The children's book that makes digital infrastructure visible.
Where the Internet Goes to Sleep follows Laila, a curious young girl, and Fluffbit, a cloud who holds a secret. Together they discover that the internet is not magic. It is real. It is physical. And it is built and cared for by people.
Written by a digital infrastructure professional and printed in a dyslexia-friendly font, it is a bedtime story, a classroom anchor and a quiet act of public education, all in one book.
Imagination is Infrastructure
For ages 5 to 11
And honestly, for every grown-up who has ever wondered where the cloud actually is.
Accessible by design
Printed in OpenDyslexic font, with a story built for varied learners and shared reading.
The anchor of everything
Every ThreadPoint workshop and Learning Lab resource begins with this story.
A girl full of questions. A cloud full of secrets.
Laila
Curious, imaginative and never satisfied with because it just does. Laila asks the questions children actually ask, and follows them all the way to the answer.
Fluffbit
A cloud with a secret: it does not live in the sky. Fluffbit lives inside a server, and that changes how children see the digital world forever.
One bedtime story. A lifetime of better questions.
Digital things live somewhere
Photos, games and messages have a home, with power, cool air and cables, that never goes to sleep.
Wonder, not worry
The digital world becomes something children can understand and question, never something to fear.
People keep it all working
Behind every screen are real people caring for real systems, day and night.
The cloud is real
The gentle, delightful surprise at the heart of the story: the cloud is a building, and it is closer than you think.
Most children use the internet every day. Very few are ever shown where it lives.
Where the Internet Goes to Sleep was created to close that gap the way children learn best: through story. It introduces the physical systems behind digital life simply and warmly, helping children see that technology is not abstract or out of reach. It is built by people, shaped by communities, and connected to the world around them.
What makes it different
One of the first children's books to explore data centres and digital infrastructure
Written by a digital infrastructure professional with over 15 years of industry experience
Printed in OpenDyslexic font for neuroinclusive accessibility
Supports KS1 and KS2 Computing themes
The anchor for ThreadPoint workshops, community sessions and Learning Lab resources
Loved in classrooms, libraries, community spaces and at bedtime
We don't tell people what to think. We show them
how things work.
THE THREADPOINT WAY
The book is where it starts. Not where it ends.
EXPERIENCE
Workshops
Story-led, hands-on sessions in schools, libraries and community venues, where the book comes to life through building, talk and discovery
GATHER
Community sessions
Free intergenerational sessions where children, parents and grandparents discover the story's secret together.
Three ways to put it in a child's hands.
For families
A story for curious readers aged 5 to 12, and a lovely gift for the child who asks where things go when you save them. Available in paperback and hardback.
For schools and libraries
Class sets and library copies at education rates, with the option to pair the book with a ThreadPoint workshop or Learning Lab teacher resources. A library copy is included with every workshop booking.
For sponsors and partners
Place bookplated copies in schools, public libraries and community settings near your sites through the Infrastructure Literacy Fund. Every sponsored copy shows a community your name, in the best possible way.
Read it tonight. Build it tomorrow.
Buy the book for a curious reader, bring a workshop to your school or library, or put the story into a whole community's hands. Wherever you start, the story does the rest.
Imagination is Infrastructure