Heritage Tongue Picture-Book Maker

Printable mother-tongue literacy books for second-generation kids abroad

Problem

Millions of families live outside their birth country. Parents read and write their native language, but their kids can barely do so. Existing literacy apps cover only English and a few big languages, so parents of smaller languages have nothing to use.

Solution

Parents enter words their child already speaks plus family scenes, and the tool generates a printable A4 picture book with pronunciation, spelling rules and illustrations, graded by the language's orthography. Kids practice on paper, parents scan a QR code to hear each page.

Users

Second-generation immigrant families, mixed-language households, grandparents wanting to pass on their language

MVP

Support 3-5 languages with regular orthography; parent-entered word list auto-generates a 10-page book; each page has pinyin/romanization plus QR audio; export to print-ready PDF; 20 built-in family-scene templates

Revenue

Per-book purchase ($1.99-4.99) or a $4.99/mo subscription for unlimited generation and more languages; affiliate deals with heritage-language schools

Why now

TTS now covers many smaller languages and generative layout slashes the cost of maintaining multi-language books, which traditional publishers will never do