A Countdown to Bedtime
Marmalade the calm tabby cat helps her sleepy friends get ready for bed, then counts the stars down from ten to one as everyone drifts off to sleep.
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Marmalade's Sleepy Stars — A Countdown to Bedtime is a 12-page interactive Smart Book written for ages 3-6. Every page pairs original story text with a hand-placed scene, so the words and the picture always match. The whole book runs in your browser — there is nothing to install, and your reading position is remembered automatically on this device.
Tap play and each page reads itself aloud, highlighting every word as it is spoken so readers can follow along in real time — the same word-level sync used by professional e-readers, built entirely with your browser's own text-to-speech voice. Prefer to read yourself? Turn narration off and flip pages with the on-screen arrows, a swipe, or the left/right arrow keys.
Many pages include a small interactive moment — count the objects in the scene, tap the right one, or drag a piece into place — with a friendly sound and a character reaction the moment you get it right. These are optional: a page with no activity is still a complete read-along page, so nothing ever blocks the story.
After the first read, Marmalade's Sleepy Stars is cached on your device and keeps working with no internet connection — handy on a plane, in a car, or anywhere the signal drops. You can also add it to your home screen for a full-screen, app-like reading experience.
Reading progress and settings are stored only in your browser's local storage. Nothing about how you or your child read this book is uploaded anywhere.
"Marmalade's Sleepy Stars" is written for ages 3-6, with sentence length, vocabulary and interactions matched to that age band.
No. Marmalade's Sleepy Stars runs entirely in your browser — nothing to install, and no account is required to start reading.
Yes. Each page is narrated with the words highlighted as they are spoken, so readers can follow along or listen hands-free.
Yes. Once the page has loaded once, this book is cached for offline reading and can be installed to your home screen like an app.
The first 3 of 12 pages are free to read. The rest unlock with a one-time purchase.
Yes — a short 4-question quiz recaps the story after the last page.