Bedtime Stories That Read Themselves
Illustrated story, calm voice, every word lights up as it's spoken. Your kid follows along - or just listens before bed.
- Stories read aloud, every word lit up as it sounds
- One tap and the kid reads instead - Igo listens and helps with the hard words
- Full-page illustrations - kids stay, bedtime stays calm
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What is Story Time?
Story Time reads illustrated stories aloud to kids 6–12 and lights up each word as it sounds. Your kid can listen at bedtime - eyes closed, lights down - or switch to read-along, where Igo listens and helps with hard words. Same stories, two ways to use them.
Why kids ask for one more
Built for the evenings when you've run out of energy to read aloud yourself - and the phone usually doesn't help.
Hear it the right way
A clear, soft voice reads every word. Kids pick up pronunciation by ear - the way they learned to talk.
See what they hear
Karaoke-style highlighting - the word lights up exactly when it's spoken. Eyes follow even when the kid is tired.
Made for bedtime
Calm pace, soft voice, no quiz at the end. Hand them the phone, dim the lights, the story does the rest.
How does Story Time work?
Three taps from picking a story to lights-out.
- 1
Pick a story
Library sorted by genre and reading level. Your kid swipes through covers and picks tonight's.
- 2
Tap Story Time
The narrator reads aloud while each word lights up. Tap any word to hear it again. Pronunciation sinks in without trying.
- 3
Listen, or read along
At bedtime, kids listen. When they want practice, they read aloud and Igo helps with the words they trip on.
Two ways to use it
Same illustrated stories. Your kid picks how active they want to be tonight.
Just listen
Press play, hand over the phone. The narrator reads, the words highlight, the illustrations turn. No mic needed.
- Best for after lights-out
- Builds vocabulary the way read-alouds do
- Saves tired kids - and tired parents
Read along with Igo
Your kid reads aloud. Readigo highlights the word they're on and helps with the ones they get stuck on. Same story, different role.
- Fluency builds through real reps
- Hard words get patient, judgment-free help
- Time on the same story counts toward weekly progress
An illustrated library kids actually open
Four genres. Fresh stories every two weeks. Reading level matched to your kid - not just their age.
AdventureThe Sky Bridge Quest
FantasyThe Enchanted Forest
MysteryThe Locker Mystery
FeelingsLily's First Day
Adventure, fantasy, mystery, feelings. New stories drop every two weeks.
Why bedtime stories build real readers
Literacy research keeps landing on the same thing: kids who are read to pull ahead of kids who aren't. Story Time delivers that, every night.
1 million extra words a year
Daily read-alouds give kids more words than everyday talk ever does. Vocabulary is the single biggest predictor of how well a kid will understand text by 4th grade.
Anderson, Wilson & Fielding · 1988
Reading with a model voice
Kids pick up rhythm, phrasing, and pronunciation by hearing fluent reading. Highlighted text locks the sound to the word on the page.
National Reading Panel · 2000
Routine beats length
Ten minutes a night, every night, beats an hour once a week. Story Time makes that daily anchor easy to keep.
Willingham · UVA
Audio + text doesn't 'cheat'
Listening while you see the words uses the same comprehension and decoding pathways as reading alone. For many kids, even better.
Wolfson, Manis & Seidenberg · 2008
We were skipping bedtime stories because I was running on fumes. Now my 7-year-old picks a Story Time book, listens, then asks to read it back to me. Five minutes flat.
Story Time questions
What is Story Time in Readigo?
Story Time reads illustrated stories aloud to kids 6–12 and lights up each word as it sounds. Your kid can listen at bedtime - eyes closed, lights down - or switch to read-along, where Igo listens and helps with hard words.
Does my kid have to read to use Story Time?
No. Story Time reads every word aloud while highlighting it on the page - your kid only listens. They can switch to read-along whenever they want practice.
What does the narrator voice sound like?
A studio-quality voice tuned for clear pronunciation and a calm pace. Kids who hear it often start matching its rhythm in their own reading.
What ages is Story Time for?
Made for ages 6–12. Younger kids start in listen-only mode and move to read-along as their decoding catches up. Older kids switch between the two inside the same story.
Will it work for kids with dyslexia or reading difficulties?
Yes. Hearing a fluent voice while seeing each word highlighted is one of the most-recommended supports for kids with reading differences. No shame, no time pressure, a re-read is one tap away.
Can I use it as a bedtime audiobook?
That's what Story Time is for. Press play, dim the lights, hand over the phone. Calm narration, no quiz at the end.
Does Story Time count toward weekly reading?
When your kid reads along, yes - minutes and accuracy are logged just like Classic Mode. Listen-only sessions are tracked separately, so you see total story exposure as well as active reading.
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