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Empower struggling readers with Bookshare

Bookshare® audiobooks and ebooks are transformative. They make it easier for students with learning disabilities to read with powerful assistive reading features. Students can customize their reading experience to learn in ways that work for them.

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Why Bookshare?

1+ million books

The largest collection of educational books, STEM titles, supplemental school reading, and books to read for fun.

Make reading easier

Customize audio voices and text, use word & sentence highlighting, adjust text size, choose colors, and more, to fit your child’s learning needs.

Make learning easier

When students spend less time struggling to read or decode words, they can focus on comprehension and learn more.

100% FREE

US students with qualifying disabilities join for free through an award from the Office of Special Education Programs.

Easy to use

Bookshare Reader is a free app that works on phones, tablets, computers, and many assistive tech devices.

Many formats

Bookshare ebooks can be read with text-to-speech audio, text, & braille formats.

Explore books for K-12 students

Newbery Award Winners

Animals

Cover: panda-monium by Stuart Gibbs. A funjungle novel.

Books in Spanish

Cover: Mi Abuelo by Emilie Chazerand, illustrated by Nicolas Duffaut.

Accelerated Reader Middle School

Cover: Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood, illustrated by Hazel Mitchell.

Young Reader’s Choice

Cover: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Tagline: She came from nothing. They have everything. Let the games begin.

High Interest Young Adult

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Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible for Bookshare?

Bookshare is FREE for U.S. students of any age with a qualifying disability, including dyslexia, blindness, visual impairment, or cerebral palsy. Students who are homeschooled may also qualify for Bookshare membership. Review the “Who Qualifies” page to check whether your child is eligible for Bookshare membership.

Who can qualify my child for membership?

Bookshare eligibility is determined by a professional with appropriate expertise who has either evaluated the individual OR has reviewed evaluations that were conducted with the individual by other professionals with appropriate expertise in the specific disability being assessed. Learn about who can certify Bookshare eligibility.

How does Bookshare work?

Once you have completed setting up your child’s Bookshare account, they can start reading immediately, on any web browser. You can also download the Bookshare Reader App on a tablet or smartphone to read on other devices. Here are video resources with information about logging in, finding, and reading or downloading books, to help you get your child started with Bookshare.

How to: read with Bookshare Reader on Mobile Devices

How to: read with Bookshare Reader for Web Browsers

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Our Mission

We believe that access to information is a universal human right. Yet more than ninety percent of books and published materials cannot be read by people with disabilities. Our work is focused on making reading accessible to everyone around the world.