17 fun reading apps we love

Get a head start on the basics with these exciting reading apps that kids will love.

By Emily Piccinin and Leah Rumack

Updated Mar 30, 2017

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Reading apps your kids will love

Make learning to read a fun new challenge for your kids with these colourful, insightful and educational apps.

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Wee You-Things

$4, iTunes.ca

Chifro ABC: Kids Alphabet Game

Free, iTunes.ca

Reading Rainbow: Read Along Children's Books, Kids Videos and Educational Games

Free, iTunes.ca

Barefoot World Atlas

$7, iTunes.ca

Bob Books #1 - Reading Magic HD

$5, iTunes.ca

Endless Alphabet

Meet some very adorable monsters that would love to teach your kids the alphabet and how to read in this interactive educational app. Free, play.google.com

The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story

$4, iTunes.ca

Another Monster at the End of this Book...Starring Grover & Elmo

$6, iTunes.ca

Learn with Homer

Free, iTunes.ca

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

$5, iTunes.ca

Starfall Learn to Read

$4, iTunes.ca

Word Wagon

$3, iTunes.ca

Metamorphabet

$4, iTunes.ca

Curious About Me

$4, iTunes.ca

Epic!

Storytime just got a whole lot more exciting. Epic! is an all-you-can-read e-book subscription service that offers unlimited access to more than 10,000 books on iOS, Android or Kindle tablets, featuring classics like Goodnight Moon and newer titles such as Disney's Frozen. The best part is you can set up profiles for up to four kids and personalize them according to their ages, interests and reading levels. $7 per month, itunes.ca