Yogi Roth has been driven by the power of sports and story for over 20 years, as an on-air college football analyst, Elite 11 coach, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, New York Times best-selling author, and an Amazon best-selling author. He is also a former...

What would happen if The Beatles met Sesame Street and School House Rock? The answer is magic, and it's a band called Ants Ants Ants. Ants Ants Ants is an Oregon-based family music band that creates original songs that evoke the best feelings of childhood...

Somebody pinch us—Vooks is now available on Netflix! We're thrilled to announce Season 1 of our new Netflix series, Story Time Book: Read-Along, featuring 40 favorite Vooks titles compiled into 8 themed episodes. This first-of-its-kind show invites kids to...

Bring the joy back to learning. Let’s start by building a reading routine with Vooks in the classroom. It's here—back to school! This year may look a bit different from others because there is SO much to do and to think of for a successful year. I am sure you are...

It’s official: Our family has entered the elementary school years. I dropped my oldest off for his first day of kindergarten on Monday, and while I loved seeing the third, fourth, and fifth graders riding bikes and greeting their former teachers, it also brought pangs...

The importance of vocabulary instruction is hard to dispute. Having a vast bank of words to pull from allows children to understand what they are reading, become better writers, and effectively express themselves. Here are just a few compelling statistics that...

From end-of-summer escapes before back to school to upcoming holiday gatherings, travel season is upon us. And whether you're traveling by land, air, or sea, one thing is certain: getting to and from your destination with little ones in tow can be stressful,...

Take storytime to new heights with Vooks + Alaska Airlines! We're thrilled to announce that Vooks is now available as inflight entertainment on Alaska Airlines! This exciting partnership means that your littlest travel companions can enjoy quality screen time...

With the release of her Vooks original title, The Tagalongs, painter, illustrator, and native Oregonian Megan Marie Myers added "children's book author and illustrator" to her already impressive list of titles. As a child, Megan surrounded herself...

School may be out for summer, but that doesn't mean kids should stop learning. Summer reading loss—also known as the "summer slump"—has been extensively documented. According to the New York Times, the average American student loses a full month's worth of...

Reading should bring joy to a child’s world.  Stories, books, and reading all shape what we think and who we are by the connections we make with the characters, their situations, and the settings in which the stories take place. Most children are unaware that...

It's Jessie K. again! You may remember me from my last post about story-based sensory play. Well, school’s out for summer, which means we’re planning a couple of road trips to visit family and friends. Road-tripping with kids can seem like a daunting task, but it...