Read to Myself eBooks
Welcome parents and teachers to the best Read to Myself eBooks. These apps really create a fun and enjoyable way for your kids to improve their early literacy skills.
Picture book for Pansjo – Tummy
Picture Book Pansjo – Tummy is a cute and enjoyable storybook for younger children.
Bobo Explores Light
Bobo is a delightful little robot who guides you through a book covering many topics relating to light. Bobo Explores Light is an awesome app!
Paul Bunyan, told by Jonathan Winters
Paul Bunyan, told by Jonathan Winters, is great family entertainment for on the go or at home.
Christmas Eve
Treat your family to a delightful holiday tale full of sparkling details and adorable cartoon animations for free.
Cinderella by Big Small Things
Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper is a delightfully illustrated interactive eBook featuring two mini games and a scene sharing feature your kids are sure to love.
Sparky the Shark – A Frighteningly Funny Adventure
Though Sparky’s grandfather encourages him to just be himself, Sparky does not discover this until a tragedy is about to happen.
Koko the Great
Koko the Great is a simple, but beautiful, book with an important message to children.
Kundersanterbleebin – A Christmas Story
Are you a “doobinbleeb” or a “bleebernob”?
Van Gogh and the Sunflowers
This vivid app for iPad combines a thoughtful eBook story, challenging games and interactive educational activities to engage young learners for the long haul.
Simone and the Night Monsters
Simone and the Night Monsters is an great personalized story book that captures the essence of a “scary” story that’s not too scary for kids.
Cinderella by Nosy Crow
As much as I love a good Disney princess, there is something sweet and silly about Nosy Crow’s version of Cinderella. Prince Charming also departs from the perfect handsomeness of the Disney character and instead shows a freckle faced boy who’s into ping-pong and ice-cream parties. Like their 3 Little Pigs app, Nosy Crow add …
Monkey and the Crocodile
Monkey and the Crocodile is a classic Indian folk tale brought into the modern age as a wonderfully illustrated, bilingual app.
Clown Dress-Up
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Join David as he learns the important lesson in the Clown Dress-Up app for iPhone and iPad.
Scruffy Kitty
Scruffy Kitty is one of those characters who is a perfect combinations of silly, fun and just an adorable “underdog” type. I just love Scruffy Kitty!
Open Wide Snap
This is the second in the series of books from Fiona Treweeke. Like Hide, Run, Growl this app is a real gem – a simple, classic story. This time the story follows a crocodile in search of some help cleaning his teeth, of course no one wants to help a crocodile! The narration is lovely, …
The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories
Dr Seuss is always great and these “lost stories” are bound to delight.
Mousey Howsee and the rescuers
The Mousey Howsee and the Rescuers interactive storybook app utilizes your local weather, season and time of day to create a custom adventure experience.
Triceratops Gets Lost
Triceratops Gets Lost is a great eBook that dinosaur fans will love.
Hide Run Growl
Hide Run Growl is an adorable app about a tiger cub who decides to help his injured mum by going hunting for dinner. Told in rhyme, the app follows the cub as he meets different animals along the way.
kids apps BANANA NINJA
Banana Ninja is a fantastically funny and creative homage to all superheroes in the form of a graphic novel. 5 stars!
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free app friday CINDERELLA
Cinderella is beautifully retold in amazing “magic ink” making this a truly delightful app.
kids apps A TRIP IN THE USA
A Trip In The USA is a great app to kick of the Summer holidays and inspire the traveler in kids while giving an overview of US geography.
Middle School Confidential 1: Be Confident in Who You Are By Electric Eggplant
This beautifully illustrated app for middle school students helps kids navigate the common issues of growing up and dealing with other kids and yourself. Issues include self esteem, teasing, bullying, peer pressure, stress and insecurity. It’s just a wonderful app with a style and tone that will appeal to tweens, teens and parents.
kids apps BEAN BAG KIDS PRESENT LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
This is a wonderfully strange adaptation of the classic fairy take, Little Red Riding Hood, acted out by bean bag dolls.
kids apps THE GREAT SNAIL RACE
Great little story and a nice introduction to numbers.
kids apps THE ODYSSEY
This is a best app because it gives kids an insight to the Greek classics in an entertaining way that’s full of adventure.
kids apps UNDODA
Undoda app by Undoda Multimind Games Undoda is a best app for kids because the story is excellent, the graphics are amazing and they’ve thrown in a couple of games for good measure. The Undoda app follows the adventures of an unlikely hero, a chinchilla. This eBook challenges children with more complex words and storytelling, …
kids ebooks THE LITTLE MERMAID
The Little Mermaid is a best app because it brings this traditional story alive with stunning watercolor illustrations and the most beautifully serene animations.
kids apps EBOOKS AT-A-GLANCE
There are many, many – and I will say it again – many eBooks for kids in the app store. Most of these ebooks are standalone apps, but today I am focussing on eBooks for kids that are either part of a “bookshelf” type app or from an eBook publisher who publishes a variety of …
I Love You Through and Through by Scholastic
This is a best app for kids because it’s a simple app that has a charm of a book with a few interactive elements for toddlers and preschoolers.
kids ebooks THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz app is a “best app for kids” because children will love the “magic ink” pages in this classic story.
kids apps RAPUNZEL 3D POP-UP BOOK
Why is this a best app for kids?
Grimm’s Rapunzel takes a classic story and turns it into a beautiful, interactive app while staying true to a vintage printed fairy tale.
The Three Little Pigs by Nosy Crow
This app is a “best app for kids” because is sets the gold standard for ebooks. Don’t let the price tag put you off ($7.99 HD / $3.99 for iPhone / iPod) this ebook is an easy 5/5 stars. Download it now!
Let's Vote! The Best eBooks for Kids
18 kids ebooks were nominated, which will be the “Best of the Best” ebook for kids?
ebooks MABEL & LULU
This ebook app has 2 stories and three great characters – Mabel, Lulu and the bird.
iphone / ipod app FARM ANIMALS
A delightful app about farm animals that has the perfect amount of activities for the toddler and pre-school age range.
ebook FLICK THE LITTLE FIRE ENGINE
Flick The Little Fire Engine is a beautifully illustrated, wonderfully narrated, interactive ebook that is a welcome addition to your preschoolers digital library.
ipad / ipod / iphone DR SEUSS BOOKS
Fantastic ebooks that really capture the spirit of Dr. Seuss
iphone app I LOVE POTTY BY JOY BERRY
Deserving of it’s own review…The I Love Potty app included a potty training book for boys and a separate one for girls, there is also a potty training game, advice and help for parents and a sticker chart.