Ember & Oak Books

From a spark, a story. From a fall, strength.

Stories for children, families and young readers, by Korinna Leányvári.

Series one · Ages 2 to 7

Fingertales Touch-Along Bedtime Stories

Every book holds three stories: one rhyming story to look at together, then two Touch-Along stories for bedtime. You read aloud while one hand plays the story on your child: their face becomes Pillow Land, their back becomes the Night Zoo. Every story slows down page by page until your hand rests still.

Cover of Fingertales Book 1, On the Face: a sleeping child and a tiny glowing Dream Keeper on a parent's fingertip
Book 1 · On the FaceComing soon

Tonight, your fingertips tell the story.

A tiny Dream Keeper, born from your child's own fingerprint, walks through the Dream Door, down Slide Mountain and past the Sleeping Lakes. A story to look at together, then two Touch-Along stories: one for the night after a wild day, one for the night when a head is full.

Cover of Fingertales Book 2, On the Back: a child sleeping on their tummy while the Dream Keeper rides a parent's fingertip, with a little snake and elephant nearby
Book 2 · On the BackComing soon

Roll over. The Night Zoo is opening.

Tiny ants tiptoe, an elephant tries very hard to tiptoe, and a long, long snake draws an S all the way down. A story to look at together, then two Touch-Along stories: a joyful parade for a full-of-beans evening, and a rainy-night story about friends who simply stay.

In the workshop

Family stories

True-hearted stories from raising three sons.

Later

For teens and young adults

Bigger stories for readers who are finding their own strength.

Why Ember & Oak

Every book begins small. Every reader deserves to stand tall.

The ember

An ember is small and quiet, but it becomes the spark that starts a fire. Every one of our books begins that way: with one small spark.

The oak

The oak is the tree no storm can break. It bends, it loses leaves, it carries scars, and it still stands. Strength does not belong only to the strongest. Sometimes it grows from a fall.

“I made this up for my first son, who could not fall asleep. Thirty-three years later, all three of my sons still remember it.”
The author

Korinna Leányvári invented the Fingertales bedtime ritual more than thirty years ago: a story read aloud while a fingertip plays it gently on the child. She raised three sons with it.

Fingertales is how she passes it on. The ritual is about calm, closeness and the bond between a parent and a child. Ember & Oak Books is the home for all of her stories, for little ones now and for older readers later.

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