Story series for readers of all ages, from quiet reading alone to family conversation and children's adventures — plus four-episode original series matched to age and interests, and a shelf for every return.
ON YOUR OWN OR TOGETHER Read deeply. Talk together. Spend an evening with a masterpiece, follow a mystery as a family, or let a child choose their own adventure. Crafted so grown-ups want the continuation too — read, choose and talk together. Start with a free opening episode.
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Baaba's Parcels
A parcel that should have held nothing carried exactly what was needed most.
A family mystery: children follow the parcel's riddle while grown-ups find echoes of their own memories.
LUMISIA STORIES LIBRARY
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Browse every series by age, reading style and interest. However you find one, it opens the same detail page and episode list.
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Three series that open their worlds in episode one.
Start with 3 stories whose first episode makes the promise clear.
A good place to start
The Sunset Chime
Episode 1 · Lost Thirty Years Ago
Everyone in the family was seven once.
Ages 5–9, with familyFree episode available
A good place to start
Time-Trace Investigation Bureau
Episode 1 · The Next Passenger Is Towa
When you look through, something looks back.
Ages 9–12, with familyFree episode available
A good place to start
Beyond the Masterpiece
Episode 1 · Water Lilies at the End of a Long Journey
Read a masterpiece not as trivia, but as a life.
For adults and ages 13+Free episode available
ALL SERIES
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18 series
SeriesBeyond the Music
Hear one complete work while travelling through its composer, time and story.
- Recommended ageAdults, families and ages 10+
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesDeep listening, cultural history and family conversation
SeriesONE GOOD PHOTO!
A group photo almost never works on the first try.
- Recommended ageAges 3–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, comic timing & laughing together
SeriesBefore the City Wakes
The city was moving before you looked.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, processes & respect for work
SeriesHistory at the Crossroads
Before giving the answer, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 7–10, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesReasoning & Japanese history
SeriesGreat Lives at the Crossroads
Begin not with an achievement, but with the problem someone wanted to change.
- Recommended ageAges 7–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesProblem finding, ingenuity & social change
SeriesWorld History at the Crossroads
Before the world changes, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 8–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesWorld history through maps, timelines & sources
Say It With Me
Words you can't say hide in little pieces.
- Recommended ageAges 4–7
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesPutting feelings into words
The Scroll of Time
Seek-and-find Japanese history
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapanese history
Kota's English Journey
First English that clicks — and sticks
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFirst English
What-If Days
Real safety skills, told as stories
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesSafety skills
Michi & Mikke: Find the Way
Walk, taste and compare your way across Japan
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapan's geography
Hinata & You: The Casebook
Look, compare, think — first deductions
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation & logic
Kota & Nene's Great Adventures
Body science, learned by adventure
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesBody & science
SeriesShutter Night
It isn't over until you lose twice.
- Recommended ageAdults, and families from age 6
- 1 episode
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesAnswering a beat · rhythm learned with the body
SeriesBeyond the Masterpiece
Read a masterpiece not as trivia, but as a life.
- Recommended ageFor adults and ages 13+
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesClose looking, cultural history & grown-up conversation
Baaba's Parcels
Solve Japanese riddles with seven-year-old Emi, who lives overseas.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesHeritage Japanese & family connection
SeriesTime-Trace Investigation Bureau
When you look through, something looks back.
- Recommended ageAges 9–12, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, logic & family judgment
The Sunset Chime
Everyone in the family was seven once.
- Recommended ageAges 5–9, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFamily memory, empathy & how life used to be
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