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With BookSmart, every day is a different reading adventure! Spend quality time learning with your child and start important conversations at home.
With BookSmart, every day is a new reading adventure! With thousands of books, tips, and playful activities, BookSmart helps families with children aged 0-5 support their literacy and soft skills, confidence, and imagination.
Booksmart is free and works on all devices.
Short on time? Our BookSmart video collection will help you build a habit of reading for your family in minutes! Includes videos in English and Spanish.
Our BookSmart portfolio programs and resources are designed to make reading simple, accessible, and sustainable for all.
The BookSmart Start program will help families with children ages 0–5 build strong reading habits.
The program will offer 36 themed “Book Camps” on BookSmart. These equip families everywhere with culturally relevant books, fun activities, and easy-to-follow learning pathways to growth.
BookSmart Challenges are fun reading games that engage families between Book Camps.
Challenges encourage families to read by setting playful, achievable goals for progress. They also create channels for corporate partners to engage customers and employee families. Contact us or sign up to our newsletter to learn more about opportunities to participate in a challenge.
BookSmart 365 will be a storytelling platform that celebrates families, partners, and reading routines.
BookSmart 365 will showcase inspiring family and partner stories through social media and television. It transforms reading moments into a global movement milestones.
Explore our tips and materials to build a bright future for your child through reading.
Parents are children’s first and most powerful teachers. When families read together, they show love, attention, and belief in each child’s future.
Reading is the foundation of all learning. We’re on a mission to build a world where every child starts life with the magic of reading, and every family has the resources they need to support their children’s learning.
Our one-stop reading experience BookSmart is trusted by families, educators, and organizations in over 100 countries. Discover some of their stories below.
Helping young dreamers become strong readers
Across Africa, only 20% of families read with their children. But in Kenya, a young, digitally connected generation is turning the tide. By transforming the mobile phone into a powerful reading ally, we’re helping families build strong reading habits through playful online and offline activities, vibrant community events, and joyful reading challenges.
In a world where digital platforms vie for attention, Kenyan families are choosing stories – with the help of their parents, some of Kenya’s youngest finished over a thousand books on BookSmart in just three months. Meet Kenya’s inspiring Reading Heroes in the video below.
Tackling the reading crisis from day one
According to the National Assessment of Education Progress (2022), roughly 65% of children in the United States cannot read or understand a simple story. Worldreader is meeting this challenge early by helping parents build positive, sustainable reading routines from birth that can grow and evolve alongside their families.
From laundromats to community centers, waiting rooms to prisons, BookSmart is bringing the power of reading into everyday spaces, helping families bond, learn, and thrive together – anytime, anywhere.
A trusted reading partner
81% of South African children in Grade 4 are not able to reach the lowest benchmark scores in reading, up from 78% in 2016. Thanks to BookSmart, families are transforming everyday moments into powerful learning experiences that can support their children through school and life.
A recent survey with our partner Moya revealed that parents see BookSmart as a valuable tool for building literacy, language development, and school readiness. Families are embracing the joy of reading together – 71% report reading with their children at least twice a week. Through shared stories, they’re fostering stronger bonds, creating positive routines, and inspiring a lifelong love of learning.
Whether you’re a company, a donor, or a family—this is our moment.
Let’s get families reading!
