BookCloud

A quiet place to read — in many languages

A small, growing library of children's stories — in many languages, read aloud.

BookCloud is a calm, ad-free reader. We bring together openly-licensed stories — and bring old public-domain tales back as freshly-illustrated picture books — read aloud, in language after language. It's for families raising children across languages — by heritage, life abroad, or curiosity — and anyone who loves a good story in a new tongue.

BookCloud is early — a real reader, made by two parents, in invite-only testing now and coming free to iOS and Android.

Get in touch

Ask for an invite, tell us what's missing, or just say hi.

The BookCloud app open at 'The Tale of Two Bad Mice' — its cover, the four languages it's available in, a plain-language reading note, and 'Read together' and 'Read to me' buttons
  • An open library: Open stories, re-illustrated, credited to their makers
  • Made to read together: Calm, ad-free, safe — not a screen that reads alone
  • Free, on iOS and Android: No ads, no price — invite-only while we test

See inside

A calm reader, a wide library, in language after language.

Choosing from two dozen languages — including English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Turkish and Vietnamese
Pick the languages in your child's life — two dozen and growing.
A BookCloud story page — an illustration above large, easy-to-read text, with a button to hear it read aloud
Every story, beautifully illustrated and read aloud.
The BookCloud library — rows of illustrated children's books to browse by language and theme
A library to browse together, by language and theme.