Bella’s Collection
Bella’s Worlds
Bella’s stories explore courage, imagination, connection and discovery as ordinary moments open doors to extraordinary places.
- Bella Finds Her Courage
- The Land Between Ticks & Tocks
- Bella and the Emerald Bridge
Books & Worlds
Stories that grow with you.
It’s a Kidzz World creates stories children can enter, explore and make their own — stories built around imagination, discovery, connection and the belief that children should never have to outgrow the joy of reading.
One Story — Many Ways to Belong
The story stays. The reading experience grows.
Children grow at different speeds, read in different ways and connect with stories for different reasons.
Our long-term publishing vision is to develop the same stories in multiple reading experiences so children can stay connected to familiar characters and worlds as their skills, interests and needs change.
Planned formats include age-appropriate reading levels, bilingual and accessible editions, audiobooks, discovery books, activity books, journals and companion materials. These formats are part of our developing vision and are not all currently available.
The Idea Is Simple
The story grows with the child.
The child grows with the story.
Instead of leaving a favorite world behind, a reader can discover new ways to experience it.
Connected Worlds
Every child has a world of their own.
Connected Worlds begins with real children, real personalities and the extraordinary places imagination can take them.
Each child’s imagination world remains uniquely theirs. Their worlds do not merge into one generic universe. Instead, children can inspire one another through letters, clues, discoveries, cameos and journeys that connect their stories while preserving what makes each world special.
Maddison’s Collection
Maddison’s Worlds
Maddison follows clues, notices what others may miss and begins a collection of adventures shaped by her own personality, interests and imagination.
- An original first world in development
- Clues, discovery and creative problem-solving
- Future crossovers and cameos
Stephen’s Collection
Stephen’s Worlds
Stephen’s independent collection is built around exploration, world discovery, puzzles and imaginative adventures with many possible paths.
- Exploration and discovery
- Story-connected puzzles and clues
- Future interactive adventures
The Keepsake Philosophy
A child should leave something of themselves inside the story.
An IKW book is designed to become more than something a child reads once and puts away.
Sketching, journaling, imagining and reflecting give children room to make the experience personal. Their drawings, thoughts and discoveries become part of the book they hold.
Years later, those pages can preserve more than a story. They can preserve a glimpse of who that child was, what they imagined and what mattered to them at that moment in their life.
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Sketch
Create, draw and imagine beyond the printed page.
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Journal
Capture thoughts, feelings, discoveries and memories.
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Discover
Follow maps, clues and activities that invite another look.
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Keep
Turn a reading experience into something personal worth holding onto.
Other Worlds
More stories. More ways to wonder.
Connected Worlds is only one part of the larger It’s a Kidzz World story universe. Other original worlds give children different ways to laugh, explore, imagine and discover.
WanderBears
A traveling bear family explores real places, camping adventures, food, family moments and the joy of discovering the world together.
Shoo Fly
A playful fly-eye view of big real-world environments, bringing humor, movement and gentle discovery into each adventure.
Zipp
A lively character being developed for future IKW stories, bringing movement, personality and playful discovery into new adventures.
Tula
A luminous butterfly born from imagination, curiosity and connection, with her own place in the expanding IKW story universe.
Beyond the Storybook
More ways to explore.
Books are the doorway. Companion experiences can give children new ways to return to a world, notice something different and create something of their own.
Discovery & Activity
Maps, clues, puzzles, prompts and hands-on activities can extend the adventure beyond the main story.
Journals & Creative Pages
Separate journals and in-book sketching and reflection pages give children more room to personalize their experience.
Connected Experiences
Future books and companion materials can reveal connections across stories without taking away the mystery of each child’s individual world.
Looking Ahead
Imagination keeps growing.
IKW is exploring future digital offerings that can expand the ways children and families experience our stories.
Could your imagination become part of an IKW story?
We’re looking for young creators with ideas, characters, artwork, stories and imaginative worlds they’d love to share. Children don’t need to be professional artists or writers. We want to discover how they imagine.
A book can be a doorway. Imagination decides where it leads.
Explore the stories already beginning, and follow along as new worlds, new readers and new ways to belong continue to grow.