Christian parents of kids 3–8 who are done with “one more show” at bedtime.
One short, read-aloud story emailed each night. Your child learns one Fruit of the Spirit a week, with a simple question and prayer. No apps. No 30-minute devotionals. Just a few quiet minutes that actually stick.
Delivered to parents by email + a Parent Library (web). No kids' apps, no videos.
7 nights free · Cancel anytime · ESV in context · Theologically reviewed
Screen-free for kids, start to finish
We email a short, personalized Christian bedtime story to you and save it in your Parent Library.
Read it out loud from your phone or a printed page, or tap play and let the audio narration run from a speaker.
There are no kids' apps or videos to watch. Bedtime stays calm, cuddly, and screen-free for them.
Their last waking minutes
By bedtime you're spent. You want to plant faith, but most nights it looks like:
Devotional books that drag on for a wiggly three-year-old (and feel dry to you).
"Just one more show" because you're exhausted, with a little guilt after.
"Be kind. Be patient." said at lights-out, never really landing.
A quiet worry: am I doing enough to shape their heart before the world gets loud?
It shouldn't take a seminary degree or a nightly fight to plant one seed of faith at night.
Here's the shift
So we made your child the hero. In every story, they hit the hard moment and choose love, joy, peace, patience, one Fruit of the Spirit at a time. Virtue gets caught, not taught.
One chapter, every night
One short, complete story with your child (and siblings) named as the heroes. You read it aloud. That's the whole ask.
A single question you can ask in thirty seconds, and a short prayer your little one can echo. Grace first, behavior second.
Each week rests on one Fruit of the Spirit with a memory verse in its true context. Seven nights, and one more seed is planted.
Let's be clear about what you're getting
A few weeks in
Welcome to Hush Hollow, where little dreamers grow
The world has a name: Hush Hollow. Pim is the gentle garden-keeper who shows the children how, then lets them choose, he never does it for them. The Sleepyheads are tiny seedlings that grow as they fall asleep, one little dream at a time. And your children are the little keepers, heroes of every story, learning to love by doing.
Held to a high bar
"I'm a dad of two, two and a half and one. When bedtime came, I went looking for stories that were true, warm, and short enough for real life. What I really wanted was a modern version of the classic books I grew up with. I couldn't find it, so I built it.
Those old stories shaped me gently. They showed you how to be kind, patient, and brave without ever thumping you over the head with it. I believe living the way the Bible teaches makes for a genuinely better life, and I wanted to hand my kids those virtues the way a good story does, by letting them live it, not by lecturing them. So every night, your child is the hero, learning to love by doing. The care I want for my own two is the care every family gets."
Jake, founder of Seed & Slumber
Your free week starts here
Try Seed & Slumber free for 7 nights. $0 today, and you get the whole Love Week, audio and all. After your free week, keep the stories coming for $12 or $29 a month (billed every 4 weeks), cancel anytime. We'll email you before your trial ends, so you're never surprised.
Annual bonus: Fruit of the Spirit Family Pack (printables and a guided Family Faith Night for Love and Joy).
Start free Love WeekAnnual bonus: Founding Families Big Feelings Pack (extra stories and credits).
Start free Love WeekNo risk, ever
If it doesn't earn its place at bedtime, don't keep it. Read the whole Love Week free. If your kids don't ask for it again, cancel in two taps and pay nothing. We'd rather lose the sale than crowd your child's pillow with something they don't love.
No. Everything is digital. Each night's chapter arrives in your email and lives in your Parent Library, so you can read from your phone, tablet, laptop, or a printed page if you prefer.
Seed & Slumber is screen-free for kids. Parents may glance at a screen to open the email or start the audio, but bedtime itself doesn't rely on your child holding a device or watching a video. You're leading the story, not a screen.
Little ones and up. Stories are matched to your child's age, so they start short and warm for toddlers and grow richer as your child does. You choose the age band, and it grows with them.
About five to ten minutes. One short chapter you read aloud, plus a single question and a short prayer if you'd like them. That's the whole ask.
Yes. Multiple children are supported, up to a family of four. Siblings co-star by first name and nickname, so the story belongs to your whole little crew, not a generic "you."
Historic, mere-Christian orthodoxy. Scripture is quoted from the ESV and kept in its true context, never twisted to fit a moral, and nothing ships until it passes a theology and craft review.
Your whole first Love Week is free, all 7 nights, $0 today. If it doesn't earn its place at bedtime, cancel anytime in two taps before your week ends and you're never charged. We'll email you a day or two before, so you're never surprised.
You add a card, but nothing is charged today. You get the full Love Week free, one short story emailed each night, with audio. After 7 nights it becomes $12 or $29 a month, billed every 4 weeks (13 times a year), and you can cancel anytime. Prefer to pay once? Annual is $120 or $290 a year, about 2 months free. We email you before your trial ends so there are no surprises.
Seven nights free. One story at a time.
Start your free Love Week"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9 (ESV)