
We print the book. Her language on the left, English on the right, her voice one scan away.
Monday’s question
¿A qué olía la comida del domingo en casa de su madre?
What did Sunday lunch smell like at your mother’s house?
Mon 9:00Ready to read: La sobremesa
En casa de mi abuela siempre había café en la estufa.
At my grandmother’s house there was always coffee on the stove.
Proof approved. Her book goes to print.
Some words don’t travel: sobremesa, the long talk after a meal; дача, a family’s summer cottage; вареники, filled dumplings. Tell us the words your family never translates, and we’ll keep them the way she says them, with a short note in the margin for the grandkids.
En casa de mi abuela siempre había café en la estufa. Los domingos llegaba toda la familia, y nadie se iba antes de la sobremesa*.
At my grandmother’s house there was always coffee on the stove. On Sundays the whole family came, and nobody left before the sobremesa*.
*sobremesa: the long talk after a meal. We keep this word.
Летом нас отправляли на дачу* к деду. Он будил меня в пять утра — за грибами, пока роса.
Every summer they sent us to Grandpa’s dacha*. He’d wake me at five in the morning to go mushroom hunting while the dew was still on the grass.
*dacha: a family’s summer cottage. We keep this word.
Мама співала, коли ліпила вареники*, і ми знали: сьогодні буде свято.
Mom sang while she made varenyky*, and we knew: today would be a celebration.
*varenyky: filled dumplings. We keep this word.
Concept layout. Sample story written by our team, read by a voice actor.
Pick her language and three themes, and six starter questions appear the way they’ll arrive: her language first, English beneath. Every question is written for its edition and checked by a native-speaking editor before that edition opens.
For example. Pick three themes to see all six.
Sunday table
¿Quién cocinaba los domingos, y qué plato no podía faltar?
Who cooked on Sundays, and which dish always had to be there?
Childhood home
Describa la casa donde creció. ¿Qué se veía desde la ventana?
Describe the house where you grew up. What could you see from the window?
Sunday table
Кто у вас дома готовил по воскресеньям и что всегда стояло на столе?
Who did the cooking at home on Sundays, and what was always on the table?
Childhood home
Опишите двор, в котором вы выросли. Во что там играли?
Describe the courtyard you grew up in. What did you play there?
Sunday table
Хто у вашій родині ліпив вареники в неділю і хто їх найбільше любив?
Who made varenyky on Sundays in your family, and who loved them most?
Childhood home
Опишіть хату чи квартиру, де ви виросли. Що росло під вікном?
Describe the house or flat where you grew up. What grew under the window?
Question 1, read by a native-speaking voice actor · recording in progress
On its way. We’ll email you these six questions within one business day.
$149
For one household giving the gift to one parent or grandparent.
$249
For siblings sharing the gift, or grandparents with several households of grandchildren.
Extra hardcover $59 · Editor’s Read $99 (a focused review, not a full proofread).
Today
A free reservation, plus Holiday Table question cards in her language and English.
By December 10
A printable card to wrap.
Before the start date
The final details and the price you saw; you decide then.
Not yet. We’re building it, and the first storytellers are planned to start in early 2027. Reserving today is free: you’ll get Holiday Table question cards right away, a printable card to give by December 10, and the planned start date. The price waits for your yes.
We hold a place for you and the early-access price ($149 for A Year of Stories). It isn’t a purchase, and the printable card isn’t a stored-value gift card. Before your storyteller’s start date, we’ll email the final details and you decide whether to go ahead. If we can’t start by March 31, 2027, we’ll tell you and your reservation simply ends. You won’t owe anything.
Once a week, your storyteller gets one question in their language: a phone call at a time they choose, a WhatsApp voice note, or a link that opens one big record button. They answer by talking, for two minutes or forty. The interviewer is an automated voice: at the start of every session it says so and asks permission to record, in their language. Weekly questions are recorded by native-speaking voice actors; follow-up questions use a clearly identified automated voice (planned).
It’s AI-assisted, and then you review it. The side-by-side editor shows the original and the English together, and anything our system isn’t sure about (names, places, idioms) is highlighted for a second look. You can add family words that should never be translated, and a person checks names and layout before every book is printed. If no one in the family reads the original language, add Editor’s Read ($99): a native-speaking editor goes through the flagged passages and all names, places and dates before printing.
It’s not a certified translation: please don’t use it for legal, immigration or court purposes.
Early-access prices: A Year of Stories is $149 (one storyteller, one hardcover, US shipping included). Family Edition is $249 (three hardcovers plus an audiobook edition in their voice). Extra hardcovers are $59 each, and Editor’s Read is $99. An optional second year is planned at $99. We honor these prices for everyone who reserves before February 28, 2027.
Kinspoken is built for families whose best storyteller speaks a different language from the grandkids. We’re building the book we couldn’t find: her words on the left, English on the right, her voice one scan away.
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