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Give the Gift of Stories

A year of listening, for a family you love.

Great books, read aloud. Twelve months of the whole library — and nothing for them to set up but a password.

Give a Membership $139  ·  one year  ·  nothing renews
The Paideia Collection on a laptop: shelves of illustrated book covers under Continue reading and Recommended for you
Our Island Story in the Paideia app on a phone, with its cover and a Play button
What you’re giving

A library of great stories, wherever they listen.

Histories, myths, nature study and poetry, all read aloud. They choose a book on the computer and press play — and their bookshelf comes along on every phone and tablet they sign in to, for the car, the kitchen table and bedtime.

Beside the Story

Many titles also come with pages to color, prompts for narration, timelines to follow and texts to keep.

Coloring page of King Alfred reading by the fire while the cakes burn, from Our Island Story, with a colored-in kingfisher page behind it

Coloring Pages

Original line art drawn for the stories, each page naming its subject and suggesting true colors.

Eyes and No Eyes I–VI · Our Island Story · The Little Book of the Flag

First page of the narration guide for American Hero Stories

Suggestions for Narration

Written or oral prompts for every chapter, kept in book order so tonight’s chapter is easy to find.

The Story of the World I–VI · Our Island Story · This Country of Ours · American Hero Stories · and more

A page of the printable Kings and Queens of England timeline for Our Island Story

Timelines

Illustrated timelines that follow a story’s people and events era by era, on the web or in the app. Some also come as a printable companion for the table.

Our Island Story · This Country of Ours · more as the library grows

First page of Flag Etiquette, Anniversaries and Selections, from The Little Book of the Flag

Appendices & Selections

Flag etiquette, anniversaries and selections, set in full, and the complete Horatius at the Bridge, numbered for memorization.

The Little Book of the Flag · Horatius at the Bridge

What they receive
An email, in your name, on the day you choose.

They set their own password. There is no card to enter, and nothing turns into a subscription when the year is up.

How it works

1
Say who it’s for

Their email address — or, if they already listen with us, the gift code they can find in their account.

2
We deliver it

Right away, or on a date you pick. Christmas morning, a birthday, the first day of term.

3
They listen

Twelve months from the day it arrives, on every device they own.

If they already listen with us

Ask them for their gift code.

Every member has one in their account. It lets you pay for their year — and nothing else. It won’t open their library, see what their children are reading, or change anything they’ve set up.

If they’re already paying

Then they simply aren’t billed.

Their plan, their price and their renewal date stay exactly as they are. Your gift covers the next twelve months of it.

What’s included

  • The whole library, and everything added to it
  • Every family profile — no per-child charge
  • Listen on the web, iPhone, iPad and Android
  • Illustrated listening on select titles
  • Companion materials for the schooling family
  • Parental controls, and no advertising of any kind
Giving to more than one family?

Add as many households as you like to a single order, each with its own note and its own delivery date. One payment.

When the year ends

It simply ends — we don’t hold a card and nothing renews on its own. We’ll write to them a month beforehand, and to you, in case you’d like to give another year.

Give a year of stories.

$139  ·  twelve months  ·  hello@paideiacollection.com