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Read, watch, or listen to magical adventures that help children explore kindness, courage, confidence, and more through characters they will want to meet again.

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Junior, Leafy, Max, Snoggle, and Pixie together in Paddington Town beneath Alderwise

Welcome to a world where every adventure helps something good grow

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Meet familiar friends in free stories, then preview Premium Nightfall episodes, adventures, and activities before joining.

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Choose what your child needs right now. The Compass will connect one free story, video and activity to help the moment continue beyond the screen.

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Tilda, Junior and Whimble testing the magical Waybloom exploration vehicle in a TinyTales World engineering story. Premium Episode 1.2

The Unfinished Map

Tilda Learns to Build Safely | Kids Story
Junior the frog
Junior Expedition Lead
Whimble the feather fawn
Whimble Route Discovery
Tilda the squirrel inventor
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The latest TinyTales World expedition has awakened

TinyTales World is a growing story universe inside TinyTales Land for children ages 3 to 10, bringing together Explorer adventures and TinyTales Family stories. Tilda tests the magical Waybloom and learns how safe engineering uses careful testing, observation and improvement one step at a time. Episode 1.2 is available as a Premium episode and runs for 11 minutes and 40 seconds.

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What is TinyTales World?

TinyTales World is a growing story universe inside TinyTales Land for children ages 3 to 10, bringing together TinyTales World Explorers and TinyTales Family through connected stories, characters, places and learning themes.

What is Tilda Learns to Build Safely | Kids Story about?

Tilda, Junior and Whimble test the magical Waybloom when an ancient compass component takes control. This TinyTales World adventure introduces safe engineering, testing and careful problem solving.

What can children learn from this World episode?

Children can explore engineering safety, initiative and the design process by seeing how testing, observing and improving can make a machine safer.

What can families talk about after watching?

Ask: "Why was it safer for Tilda to test one system at a time instead of trying to perfect everything at once?"

What is TinyTales Family?

TinyTales Family is the home of Where We Belong, a warm TinyTales World series about children, families, friendship, school life, change and the small moments that help someone feel understood.

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Meet the TinyTales Land Characters

Story friends who help children explore kindness, courage, patience, curiosity and other meaningful character traits.

TinyTales Land characters appear across stories, videos, activities and connected worlds. Each character brings a different personality, challenge and way of learning so children can discover that growth can look different for everyone.

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Who are the TinyTales Land characters?

They are child friendly story characters who appear across TinyTales Land adventures, videos and activities for children ages 3 to 10.

What do TinyTales characters help children learn?

Their adventures explore character traits, feelings, choices, friendship, problem solving and the small everyday actions children can recognise in their own lives.

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Free Story of the Week

Alderwise Teaches Patience

Alderwise shows that patience is not doing nothing. It is slowing down enough to notice answers already nearby, from buds opening to songs learned one line at a time.

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What is the TinyTales Free Story of the Week?

It is a free children's story selected from TinyTales Land for families to read together. Stories are designed for ages 3 to 10 and connect imaginative adventures with character traits and everyday learning.

How can families use the featured story?

Read the story together, notice the character trait at the centre of the adventure, then ask one simple question about how the same idea could appear in everyday life.

Character traits for children

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Trait of the Month

Kindness

Kindness means sharing smiles and helping others feel happy.

TinyTales Land uses stories, characters, videos and activities to help children notice character traits through choices they can recognise in everyday life.

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What are character traits for children?

Character traits are qualities such as kindness, courage, patience, gratitude and responsibility. TinyTales Land explores them through child friendly stories, videos and activities for ages 3 to 10.

How can stories help children understand character traits?

Stories let children see a trait through a character's choices and feelings, then talk about how the same idea could appear at home, at school or with friends.

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Watch, unwind and dream together

Enjoy a free Nightfall adventure, settle down with short TinyTales Lullabies, and discover new TinyTales World expeditions as they arrive.

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Can Max Save His Friend Without Flying Ahead?

Max wants to rush ahead to save a friend, but learns that courage can also mean pausing, listening and staying close when someone needs support.

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Gentle Lullabies for peaceful bedtimes

Short calming songs for bedtime routines, quiet moments and a softer end to the day.

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TinyTales World Episode 1.1 is here

Junior and Tilda investigate a magical unfinished map in the first Premium World expedition, learning how observation, evidence and careful corrections make maps more accurate.

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What videos can children watch on TinyTales Land?

TinyTales Land includes story based Nightfall adventures, calming Lullabies and TinyTales World expeditions, with free videos and clearly labelled Premium previews.

What is Can Max Save His Friend Without Flying Ahead? about?

Max wants to rush ahead to save a friend, but learns that courage can also mean pausing, listening and staying close when someone needs support. It is part of TinyTales Nightfall, pairing a calm story with a character trait children can notice and discuss after watching.

What can children learn from this video?

Children can explore kindness by noticing how the characters respond to challenges, choices and one another.

What can families talk about after watching?

Ask: "Where did you notice kindness in the video, and what could that look like in our own day?"

Interactive stories for kids

Choose Your Own TinyTales Adventure

Begin a free adventure or preview the choice stories waiting inside TinyTales Premium.

1. Read the story scene

Each adventure begins with a short story moment and a decision for the child to consider.

2. Choose what happens next

The child selects a path and sees how that choice changes the journey.

3. Talk about the outcome

Families can compare choices, feelings and consequences after the adventure.

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What are interactive stories for kids?

Interactive stories are choice based adventures where children decide what happens next instead of only following one fixed path.

How do TinyTales choice stories work?

Children read or listen to a scene, choose between possible actions, then continue along the story path created by that decision.

What can children learn from interactive stories?

Choice stories can help children explore cause and effect, empathy, problem solving, feelings and how different decisions can lead to different outcomes.

Are there free TinyTales interactive stories?

Yes. TinyTales Land includes free interactive adventures for ages 3 to 10, with additional Premium adventures clearly labelled as previews.

Playful learning for ages 3 to 10

Play, create and grow

Play free interactive activities, begin a guided Place Mission, then preview the larger Premium collection of creative learning games and complete adventures.

Activity 1

Create and unwind

Coloring Pages

Color familiar TinyTales friends online with calm tools and a print option.

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Notice good choices

Character Trait Jar

Fill a jar with real moments of kindness, courage, patience and more.

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Choose and restore

Place Missions

Choose from eight TinyTales Place Missions, make meaningful choices and help restore each part of the world.

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Choose a Place Mission

Six Places begin with two Free stages. Golden Seed Castle and Amberbough Weald open public Premium mission previews.

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What free activities are available on TinyTales Land?

TinyTales Land includes interactive coloring, character trait jar games, word searches and Place Missions, with free activities for children ages 3 to 10.

How do TinyTales activities support learning?

Activities revisit ideas from stories and videos through creative play, vocabulary, attention, character traits, meaningful choices and simple real life prompts.

Can families use TinyTales activities after a story or video?

Yes. Families can use coloring, trait activities, word searches or Place Missions to continue a conversation after reading or watching together.

What are TinyTales Place Missions?

Place Missions are seven stage TinyTales World adventures. Six Places begin with two Free stages, while Golden Seed Castle and Amberbough Weald have public Premium previews that explain the mission before membership unlocks all seven stages.