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LP and Little Man love reading and stories are a huge part of our lives – with LP often reading whilst she eats breakfast, reading as a family after school and finishing the day with a story too. But the children don’t just love reading, they love the actual stories – getting to know the characters, laughing at the things that the characters get up to and really enjoying hearing the plot unfold. So when Lunii sent us My Fabulous Storyteller to try out I knew it would be something the children would really enjoy.
What is Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller?
The Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller is a really great idea for a children’s gadget. It’s a simple brightly coloured box that allows children to create their own stories and then hear them read allowed. It’s so well designed that as soon as we showed it to LP she knew what to do and was listening to her own stories in no time – with Little Man begging for the next turn!
How easy is Lunii My Fabulous Storyteller to use?
The box has a turn dial on the side that turns it on or off and adjusts the volume. As soon as you turn it on My Fabulous Storyteller starts talking to you and asks you questions like who will the hero be in your story or where is the story set. You are then given options and can turn the big dial on the front of the box to cycle through the choices, pressing ok when you’re happy. When you have answered all the questions My Fabulous Storyteller tells you the story that you’ve created.
There are usually four different questions and so many variations of answers that each story is so completely different from the last. The children love that they can have a stories about boys or girls, in castles or at home and with so many extra characters and objects included. So far they haven’t heard the same story twice and I don’t think they ever will.
The voice telling the stories is very much English, no American accent that always grates on me with apps and TV shows. Instead, it pronounces everything as we would pronounce it and everything is so well spoken, and at a really nice pace, making it a great aid for learning new words and learning to pronounce things too.
How many stories are there?
My Fabulous Storyteller comes with 48 stories, another six free goodnight stories with the application and hundreds more stories that can be downloaded from the LuniiStore. Having browsed the LuniiStore you can get 18 stories for around €10 – not very expensive at all and a great way of expanding My Fabulous Storyteller and making sure the children can use it indefinitely, never getting bored with the same stories and keeping them interested. However, I think the initial 48 main stories will keep LP and Little Man entertained for quite a while yet.
The My Fabulous Storyteller box is rechargeable with a USB cable so you won’t be constantly buying batteries and so far the power in it hasn’t run down for us – it seems to not use much energy at all which is great news. As it doesn’t need to be constantly plugged in the children can take it from room to room or out in the car without any problems, listening to stories wherever they go.
The children love My Fabulous Storyteller. It doesn’t replace the need for us to read together as a family but it is another avenue that lets children enjoy stories. They listen to it when Dave and I physically can’t read to them or LP is too tired to read aloud herself – when we’re rushing around in the morning, getting ready for school, late in the afternoon whilst we’re cooking dinner or on long car journeys.
The great thing for us about My Fabulous Storyteller is that it’s something LP and Little Man can enjoy together. They can both listen to the stories and take it in turns to create them and as much as they love listening to the stories they are always so excited when it’s their turn to create one too.
Lunii’s My Fabulous Storyteller is like nothing I have seen before and I really like it and I think it’s a great investment for any family.
My Fabulous Storyteller has an RRP of £53.90
Jessica Woods says
That it reads stories back to the child
iain maciver says
its rechargeable
Hayley Colburn says
I like that it wont cost you a fortune in batteries as its rechargeable
Solange says
It comes with 48 stories and hundreds more that can be downloaded from the LuniiStore.
Tracy Nixon says
It is rechargeable x
Sarah Mackay says
I love how it is rechargeable.
Lynne Manton says
I love the idea that the children can be involved with creating a story.
Iris Tilley says
Reads story’s back to them
Emma says
This such a amazing an fun independent way to create magical stories
Jo Carroll says
Being rechargeable is always a huge plus.
anthony harrington says
I like that is something different that the children can interact with
Teresa Lee says
I like that every story is different
Andrea Fletcher says
I like the fact that it is rechargeable.
Karen Barrett says
The variety of downloads available
Ashleigh Allan says
It’s rechargeable
Katie says
That it has so many stories
Katy Malkin says
I like how the battery lasts for ages and the kids can have a bit of alone time resting
Martina Pichova says
That it encourages creativity.
maria blythin says
love that there is 48 different stories x
michelle o'neill says
that it wont cost loads in batteries
Jen says
It’s so creative!
