Smories is an exciting, independent and free online channel for kids (3 - 8 years old) to watch great new stories being read by other kids. It is also a place for children's story writers (published and unpublished, professional & amateur) to get their work published online, whilst retaining all rights.

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.

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. Download a playlist of smories

stories on your i-phone and voila...