Her innovative educational comfort system combines a patented voice-recordable pillow plush, children’s books, and interactive learning products designed to support literacy, emotional wellness, and family connection.
Nationwide — After hearing her granddaughter say, “Nanna, I wish you could be here every night to read to me,” Georgia entrepreneur and author Annette Bentley-Smith set out to create something that could help children feel emotionally connected to loved ones even when they are apart. The result is Kobe’s Story-Time Plush-Tales, a patented interactive children’s learning and comfort system that combines a voice-recordable plush koala, educational storybooks, and interactive activity bedsheets into one engaging experience for children and families.
Following the completion of the redesigned Kobe Keep-Me-Close Pillow Plush, AnneCorp Literary Works LLC has officially opened preorders, and families can now reserve Kobe before the first production run and be among the first to experience this patented interactive learning and comfort system. At the center of the system is Kobe the Keep-Me-Close Pillow Plush Koala, a soft plush companion that allows parents, grandparents, caregivers, and loved ones to record bedtime stories, songs, prayers, affirmations, educational lessons, and personal messages that children can listen to anytime.
Children can hug Kobe while hearing the familiar voices of loved ones, helping create comfort, reassurance, emotional connection, and positive bedtime routines. “Kobe was created from love,” said Bentley-Smith. “Every child deserves to hear the comforting voice of someone who loves them, even when life keeps families apart. I hope that Kobe helps children feel connected, comforted, and encouraged whenever they need it most.”
Unlike traditional stuffed animals or children’s books, Kobe’s Story-Time Plush-Tales creates an interactive storytelling and learning experience that blends emotional support, literacy development, sensory comfort, and hands-on educational engagement.
The Kobe’s Story-Time Plush-Tales system includes:
• Kobe the Keep-Me-Close Pillow Plush Koala
• A children’s educational book series
• Interactive educational bedsheets with learning activities
The educational bedsheets are designed to work alongside the storybooks and include:
• Story comprehension activities
• Hidden-word and word-search games
• Interactive hand-learning exercises
• Positive affirmations that encourage confidence and healthy behavior
• Story illustrations and removable learning activities
Bentley-Smith’s first book, Kobe the Koala and the School Bus Mission, is the first release in the Kobe’s State-to-State Missions Series, a children’s collection designed to teach life lessons through engaging storytelling, imagination, and educational play. The system was also created with children in mind who may experience autism, sensory sensitivities, anxiety, emotional stress, bedtime challenges, loneliness, or separation from loved ones.
As a Black and woman-owned business, AnneCorp Literary Works LLC focuses on creating products that inspire literacy, emotional wellness, comfort, and family connection through storytelling and interactive learning experiences. Bentley-Smith is currently seeking partnerships with schools, libraries, hospitals, literacy organizations, autism and sensory support programs, transportation departments, community organizations, retailers, and sponsors interested in helping bring Kobe’s Story-Time Plush-Tales to more children and families.
For product information, videos, media inquiries, partnership opportunities, or to preorder Kobe, visit StoryTimePlushTales.com. Families, educators, hospitals, retailers, nonprofit organizations, and potential partners are invited to learn more, explore partnership opportunities, and reserve Kobe today.
MEDIA COVERAGE
11Alive Atlanta & Company:
https://www.11alive.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/atlanta-and-company/local-gra ndmas-koala-creation/85-ddee2331-36f5-43ea-b23e-2dafa54220ad
Griffin Daily News:
https://www.griffindailynews.com/news/former-griffin-local-debuts-childrens-book/article_e4f709c b-ad84-5147-bbb9-76075ea37070.html
About
AnneCorp Literary Works LLC is a Black woman-owned company based in McDonough, Georgia, dedicated to creating interactive storytelling, educational, and comfort-focused products that support literacy, emotional wellness, and meaningful family connection for children.
For press inquiries, contact annettesmith@annecorpliteraryworks.com or 770-601-5561