For the homeschool table
One lesson block. Three children. One library that holds all of them.
Heartwood puts a clear age band on every title, from ages 3 to 5 up to 8 to 12, across two labeled shelves: the faith shelf with original series and full-cast Bible dramas, and the classics shelf retold at several levels. The story hour carries the minutes you spend teaching another child. You know who each story fits the second you open the shelf.
Treasure Island, Chapter 1 retold for ages 8 to 10. 10:27, one narrator, the real story at her level. The same chapter is written at three more levels, with the unabridged book as the top rung of the same ladder. Every title on both shelves carries its age band, so each child at your table gets a story fitted to their grade.
Treasure Island, Chapter 1, unabridged. 12:35, the complete book at full size, the same chapter nothing cut. Play the two side by side and hear what the ladder holds: the story at her level now, the full book on the top rung of the same shelf, under the same price. Nothing to buy again when she is ready for the original.
The set-by-set treadmill
You know the rhythm. A set arrives, fits one child for one stretch, and runs dry while the school year keeps moving.
Then the wait. Another set, another promotion to watch for. Add up what a year of set-by-set buying really costs, counting the promotions you waited out and the mid-term gap when a set ran dry. It is the school day broken into purchases, one age band covered while the other children wait their turn.
The other model exists. When the library opens, one price holds the whole library: both shelves, every rung, every age band, from September through May.
The mixed-age hour
One shelf, several grade bands, one lesson block
The practical question: what holds an 11-year-old, an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old in the same hour?
A shelf mapped to your grade bands. Your older child steps into Joseph, Episode 1 (17:03, ages 8 to 12), full cast, real stakes. Your middle reader follows Treasure Island, Chapter 1 (10:27, ages 8 to 10) at her level. Your 6-to-8 takes The Old Candle, Part 1 (11:18). Christian and the Heavy Bag (7:30, ages 3 to 6) and All Here (6:26, ages 3 to 5) hold the little ones while you work one-on-one with an older student.
Every title carries its age band on its face, so you assign stories in seconds at the kitchen table. Each sample is short enough to preview inside a lesson block. Play the spread oldest first and hear the shelf span your table.
Labeled, not hidden
The faith shelf, and what it stands on
You screen content before it enters the school year. The faith shelf makes that screening simple: labeled faith, the same way the classics shelf is labeled classics, and you decide what enters your plan.
Our stance is broad, non-denominational Christian. Faith drives the plot: real characters facing real stakes, biblical truth lived out through the action. Stated plainly, so you know where it fits beside your family's core beliefs.
Live on the faith shelf today: Joseph, season one. Six voiced episodes from Genesis 37, with the dream, the coat, the brothers, the pit. For your history-and-Bible blocks, it is Scripture brought to life scene by scene, with a full cast. The whole Bible told as one connected story that points to Jesus is where the shelf is headed. Joseph is what you can play today.
For the strong reader
She moves up inside the book
The classics shelf is built for the reader homeschool parents know firsthand: your strong reader outgrows the children's adaptations long before she is ready for the original alone.
One story, several levels. Treasure Island, Chapter 1 is written at four: ages 6 to 8, ages 8 to 10, ages 11 to 14, and unabridged, the complete book. The 8-to-10 retelling (10:27) and the unabridged Chapter 1 (12:35) are both voiced and playing above, so she steps in at the band she follows with confidence and hears the full book at the top of the same ladder. As her vocabulary and attention grow, the unabridged text is already on her shelf, the top rung of the same ladder, on the same shelf, under the same price.
- Ages 6 to 8: written
- Ages 8 to 10: written and voiced. Chapter 1, 10:27, playing above
- Ages 11 to 14: written
- Unabridged: the complete book, written and voiced. Chapter 1, 12:35, playing above
One price, the whole library
Do the math you already do. What did a year of set-by-set buying really cost, counting the promotions you waited out and the mid-term gap when a set ran dry?
When the library opens, one price holds the whole thing: the faith shelf with its season, the classics ladder, the original worlds, and the age-banded titles for the little ones. Both shelves, every rung, all year.
Your sets stay yours. Heartwood sits beside the makers and lists you already trust and adds the shelf they hold only in pieces: the same classic at several labeled levels, plus original series that keep coming. It plays on the phones, tablets and speakers your family already owns.
- When the library opens: $99 a year ($8.25 a month) or $9.99 a month
- Founding families: new members by December 31 pay $79 for the first year, then $99 a year, renewal price stated up front
- 14-day trial, with the price, renewal date and cancel path shown before you sign up
- Both shelves and every age band under the one price
The founding price, plainly
$79 for your first year
Then $99 a year. When the library opens, founding families are the new members who join by December 31. The renewal price is on the same screen as the signup, and you can cancel any time.
$99 a year
About $8.25 a month when the library opens, below twelve monthly payments
$9.99 a month
When the library opens, cancel any time
14 days. The price, renewal date and cancel path are shown before you sign up.
Play the age sweep now, oldest first, at heartwoodstory.com/listen
Preview it inside a lesson block
The whole age sweep, oldest first. Play what fits the hour.
Joseph, Episode 1: The Coat and the Pit. Faith, full cast, ages 8 to 12. 17:03.
Treasure Island, Chapter 1. Classics, ages 8 to 10. 10:27.
The Old Candle, Part 1: The Ford. Faith, original series, ages 6 to 8. 11:18.
Christian and the Heavy Bag. Faith, classic retelling, ages 3 to 6. 7:30.
All Here. Faith, Bible drama, ages 3 to 5. 6:26.
Questions homeschool parents ask first
We already use trusted makers and grade-band lists. Why add this?
Keep them. Heartwood sits beside your core curriculum with the shelf your sets hold only in pieces: the same classic scaled across grade levels, ongoing full-cast series, and one price covering your whole table.
Will it fit our theology?
Our stance is broad, non-denominational Christian, stated plainly on this page. Every shelf is labeled for what it is, every title carries its age band, and you can play the Joseph sample yourself before it enters your plan. If your family keeps its own shelf for this, you will know within one scene whether ours belongs beside it.
A 6-year-old and an 11-year-old in the same hour?
That is the design. Joseph (ages 8 to 12) for the older one's history-and-Bible block, Treasure Island at the 8-to-10 rung for the middle reader, age-banded titles down to ages 3 to 5 for the little ones. The samples above run oldest first so you can hear the spread in one sitting.
Another subscription in the budget?
When the library opens, the annual plan is $99 a year, below twelve monthly payments, and founding families (new members by December 31) pay $79 the first year, then $99. The trial is 14 days, with the price, renewal date and cancel path shown before you sign up. If it does not earn a place in the school year, you will know inside the trial.
Who makes the voices?
We use human and AI collaboration to produce truly compelling stories encompassing the human emotion and impact.
Hear the whole shelf, oldest first
Play the samples with your children and judge them the way you judge any read-aloud: by ear, inside a lesson block.
When the library opens: $99 a year, or $9.99 a month. Founding families (new members by December 31) pay $79 for the first year, then $99, with the renewal price stated up front. The trial is 14 days, and the price, renewal date and cancel path are shown before you sign up.
Start with Joseph, Episode 1. Full cast, ages 8 to 12, 17:03. Then work down the shelf until you reach the little ones.
Play all five samples, oldest first
heartwoodstory.com · 14-day trial when the library opens, with the price, renewal date and cancel path shown before you sign up. You can cancel any time.