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Her stories, in her Ukrainian. Її історії — її українською.

Questions in Ukrainian about Sunday varenyky and carols on Christmas Eve, and a hardcover with English on every facing page.

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Its own edition. Окрема редакція.

Ukrainian is its own edition, with its own questions and its own editor. It is never bundled with another language.

Reservations open. We’re hiring our Ukrainian editor now, and the edition opens when they’re on board.

Questions written in Ukrainian. Запитання, написані українською.

Written in Ukrainian from the start, for Ukrainian storytellers. A few from the first set, ahead of our editor’s review:

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  • Недільний стіл

    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?

  • Хата дитинства

    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?

  • Свята

    Як у вашій родині зустрічали Святвечір? Хто першим куштував кутю?

    How did your family keep Sviat Vechir, Christmas Eve? Who tasted the kutia first?

  • Музика

    Яку пісню співала ваша мама чи бабуся, коли поралася по господарству?

    Which song did your mother or grandmother sing while she did the chores?

Words we keep. Слова, які ми зберігаємо.

Varenyky stay varenyky. We keep her words in her spelling and add a short note in the margin for the grandkids.

вареникиvarenykyvah-REH-nih-kih
Filled dumplings, pinched shut by hand.
хатаkhataKHAH-tah
A village house, often whitewashed, and everything that happened in it.
вишиванкаvyshyvankavih-shih-VAHN-kah
An embroidered shirt, worn for celebrations and handed down.
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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.

Gentle by design. Делікатно, без примусу.

Skip any question, pause for weeks, or stop. No topic is ever required, and we don’t ask about hard years unless she brings them up herself.

However she likes to answer. Як їй зручніше відповідати.

  • Phone call

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

  • WhatsApp voice notes

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

  • Web link

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

  • Telegram and Viber

    Voice notes on Telegram and Viber are planned.

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

A Year of Stories

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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. Забронюйте зараз, вирішите потім.

  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.

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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. Запитання й відповіді.

Can she live in Ukraine?

Yes, wherever a voice note or the web link works. In early access, phone calls go to US and Canada numbers, so storytellers in Ukraine answer by voice note or the web link. Storytellers in occupied areas need an extra check before we can start; you’ll hear how it went before any price comes up.

What if she mixes Ukrainian and Russian?

We keep it the way she says it. Surzhyk, a line of Russian dialogue in a Ukrainian story, an English word in the middle of a sentence: the original stays as spoken, and the English is on the facing page.

Who will see her stories?

Only people you invite. Stories are encrypted in storage, and she 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.

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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.