Angela Treadway says
that its interactive and they can get themselves involved in the story x
Kayleigh Watkins says
I love the fact it gets children to use their imagination, my children would love to play with one xXx
Leila Benhamida says
For the child to create their own children. Lovely colour.
Jo says
I love the fact that it is rechargeable because if it used regular batteries, it would just never be used because we never have batteries.
ADEINNE TONNER says
My favourite feature is that it reads the stories back to the children that is great i think.
claire woods says
It’s rechargeable
Margaret GALLAGHER says
Rechargeable !
john prendergast says
Being rechargeable
Lorna Ledger says
It’s interactive, feels very personal to the child, and a comforting thing at bedtime
Georgina Prince was davies says
i like how good you said the design was, that your daughter immediately figured out what to do with it xx
Danielle Dudley says
Perfect being rechargeable
Michelle smith says
I love that it’s rechargeable
Ruth Harwood says
recharging it is a great thing
Sally Collingwood says
48 different stories is amazing!
Rich Tyler says
All the different stories
Stevie says
I like how it encourages children to create their own story.
Karen Usher says
I like that its educational and not too expensive to download new stories! So wont cost me an arm and a leg to keep running!
Sarah Austin says
Rechargeable is really useful!
Lynn Neal says
I lie that children can help to create a story
Jennifer says
I like the wide variety of stories!
Kerry Taylor says
I love the idea of being able to create your own story!
Edward Guerreiro says
I love that it is interactive, and you can create the story you want to listen to.
Zara says
There are so many features that appeal to me but I very much liked the fact that it was rechargeable for various reasons, really! Fingers crossed! 🙂
Sadiyya Maryam says
It’s so creative and the fact that it’s rechargeable is an added bonus!
Gina M says
That you can recharge it.
Sarah Holder says
So many different stories!
MANDY DOHERTY says
That it’s rechargeable and such a fun way to create stories
JULIE WARD says
That there are so many stories and you can recharge it
Emma Fox says
I love the fact that it is rechargeable – we seem to get through lots of batteries in toys!
Susan B says
So many good features and a great little gadget but I would probably got for ‘rechargeable with a USB cable’ as I have environmental concerns about batteries.
Michelle Ferguson says
I like the big choice of different stories so they won’t get bored
Sheri Darby says
I love that it is rechargeable
jo liddement says
A huge range of stories so that you never hear the same story twice
Rose E. says
it is rechargeable
paula cheadle says
It comes with 48 stories and many more to download
Carly Belsey says
I love the fact that it speaks to you in English as a lot of these storytelling CDS are American
Katrina Adams says
I love how creative this is and from a practical stand point I love that it can be re-charged with USB rather than having to change batteries all the time.
Carol Boffey says
its rechargable
Allan Fullarton says
Great it is rechargeable.
Clare Hubbard says
The large variety of stories
Jeanette Leighton says
That children can make their own stories my daughter loves to use her imagination
sherri Hough says
its rechargable
Laura Harrison says
All the different stories xx
Natalie Thomason says
No expensive batteries
Adrian Bold says
I love that it is rechargeable
Kerry H says
I love audiobooks so this would be great for reading the stories to my son.
Jeanette Chalmers says
I love that they can create their own stories. I think this will aid them when they come to writing stories at school.
Miss Tracy Hanson says
Love the fact that they can create their own stories and then hear them being read back as well. Phoenix would love this and then she could show it to her younger sister. Makes it more personal than a “normal” book (although not knocking “normal” books – just think it’s a great idea).
Karen Hughes says
I love that the kids can make up their own stories. So important to stimulate their imagination.
Helen S says
That it’s so easy to use so my child would be in control of what they listen to; when they reach the toddler stage they try and become so independent so this would be ideal for them.
Kim Neville says
Creating and listening to different stories
laura stewart says
i like that you can recharge it
nikki easton says
I like that you can recharge it and it wont cost me a fortune in batteries as I’m sure it would be a hit with my daughter
Tammy Neal says
I love that you can create your own story x
Tee Simpson says
I like that uts rechargeable
Diana says
It is rechargeable 🙂
ellie spider says
the volume of stories available 🙂
Natalie Gillham says
I like that it’s rechargable x