Step 1 · Bring in a book
Bring old books
Bring old books
back to life.
Drop in your own scan, or pick from millions of public-domain titles on Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
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or
How should we remix it?
Dial in the style and format before we start.
Illustration style
Book length
How long should each book be? Long stories auto-split into a series.
📖 Pickatale Short
📚 Chapter book
📜 Keep original length
⚙️ Custom word count
Rewrite voice
Advanced controls
In the workshop…
Parsing…
Step 3 · Review
Side by side.
Original on the left, modernized on the right.
Step 4 · Reader test
Test with simulated readers
50 AI child reader agents will react to your book. We'll fix what doesn't land, then retest with 10 to verify.
Browse & pick a book
Search millions of titles. Everything here is free to modernize and republish.
Try a search
e.g. "fairy tales", "Alcott", "Kipling"
Book anniversaries
Public domain classics with round-number anniversaries this year and next — prime candidates for a fresh Pickatale edition.