Family Adventure
Noah and Grandma Marina's Secret Time Machine
A warm family adventure about the love that travels through time
- 10 pages + cover
- 9 min read
- Family time-travel adventure
- Family connection across generations
In Grandma Marina's attic, behind a very old grandfather clock, Noah finds a door into every year that ever was. Together they ride a steam train along the sea, laugh in a castle, and arrive in a sunlit village in 1953 — where a barefoot girl selling lemons is wearing the very same gold locket.
Every page, illustration and narrated page is included — free, no signup.
FAMILY VOICE NARRATION
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You just heard one of our studio narrators. With Family Voice Narration, any family member can record a few short passages — Grandma, Grandpa, Nana, Tata, Mimi or someone completely unique — and every future storybook can be read aloud in their own voice, even when they’re far away.
- Record once, narrate every book
- Perfect for grandparents overseas
- A keepsake your child can hear for years
STORY LENGTH FORMATS
Choose how long your child’s version should be
You’re reading the full Classic version of this book. The same story can be created as a quick Mini bedtime read, a printable Premium Storybook, or a Chapter Adventure for older children.
Preview Length
You’re reading the full Classic version
“Noah and Grandma Marina's Secret Time Machine” is shown above as a complete 10-page Classic story — every page, every illustration, free to read.
- Clear beginning, middle and end
- One main challenge to solve
- One emotional or learning objective
- Balanced text and illustrations
- Pages
- 8–12 pages
- Reading time
- 6–10 minutes
- Cost
- 1 story credit
STORY LESSON SUMMARY
Love travels through time
By meeting his Grandma as a barefoot girl selling lemons in 1953, Noah discovers that the grown-ups who care for him were once children too — and that family stories are a kind of inheritance.
- Grandparents have whole lifetimes of stories worth asking about.
- Family objects carry memories across generations.
- The people who love us were once small and unsure too.
- Curiosity about family builds belonging and identity.
PARENT DISCUSSION GUIDE
Four questions to ask after reading
Every StoryStar Club book comes with a short guide so the story keeps working after the last page.
1. If you could visit any year of Grandma's or Grandad's life, which would you pick?
Turns the book into a real conversation with a real grandparent.
2. What object in our house has the longest story?
Makes family history tangible and personal.
3. What surprised you about Grandma when she was little?
Helps your child see grown-ups as full people with histories.
4. What story about today would you want to tell your grandchildren?
Builds perspective and a sense of their own story mattering.
Bedtime reflection: Ask your child: if you could visit any year of Grandma's or Grandad's life, which one would you choose — and what would you ask them?
STORY METADATA
Everything behind this book
- Heroes
- Noah, age 6 · Grandma Marina
- Theme
- Family time-travel adventure
- Growth focus
- Family connection across generations
- Pages
- 10 illustrated pages + cover
- Reading time
- 9 minutes
- Reading stage
- Age 6 — warm, nostalgic narration
- Art style
- Premium Storybook Watercolour, nostalgic palette
- Languages
- 7 languages · bilingual mode available
- Formats
- Digital reader · audiobook · PDF · printed book
STORY PLAN PREVIEW
The plan we approved before painting a page
You see the same plan for your own book — and nothing is created until you approve it.
Hero
Noah, 6 — with Grandma Marina, illustrated from a family photo
Story world
An attic clock that opens into every year that ever was
Lesson
Family connection across generations
Art style
Premium Storybook Watercolour
Length
12-page standard story
Extras
Audiobook · PDF · printed keepsake
- 1
Opening. A gold locket and a lemon cake in Grandma's kitchen.
- 2
Discovery. Behind the grandfather clock, a door into other years.
- 3
Journey. A steam train by the sea, a castle, a sunlit 1953 village.
- 4
Wobble. The way home flickers and the locket must be returned.
- 5
Resolution. Noah meets Grandma as a girl and understands the locket.
EXAMPLE PERSONALIZATION OPTIONS
How a book like this becomes your child’s book
Child hero
- Name
- Age 3–8
- Photo likeness
- Outfit & accessories
Family cast
- Mum & Dad
- Grandparents
- Siblings
- Pets
- Consented family photos
Family role
- Co-star
- Guide
- Cameo appearance
- Story narrator
Story direction
- Custom prompt
- Heritage & eras
- Anything to avoid
- Story plan preview
Language & audio
- 7 languages
- Bilingual mode
- Grandparent gift narration
Keepsakes
- PDF download
- Hardcover keepsake
- Deluxe print
- Gift a story
Create your family’s own keepsake story
This is a sample story. Your child’s version can include their real family — Mum, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandma and Grandad — illustrated from optional photos in one unified art style.
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