The Little Tikes Story Dream Machine is on sale at Amazon for its lowest price of all time

When a toy promises “fun for the whole family,” most of the time it’s wishful thinking. However, the Little Tikes Story Dream Machine is a whole other story — literally.

If you haven’t had the chance to try it out yet, you can grab it from Amazon right now at its best price ever, $39, instead of $50 for 22% off.

The easy-to-use, playfully colored device brings story time to life for children. It lets kids watch, listen and read along with their favorite books by casting words and animation onto the wall or ceiling and providing friendly narration in the background.

Our family has been using the Story Dream Machine ever since Christmas. All five of us, from me and my 30-something husband to our 7-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter and 20-month-old baby boy have been obsessed.

But the best experience, by far, was during a power outage we had on a random Friday evening in March. No lie, we sequestered ourselves in my littlest’s room pre-bedtime, sprawled out on his floor with comfy blankets and watched the four AA-battery-powered Story Time Dream Machine for a good hour, if not more, to calm the kiddos and bring some fun and light to our night spent in the dark. They loved it!

In just four months, we’ve already amassed quite a big library of stories, too. My last count was 18, and since the cartridges come in threes, that means we’ve purchased 3-packs a total of five times already.

Some of the hits for our family include “Trolls Special Day” story collection, “Kung Fu Panda Dragon Warrior” story collection, Eric Carle “The Very Story” collection and Richard Scarry “Busytown” story collections for $15 each.

Shop Amazon for the Little Tikes Story Dream Machine plus three starter stories for $39.

And keep the story storage case and story book collections on your radar, as well, if you travel often and/or foresee a very stacked Little Tikes library in your future.