Book Dash - Free Kids Books
Features:
- View a catalog of children's story books
- Select a language preference for the books
- Download and Read your favourite stories on the go
- New books added frequently
- Books are uniquely African
- Two free watch faces for Android Wear!
What is Book Dash?
Book Dash gathers volunteer creative professionals to create new, African storybooks that anyone can freely translate and distribute.
Why Book Dash?
Children in South Africa need more books, but they cost too much purchased from publishers. The cheapest books have no publisher – then the only cost is printing. So our participants do the work of publishers in a single day. After that, anyone can get print runs sponsored and put finished books into the hands of children.
We believe every child should own a hundred books by the age of five. In South Africa, that means giving 600 million free books to children who could never afford to buy them. Every day we lose, more children grow up unable to read and write well, and to enjoy the worlds that books open up.
You can see more about our cause here:http://bookdash.org/
Contact us: [email protected]
Category : Education
Reviews (28)
Brilliant E-Book App for Younger Children. I was using a highly rated subscription app for my toddler but this has been impressive enough for us to cancel our subscription. The books are enjoyable and the right length to keep the very young minds interested and I am recommending this to everyone. The creators and contributors behind Book Dash are incredible to give their time and skills to make free books available to all children, everywhere. Cannot rate this app enough!
Simple design and useable interface. The content is amazing and such a helpful and necessary tool to improve literacy in kids around the world. Not to mention the awesome initiative behind making the books. My 4 year old sister also approves 😄
I just installed this app as i have many other apps some what like this one, because i am looking for "FREE" online story books that "I CAN READ" to my children. And I have to say that I am so happy and excited to have come across this app! All the other apps i tried before this one either claimbed to be free but weren't, or doesn't allow me or my children to be able to read them on our own if we want. They are only audible. This one is what it claims to be! I love it so far!! Keep it up :)
I've been searching for this app!! I first saw this in Storyberries. I love their work! The stories are short and the illustrations are unique. My 1year8months old son loves their stories! All the books are available without in-app purchase. Thank you!
This is wonderful app that use to read books with my kids. A few people complaints about the app only offering African inspired books. That information is clearly stated in the description. If you want to read more diverse books then make an free app that offer uunlimted reading or shut up. Apparently, the apps that offer diverse books charge. You can also just pay the money if want some diverse books.
downloaded 4 books sofar. Great initiative but lacking story lines in the books. Little more content needed to help expand vocabularies of our young minds. Thought reading more was the idea behind this creation.
This app has the nicest story books with drawings that are vibrant and expressive. My 6yo enjoyed each and every story. The stories are short yet entertaining. Best story book for kids ever and above all completely free.
This is a wonderful app. The whole concept is fantastic. The illustrations are beautiful. What a wonderful way to spread literacy! Every child should have access to books and this app is making sure that happens. Thank you for your hard work and for improving the lives of children all over the world.
Brilliant app, my 4 year old loves the books on this app. She enjoys them and she wants to read them again and again. I'm extremely happy that this app is free. Thank you so much for making it free. We love this app and I would recommend it to everyone, whose kids love to read.
It's a very good app because it has free books that can be downloaded I have seen other apps and we need to pay for the books where as here we need to only download it which is really nice but it is not on the appstore it is only on Google play store which is the only bad thing other than that I love this app
Love this app. So needed for black children to grow up feeling represented and helping expand their minds. Excited to see the other language selections grow as big as the English options.
Everything was going well with the books we were enjoying every single one, until the app fail to open more books. Unfortunatelly I had to give it a 2 stars instead of 5.
Beautiful stories of all sorts for children adventure, moral value, self confidence, dreamers. It's a perfect blend your child and you would never get tired. highly recommended app!!!
My kid loves this app. It is free and easy to use. I always buy books and they are really expensive. This app saved me much money. Keep adding stories to it. Thank you all!
good app but the stories are a little strange sometimes... only offers African inspired ones so there aren't any classic or well known books.
My kids love it. Interesting stories with no ads or any other fluff. Boosted their reading confidence and made bedtime fun!
I have a young 5 yo and we love the books and the illustrations! And thank you for having characters that he can relate to in looks and in personality!
Easy to use. Me and my kids love the stories. Story books in my phone... WOW. Thank you for the love of books your giving to my kids.
Amazing concept, very high quality books, and all for a great cause. Brilliant 5 Stars
i LOVE that these books are inclusive of brown beauties who get to see characters that look like them and express what its like to explore or just talk about emotions.
Great books. I love reading them to my grandchildren, and they love reading to each other. Very easy reading comm
Brilliant!!! We love it. Thanks for making storytime so accessible.. Kids love the books & cute illustrations.
The Best!! Subjects, Pictures and vocab best book in every aspect.
My son loves to read from this free library more than the actual book. Few books are there & it's free. I wish if there were more books to read. But thank you for providing this experience & opportunity. Just want to know if & when more books will be added. Thanks, Tnaeem.
Love it great app to tell your kids Bedtime stories and super easy and Relaxing and it's free and you can read it anywhere and anytime BEST APP you have to install this App
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I have a beautiful melanated 4 year old girl and when I opened up this app it made my heart sing thank you so much!
Love the short stories. Thank you. My kids cant read but they are able to make up the story lines.
I love this. The stories are nice and the app makes it reallt easy to choose a book and flick to the pages. I just wish there was a way to filter or search for the right books based on age/grade... would be useful for kids who are learning or can already read by themselves.