Digital Picture Book Library

Stories that open little doors.

Discover lovingly told picture books to browse, read aloud and return to again and again.

Discover the books

The library

Two books. Two worlds of their own.

Free Bird and Huno are both offered in English on this page. To read Huno in German, switch the website language to German in the top-right corner.

Cover: The Caged Bird Sings of Freedom, the Free Bird Flies

01 · English · 15 pages

Free Bird

The Caged Bird Sings of Freedom, the Free Bird Flies

An open cage, free birds and a quiet question: Is freedom given—or must it be chosen?

Free · read the complete book online
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Cover: The Hamster Who No Longer Wanted to Run

02 · English · 20 pages

Huno

The Hamster Who No Longer Wanted to Run

Huno pauses, leaves the wheel behind and discovers slowness, connection and the courage to hear his own path again.

Free · read the complete book online
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Voluntary support

The books remain freely accessible.

If you enjoy Free Bird or Huno, you can choose a supporter edition in the shop. Your contribution supports me as the author, future stories and the growing Jack of all Trades network.

Support is optional. Both books will remain available to read online in full and free of charge.

The shelf is growing

More stories are already taking shape.

Two more works are planned. The library is designed so every new book can have a quiet place of its own.

Das Wesen in mirA journey into the inner self—and an encounter with the animal waiting there for us.
Die FahrtBetween Wi-Fi packets and foghorns: a journey away from myself—or towards myself?

About the books

Small editions with a long breath.

This library is not an endless product catalogue. It is a place for individual stories, illustrations and quiet discoveries.

The books carry traces of a personal journey: inner questions become characters, paths and images. There is room for that here without having to explain every story completely.

Artificial intelligence was used consciously as a tool for design, translation and technical implementation. It expanded what was possible and supported individual steps, but it did not set the direction: the heart of the books, their questions and the journey from which they emerged are deeply personal.

Free Bird and Huno can be read in full, free of charge, directly in the browser. A voluntary contribution starting at €1 will first be tested for Huno. The next works will include a free sample, with deliberately modest prices of €2 and €3+ for the complete digital editions.

The person behind the books

Stories do not emerge in a vacuum.

I’m Dennis—an engineer, craftsperson, developer, storyteller and curious traveller between technology, design and human questions. Kleine Welten is part of Jack of all Trades: a growing network of stories, tools and projects designed to genuinely help people move forward.

More about me

For parents & readers

Simply open. Explore together.

Free Bird is available in English, and Huno in German and English. Both can be read in full online for free, with no download or registration. This library is one of my first tentative steps and my first way of sending these books out into the wider world. Every downloaded supporter edition supports not only me as the author, but also the growing Jack of all Trades network—and creates space for future stories, illustrations and shared projects.