The story world
Tonight's stories.
Seven picture-book tales of Tanda and the keepers — how the Network woke, where the first tooth fee came from, and the keepers who guard tooth traditions from Madrid to Seoul to Harar. Read one together, then keep your own story.
Tanda · Network originTanda and the Night the Network Woke
One skipped note teaches Tanda why every memory needs its exact child.
6 min read-aloud
Young Tanda · A Viking originTanda Fae and the First Tooth Fee
A Viking story about a coin, a promise, and kindness carried home.
6 min read-aloud
Ratoncito Perez · Spain and mixed family traditionsThe Toothlight Treaty
A Madrid story about two tooth traditions learning to share one child with care.
6 min read-aloud
Kkachi · South Korean rooftop traditionKkachi and the Roof Song
A rooftop story about a grandmother's song and the slow line that carries it.
6 min read-aloud
Waraba · Ethiopian threshold traditionWaraba at the Edge of the Light
A Harar story about one tooth, one brave step, and the keeper who waits beside fear.
6 min read-aloud
Daga · Philippine one-year wish traditionDaga and the One-Year Wish
A Philippines story about a roof mouse, a hidden tooth, and a wish that refused to hurry.
7 min read-aloud
Anna Bogle · Irish gold traditionAnna Bogle and the Gap in the Gold
An Irish story of rain, bargains, and the gold that proves somebody noticed.
6 min read-aloud
Tanda is still looking for the next witness. What does your family do when a tooth falls out? More keepers are listening: Finland, Japan, India, Mongolia, Jamaica…