Book Apps Get Kids Reading – New Video Reveals Digital Reading Fun!

April 8, 2013 - PRLog -- Book Apps Get Kids Reading – New Video Reveals Digital Reading Fun!

Contact: Karen Robertson, Karen@treasureboundbooks.com


Interactive books on the iPad are a fun way to encourage kids, especially reluctant readers, to read; and a new, 2-minute video created by Digital Storytime and Digital Kid’s Author demonstrates how.

With the latest scholastic study showing that the percentage of children who are reading ebooks has almost doubled and the number of children reading on iPads has grown 700 percent in the past two years, there’s never been a better time for parents to understand where they can find high quality digital books for their kids.  Watch the video at http://www.digitalkidsauthor.com/reading-fun.

“The video tutorial explains how book apps have interactive features like animation, sound and story choices that engage kids in reading,” said Carisa Kluver of Digital Storytime. “It also demonstrates how to find book apps and download them in iTunes.”
Because of the way iTunes is organized, many parents and teachers may not understand that interactive book apps are found in the App Store, under the Books category.

The Scholastic study also noted that half of children ages 9-17 say they would read more books for fun if they had greater access to ebooks – a 50 percent increase since 2010.

“Clearly there is an opportunity for parents to discover a whole new world of reading in book apps,” said Karen Robertson, a mom of two, children’s author and founder of Digital Kid’s Author, a resource site for book app creators. “Book apps have been recognized for their appeal to reluctant readers, because children interacting with a story tend to read more.”

Robertson created the award-winning “Treasure Kai” book app series when her dyslexic son picked up an iPad for the first time and chose storybook apps over game apps.

Watch the video and access the Scholastic report at http://www.digitalkidsauthor.com/reading-fun