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His stories, in his Russian. Его истории. На его русском.

Questions written in Russian about the courtyard, the first job and New Year’s, and a hardcover the grandkids can read.

Our Russian questions are reviewed by a native speaker.

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Questions written in Russian. Вопросы, написанные по-русски.

For storytellers from many countries, wherever Russian was the language at home. A few from the first set:

Build six first questions of your own

  • Двор

    Опишите двор, в котором вы выросли. Во что там играли?

    Describe the courtyard you grew up in. What did you play there?

  • Дача

    Расскажите о даче: что там росло и кто приезжал на выходные?

    Tell us about the dacha: what grew there, and who came out on weekends?

  • Первая работа

    Какой была ваша первая работа и на что вы потратили первую зарплату?

    What was your first job, and what did you spend your first paycheck on?

  • Новый год

    Как в вашей семье встречали Новый год? Что было на столе?

    How did your family see in the New Year? What was on the table?

Words we keep. Слова, которые мы не переводим.

Dacha stays dacha. Some words carry a whole childhood, so we keep them the way he says them and add a short note in the margin.

дачаdachaDAH-chuh
A family’s summer cottage outside the city.
дворdvordvor
The shared courtyard between apartment buildings, where every child played.
ёлкаyolkaYOHL-kuh
The New Year’s tree, the center of the holiday at home.
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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.

Concept layout. Sample story written by our team, read by a voice actor.

However he likes to answer. Как ему удобнее отвечать.

WhatsApp isn’t reliably available in Russia, so storytellers there use the web link or call our US number instead.

  • Phone call

    A call at the time he picks. In early access, calls go to US and Canada numbers.

  • WhatsApp voice notes

    He answers the week’s question with a voice note, the way he already talks to the family.

  • Web link

    One big record button on a private page. It works wherever the internet does.

Why we’re building this. Почему мы это делаем.

Kinspoken is built for families whose best storyteller speaks a different language from the grandkids. We’re building the book we couldn’t find: his words on the left, English on the right, his voice one scan away.

There are no reviews here yet, just how it works, what it costs, and what we promise.

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Early-access pricing. Honored if you reserve before February 28, 2027.

A Year of Stories

$149

For one household giving the gift to one parent or grandparent.

One storyteller, up to 52 weekly questions, one bilingual hardcover with QR audio, US shipping included.

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Family Edition

$249

For siblings sharing the gift, or grandparents with several households of grandchildren.

Everything in A Year of Stories, plus three hardcovers in total, an audiobook edition in the storyteller’s own voice, and up to six co-editors.

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Extra hardcover $59 · Editor’s Read $99 (a focused review, not a full proofread).Everything that’s included

Reserve now, decide later. Забронируйте сейчас, решите потом.

  1. Today

    A free reservation, plus Holiday Table question cards in her language and English.

  2. By December 10

    A printable card to wrap.

  3. Before the start date

    The final details and the price you saw; you decide then.

Your printable card is a greeting card to wrap. It has no cash value.

Free, and it takes about a minute. Anything marked optional can be skipped.

Who is the storyteller?

Printed on your card, e.g. Abuela, Babushka, Dido.

Their language
How they’d most likely answer optional
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Coming early 2027. Reserve free; your printable card arrives by December 10. You decide, and pay, only when we start.

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Questions and answers. Вопросы и ответы.

Can he live outside the US?

Yes, almost anywhere a voice note or web link works. In early access, phone calls go to US and Canada numbers. WhatsApp isn’t reliably available in Russia, so storytellers there use the web link or call our US number. For storytellers in some countries we need an extra check before we can start; you’ll hear how it went before any price comes up.

What if he mixes languages?

Keep mixing. A Yiddish saying in a Russian story, an English word in the middle of a sentence: we keep it the way it was said and translate it on the facing page.

Some of his stories are sensitive. Who will see them?

Only people you invite. Stories are encrypted in storage, and he can mark anything ‘not for the book’, and it stays out of print. We never use stories to train AI, and one email deletes everything.

All questions

More languages soon. Tell us which one your family needs.

Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese and more are on our list. Some take longer: we add a language only when a native editor is on board.