A family read-aloud series for grandparents and grandchildren who live continents apart — one purchase, one flipbook, shared on a video call.
It's a scene that plays out in families all over the world: a grandparent on one continent, a grandchild on another, and a video call that's the only thing standing between them. Usually those calls run out of things to say after a few minutes. The Hughes Chronicles was written to give them somewhere to go.
Both of them open the same flipbook on their own screen. The grandfather reads a chapter aloud, or the grandchild does. They argue about what ST meant by the yellow paint, or whether the canary really matters, or where the trail goes next. By the end of the call, they've added entries to the same Clue Keeper without ever being in the same room — and they already have a reason to call again next week.
One purchase. One flipbook. One shared screen. The trail runs between generations — exactly the way ST intended it to.
Every book purchased directly from DuGallan.com is an ebook with flipbook included — a PDF to download and keep, plus a Premium Flipbook edition with page-turn effects that opens in any browser, on any device. There's nothing to install and no account to create. Send the link and password to anyone, anywhere, and they're reading the same page within seconds.
A digital book bundle — PDF and flipbook for every book in a series — turns a single purchase into a standing weekly date with a grandchild abroad. Series 1 alone is six books: that's months of "same time next week," with a real mystery to look forward to each time.
Yes — that's exactly what the Premium Flipbook is for. After purchase, you'll receive a link and password that work on any device, anywhere with an internet connection. Share them with your grandchild (or their parent), and you can both have the same page open during a call.
No special software is needed for the books themselves — the flipbook opens in a normal web browser. For the call itself, any video call app works: Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, or whatever your family already uses. If you're in the same room, you don't need a call at all.
Short chapters help here — most are written to fit a single call of 15–20 minutes, and each one ends with a Clue Keeper entry that's easy to recap if it's been a week (or longer) since your last session. There's no schedule to keep up with beyond whatever works for your family.
It's one of the most common reasons families buy directly from DuGallan.com. Because delivery is instant and digital, you can buy a book or bundle as a gift and forward the access details to whoever will be reading it — no shipping, no waiting, and nothing that can go missing in the post.
The Hughes Chronicles is written so the adult is never ahead of the child — most families read it together from around age 8 and up. That makes it equally suited to a parent and child on the sofa, or a grandparent and grandchild on a video call.
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