Personalized social stories for your students. In minutes, not hours.
Create custom social stories featuring your student's name and face. Print one for school, one for home. Support IEP goals without the Sunday prep.
Free library included • No app required • Print-ready PDFs
You didn't get a teaching degree to become a graphic designer.
No time
Creating custom social stories means staying late or working weekends
Generic resources
Pre-made stories don't address YOUR student's specific challenge
No home connection
Stories stay in the classroom; parents can't reinforce at home
Clip art doesn't cut it
Students don't see themselves in stock images
Describe the situation. Get a story starring your student. Print and teach.
Create a student profile
Name, age, appearance, pronouns — no sensitive data required
Describe the challenge
"Help Jayden understand how to ask for a break when frustrated"
Get a personalized story
Research-backed narrative with custom illustrations featuring YOUR student
Print two copies
One for the classroom, one to send home
Made for your classroom
Real scenarios where GrowTale saves time and helps students
IEP Behavior Goals
The scenario: A student's IEP includes a goal for "using appropriate strategies when feeling overwhelmed."
With GrowTale: Create a social story showing that specific student using those specific strategies. Read it during morning meeting. Send a copy home.
Classroom Transitions
The scenario: Several students struggle with transitions — lining up, switching activities, going to specials.
With GrowTale: Create transition stories for each student who needs one. Personalized to their name and what helps them specifically.
New Experiences
The scenario: Field trip coming up. Fire drill scheduled. Picture day. Substitute teacher.
With GrowTale: Create a preparation story for any new situation in minutes. Read it the day before. Students know what to expect.
Parent Communication
The scenario: A parent asks, "What can we do at home to help with this behavior?"
With GrowTale: Create a story addressing that behavior, print it as a booklet, and send it home. The parent has a concrete tool.
Features that matter to educators
Student profiles
Save student details for quick story creation
Specific to YOUR classroom
Address the exact situations happening in your room
Personalized illustrations
Students see themselves in every scene — dramatically increases engagement
Print-ready booklets
Fold in half = instant book. Keep at school AND send home
Free story library
Common topics available free — emotions, routines, first days
Text-to-speech
Students can listen independently during centers
Free social stories for every classroom
Start reading today with stories covering the situations every classroom faces.
- Following classroom rules
- Asking for help
- Taking turns
- Handling disappointment
- Fire drill preparation
Available in the free GrowTale library
What educators are saying
"I made 5 social stories in one prep period. That used to take me a whole weekend."
— Special Education Teacher, NH
"The parents love getting a real book to read at home. It makes the school-home connection so much stronger."
— Resource Room Teacher
"My students actually want to read these because they see themselves in the pictures."
— Autism Support Classroom Teacher
Common Questions from Educators
Social stories can be read during morning meetings, before transitions, or one-on-one with students. Create stories for specific situations — fire drills, lunchroom behavior, asking for help — and read them before the event. Repetition builds understanding and confidence.
Yes! Every GrowTale story can be downloaded as a print-ready PDF booklet. Just fold the pages in half — instant book. Print one for the classroom and one for home so parents can reinforce the same concepts.
No training is required. GrowTale's stories are built on Carol Gray's Social Story methodology automatically. You describe the situation and your student's details — the AI handles the story structure, sentence types, and appropriate language level.
About 2 minutes. Enter your student's profile details once, then describe the challenge. GrowTale generates a complete illustrated story that you can read, edit, download, or print right away.
Absolutely. Many educators create social stories that directly address IEP behavior goals — like "using appropriate strategies when overwhelmed" or "initiating conversations with peers." The personalized format makes documentation and progress tracking easier.
GrowTale offers a free library of social stories covering common classroom topics — emotions, routines, social skills, and more. These are free to read, download, and print. Personalized stories featuring a specific student require Story Credits.