Books
While You Create is a three-book series by M. Henning, published by Freshlab, about creating with artificial intelligence instead of just consuming it. In six languages, one book for each age.
The series
Each book is written for its reader, not adapted from another one. All three share the same principle: whoever creates with AI decides; whoever only consumes it follows the algorithm.
Kids · ages 8 to 12
A summer story to understand AI and create with it. Simple examples and small challenges that turn curiosity into first creations of their own.
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Teens · ages 13 to 18
Go from spectator to creator in the age of AI. Ambitious projects, a personal prompt collection and critical thinking about what the machine produces.
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Adults and families
A warm, jargon-free book that takes away the fear of AI and shows parents how to accompany their children rather than watch over them.
See the book for familiesAvailable in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese, as eBook and paperback.
The idea
Consuming AI means accepting whatever the machine hands you. Creating with it means deciding what you want to make and using the tool to get there. That attitude can be learned, and the earlier, the better.
The full classroom methodology is published openly: sessions by age group, printable sheets for families and a teacher guide, in five languages.
Each book comes with downloadable creative challenges (in Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese) to put the reading into practice from chapter one.
Readers share what they have created with AI: drawings, songs, stories and small apps. Moderated, no sign-up required.
Who is behind it
Freshlab installs local AI infrastructure in companies. Yet the question we hear most often is not technical, it is personal: "What do I do about my kids and AI?". This series is our answer.
M. Henning has worked in technology for decades and leads local artificial intelligence projects for companies. The books grow out of that daily experience and out of family life.
Review copies, high-resolution covers and author interviews are available on the While You Create press page.
On the blog we explain why we publish these books and what "create, don't consume" means at work and at the kitchen table.
Frequently asked questions
The series has three books: "While You Dream" for children aged 8 to 12, "While You Scroll" for teenagers aged 13 to 18, and "While You Sleep" for adults and families who want to guide their children through the age of AI.
All three books are published in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese, as eBook and paperback.
No. They are jargon-free books about the right attitude towards AI: creating with it rather than just consuming it. Not app catalogues that go stale in months, but a foundation for each age group.
Yes. The classroom area on whileyoucreate.com publishes the full methodology with sessions by age group and printable sheets for families, free of charge and in five languages.
The whole series, excerpts and all editions in six languages are on the official While You Create website.