Smories. Stories for small people...

Two words, no, three... Best. Site. Ever.

Smories is a KidSafe website where kids from all over the world can watch other kids their age tell original stories. Here's the story...

"We got the idea for smories.com during an extremely long journey in a very dirty Land Rover from the Kalahari desert in Botswana to Cape Town in South Africa in February this year (2010). Our daughter (8) had the idea to film herself with our ipod reading Enid Blyton short stories, and then play them back to her younger sister (6). This kept them entertained for hours. Our kids have always loved reading to each other and are transfixed when other children read them stories. They are also obsessed with the internet and will make their way to youtube any time they get their hands on a computer.

We thought a website that had a continuous flow of new stories, read aloud by kids, would make a healthier destination than so much of the stuff out there. Imagine you're stuck in traffic and need to keep a miniature person entertained in the back. Access a playlist of smories stories from your i-phone and voila... Once we had the idea for a site that publishes stories for kids read by kids, we also thought it would be a great unthreatening forum for showcasing unpublished stories. This allows writers to test their work in a straightforward and transparent way, hopefully giving them exposure which they might otherwise not have received. - Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar, London, March 2010

Well I'm sold. I listened to a handful of stories and it's truly addictive. You just want to see more kids reading more stories. The site design is really easy to navigate and every time you choose a story it tells you it's appropriate age group. I'm going to try it out on H tomorrow... What a find!