Picture books from a small studio in Greece. You read them at bedtime like any other book. Then your child scans the little code on the page with a phone or tablet, and the animal from the story stands up on your floor.
The Tyrannosaurus who chased Spike for hours and then kept his word. Page 9 of Dinosaurs Are Back.
Free advent calendar · ages 3 to 9
From December 1, the elf who writes our Christmas hunt clues sends a door by email. Five minutes together, then your child draws it on the fridge calendar.
Riddles and jokes to read aloud
Things to make together
Animals that walk into your room
A Christmas Eve hunt at the endGet the doors, free
The elf's hello and a fridge calendar to print come at once. Nothing to buy, no app.
First the story, then the magic
Read the story
It comes first, the way it does in any picture book. The code sits quietly in the corner until you want it.
Scan the code
Point the phone's or tablet's normal camera at it. Nothing to install, no account, no app store.
Meet the animal
It stands in your room, about the size of a big dog. Walk around it and film it, the giggling takes care of itself.
The books
Katia writes them. Her brother Van makes them step off the page. Square paperbacks, 8.5 by 8.5 inches, printed and shipped by Amazon.
Read aloud, with snow on the pagesOn Christmas Eve, a little girl sees Santa's red hot-air balloon float over the Golden Mountains. So she does what anyone would do. She runs after it, all the way to a place nobody is ever supposed to find.
10 animals come aliveSpike's egg brother is stolen, and a small Triceratops sets out to bring him home.
9 animals come aliveNine animal riddles in rhyme. Read one aloud and let them guess who is talking.
9 animals come aliveEveryone shushes the rabbit with the big ears. Then the rabbit hears a cry for help.
5 friends, 5 ways to calm downFoo's best friend is leaving, and his sadness comes out all wrong. His friends show him how to find his calm.
4 siblings, 4 seasonsFour siblings, the four seasons, meet for one snowy evening. Fall comes late, full of joy, with a notebook of everything he is thankful for.
26 letters to catchTwenty-six little letters have run away at bedtime. Your child catches each one by tracing it with a finger.
10 dragons, 100 game levelsTen little dragons are locked in cages. Learn a table, and one of them comes out.
Free for kids
Pages to read together, with free cards to print. No sign-up, no email, nothing to install.
Dinosaur facts for kidsTen dinosaurs, a page eachPick a dinosaur
T. rex
Spinosaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Velociraptor
Brachiosaurus
Dilophosaurus
Apatosaurus
Carnotaurus
AnkylosaurusBig dinosaur questions
For grown-ups: Dinosaur story books for ages 5 to 8 · Dinosaur gifts that aren't toys · Kindness picture books for ages 4 to 7 · Rhyming and guessing books for ages 3 to 5 · Times tables books for ages 7 to 10 · Alphabet books for ages 3 to 6 · Augmented reality books: a parent's guide · How the augmented reality works
The trailers
Short films made in each book's own world, with Katia's words read aloud. Sound on, and watch them together.
Two siblings built an AR publishing house in Greece, lost it to COVID, and came back without the apps.
Eleven books, twenty-two apps, and one lesson: the magic should live in the browser, not in an app store. “An editorial phenomenon” is what a Greek newspaper called the first dinosaur book in 2016.
Works on
iPhone & iPad
iOS 12 or newer. Uses Apple's built-in AR viewer.
Works on
Android phones & tablets
Any device with Google's ARCore, which is most phones and tablets since 2018.
Good to know
Amazon Fire tablets
Show the 3D animals, but can't place them in the room. No AR on Fire.
