Every Wonder library, in one place
WonderBooks publishes short illustrated stories about real things: a battle, an invention, a painter, a city. Each one runs about ten pages, is drawn from first page to last, and is read aloud.
What WonderBooks is
A library of short illustrated stories about real subjects, published in thirteen languages. Every story is written, drawn and narrated page by page, and every page is reviewed before it goes out. Nothing is scraped, and nothing is stitched together out of somebody else's book.
The result is a library you can actually finish. A Wonder story takes about ten minutes: long enough for one subject told properly, with a picture made for every page and a voice to go with it.
Reading in English
This page's web address carries its own language, and it keeps it while you read on.
1,977 story pages are online in English today, across 12 libraries.
Every language has its own home page. The full list is at the foot of this one.
The libraries
Each library keeps to one subject. Open the one you came for.
Wonder Inventions
The inventions that changed ordinary life, and the people behind them
281 in English — Open
Wonder Science
Discoveries, experiments and the natural world, shown page by page
280 in English — Open
How a Wonder story works
Ten pages, one subject. Every page carries an illustration made for that page and a paragraph written for it, and every page can be read aloud. There is no sign-up wall in front of the reading — you open a story and it starts.
Articles
Alongside the stories there are articles: longer pieces about the subjects behind them, and about how to get more out of reading them.
Is it free to read?
Yes. The stories on this site open in a browser with no payment and no account. Sections added later may be paid; what is here today is not.
Who writes and draws these stories?
They are produced here, story by story, and reviewed before they ship — written, illustrated and narrated using AI tools, directed and checked by a single founder. Nothing is scraped, licensed in, or handed to an outside studio.
Can I read in a language other than English?
Yes. Story pages are published in 13 languages, each at its own web address, and the narration follows the language of the page you are on.