A free storybook library that comes to life as you read. Pages turn, words twinkle in, and a friendly voice can read every story aloud. Then peek inside the Poppy the Dragon books, and colour, puzzle and draw with Poppy.
👋 Meet Poppy the Dragon!
⭐ Free · Animated
🎙️ Voice narration Read to me 🔊
📖 Press Space to playTry it now →
Every story opens like a real book. Press Play and Poppy and friends come to life while the pages turn by themselves.
📖 Animated spreadsPress Read to me and your device reads each page out, lighting up every word as it goes. Ideal for little ones still learning.
🎙️ Word-by-word highlightingSwipe, tap, or use the arrow keys, and Space to pause. Pages fit a phone, and the animations stay calm if your device asks for less motion.
♿ Accessible everywhereNo adverts, no accounts, nothing to download. Just gentle stories, ready whenever your family needs quiet reading time.
✓ Ad-freeEvery story in the Dream Machine is free to read, start to finish, on any phone, tablet or computer. Tap a cover to begin.
Poppy the dragon wishes she could fly fast, and finds something better.
A tiny seed falls from the moon, and only Glowberry believes it can grow.
How the Sparkle Tree got its light, long before anyone was watching.
The Dream Machine turns pages right in your browser. The Poppy the Dragon books are also on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
Open the first few pages of each Poppy the Dragon book right here in the Dream Machine. Love it? The whole story is on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
Four Poppy books: one picture book and three board books for little hands.
Free activities starring Poppy the Dragon. Do them on screen, or print them out for the kitchen table.
Every big drawing starts with simple shapes. Follow the pink lines, from two circles to a smiling dragon.
A magic trick with crayons and paint: secret stars appear all by themselves. Then send your Poppy flying through them.
Tap to fill in Poppy on screen, try the glitter, or print clean black and white pages.
Start colouring → 3 puzzlesWord searches, a dragon maze and a sliding picture puzzle, with a new layout every time.
Play a puzzle → All agesDraw Poppy step by step, paint her a night sky, and design a dragon of your own.
Learn to draw →
🎨 Author & illustrator
Author & Illustrator
Eliza Dragonthorpe is the creative mind behind the Poppy the Dragon series. With a passion for storytelling and a love of all things magical, Eliza creates worlds where young readers learn about courage, friendship, and the joy of being different.
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