Personalized children's stories as the future of learning
Digital education is becoming personal. More and more children learn best when knowledge is linked to emotion and identification. The new cooperation between Tessloff Verlag and StoryWonder This is where it starts: It makes the popular WHAT IS WHAT-Content can be experienced as personalized children's stories for the first time — to listen to or read. The result: learning fun with personal relevance, anchored in a protected, GDPR-compliant digital environment.
Tessloff × StoryWonder: When knowledge meets AI
The Tessloff Verlag, known for cross-generational knowledge with WHAT IS WHAT, cooperates with the AI-based storytelling platform StoryWonder. At the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the first titles such as dinosaurs, Astronauts and Ancient Greece be available.
Children experience themselves as protagonists of their favorite stories — with their own names, interests and topics. This strengthens curiosity, self-efficacy and the joy of learning.
“With StoryWonder, we are expanding our digital portfolio with personalized edutainment for children — for both reading and audio fans,” explains Katja Meinecke-Meurer, managing director of Tessloff Verlag.
Multimodal learning: read, listen, discover
The cooperation combines the best of two worlds: classic knowledge and modern technology.
The content is as Audio adventure and Reading texts available — ideal for different types of learners. Children can read for themselves, have them read aloud or listen while falling asleep.
This is how we create multimodal learning — i.e. learning with multiple sensory channels. This principle is considered particularly effective because it combines language, emotion and imagination. Parents, educators and educational partners benefit from a format that can be flexibly integrated into everyday life and teaching.
AI-supported education with responsibility
StoryWonder stands for innovative, secure AI applications in a family environment. The platform works with a transparent coin system and meets the highest data protection standards in accordance with GDPR.
This combines child-friendly technology with responsible implementation — a decisive factor for trust in digital education.
Empirically proven: personalization works
A study by the RAND Corporation, among others, shows that personalized learning content is more successful: Children with personalized learning approaches achieved significantly better results in mathematics and reading than in traditional learning environments.
With WHAT IS WHAT × StoryWonder This potential is being implemented for the first time in a high-quality edutainment format for children — scientifically based, emotionally appealing and educationally valuable.
Rethinking education: edutainment for the digital generation
Whether at home, at school or in daycare — personalized children's stories combine knowledge, imagination and technology in a unique way. They promote media literacy, language comprehension and curiosity without sacrificing fun.
For brands such as Tessloff Is this a consistent step towards reaching children where they learn and play today: digitally, on demand and at eye level.
“This cooperation shows how established educational brands and innovative start-ups are working together to set new standards in knowledge transfer — multimodal and personalized,” says Rolf Kosakowski, managing director of StoryWonder.
Why the format has a future
- Emotional learning: Children learn better when they are part of the story themselves.
- Multimodality: Listening, reading and understanding are intertwined.
- Data protection: 100% GDPR compliant.
- scalability: Content can be expanded and individualized flexibly.
- Sustained motivation: Learning becomes an experience — not an obligation.
FAQ: Common questions
How does StoryWonder work?
StoryWonder is an AI-based platform that automatically adapts stories to the child's name, age, and interests. Parents can choose between read-aloud texts and audio versions — available securely and easily online.
What is special about the cooperation with Tessloff?
For the first time, the well-known WHAT IS WHAT-Translated content as personalized stories — a milestone in combining knowledge, technology and storytelling.
Conclusion: Learning that inspires
The cooperation between Tessloff Verlag and StoryWonder opens up new paths in digital education. It combines educational quality with emotional commitment — and turns knowledge into a personal experience.
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