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A Gift from Read Teddy and Build-A-Bear Foundation

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Vooks turns storytime into a magical read-aloud experience—perfect for a cuddle with your Read Teddy. For a limited time, a portion of your new purchase of an annual or monthly subscription helps Build-A-Bear Foundation bring comfort and joy to kids who need it most.**

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**From 2/18/2026 to 2/17/2027, a portion of the gross profit subscription revenue will be donated to Build-A-Bear Foundation (50% in year 1, 20% in years 2 and 3), 415 S 18th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 Phone: 314-423-8000. Donations will be made within 60 days after the end of each quarter. Use of Vooks subscription is subject to the Vooks Terms of Service (https://www.vooks.com/pages/terms) and Vooks Privacy Policy (https://www.vooks.com/privacy-policy/). Limit of 1 redemption per unique code.

Digital storytime that nurtures connection, not chaos

You don’t want to tune your child out—you want to give them something that feels real, warm, and good.

Subtle animation, music, and sound engage without overstimulating

Paced narration and read-along text encourage comprehension

Full of stories that calm and teach kids social-emotional skills

Storyteller lets kids and kids-at-heart narrate (and share!) their favorite stories

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Loved by over 1 million parents and teachers around the world. Created for families who value peace over pace. We’re storytime reimagined.

About Vooks

What’s a Vook?

Vooks brings books to life through gentle animation, cozy narration, and the quiet magic of storytime.

It’s not fast, flashy content. It’s a trusted storytime ritual that supports calm, connection, and character—just like the stories you grew up with.

Children reading with tablet illustration
Children reading with tablet illustration
  • Kid-safe and always ad-free
  • Calming, low-stimulation, & book-based
  • Carefully designed to be non-addicting
  • Also available in audio-only mode for screen-free stories

Our Partner

Build-A-Bear Foundation adds a little more heart to life by reaching out to children facing difficult moments—with a hug, a story, or a comforting bear to hold. Since its formation in 2004, Build-A-Bear Foundation has contributed more than $25 million and 2 million furry friends to charitable organizations around the world. Every contribution makes a world of difference to kids who need it most.

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Why Users Love Vooks

The books are beautifully chosen and have such lovely messages. The illustrations are stunning and so captivating. I don’t mind letting my child have some screen time, especially when it is a book from Vooks.

—Peta

My three children all love Vooks! It’s a real treat for them. The animations are gorgeous and the bonus is that their reading skills are improving as we watch.

—Melissa

Excellent content that is high quality, educational, and engaging! My child loves the variety of content and I am quite impressed with the growth of vocabulary she gained from the stories.

—AJ

My students love Vooks! They are beginning readers and I love how Vooks highlights the words to help them start to read along. I love it for getting them interested in reading!

—Megan

We love Vooks! As an educator and a parent I want to make sure that the time my kids spend with technology is engaging and fun. The stories are great and captivating!

—Jan

Pricing

Unlock full access to our entire digital library of animated children’s storybooks—now including Storyteller, where you can narrate and share your favorite Vooks stories with anyone, anywhere!

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Included in both plans:

Free 30-day trial*, ad-free watching, offline and on-demand,
cancel anytime, full access to Vooks Storyteller

*Free 30-day trial is available for new subscribers only. Customers will be asked to input their payment details at the start of their trial period and will be billed at the conclusion of the 30-day trial if they do not opt out of their subscription. Visit your account page to modify or cancel your plan at any time.

FAQs

Vooks is an ad-free, kid-safe streaming platform that puts an entire digital library of animated storybooks right at your fingertips. Through subtle animation, read-aloud narration, highlighted read-along text, and engaging music and sound effects, we bring your favorite children’s books to life to turn screen time into storytime. Vooks is an engaging and educational way to entertain without overstimulating, and inspires a lifelong love of reading in little learners around the world.

Vooks is most suitable for children under the age of 9, or anyone learning to read or simply looking for a new way to do storytime. We are also a valuable tool for English language learners of all ages.

Unlike traditional ebooks, Vooks storybooks come to life with a patented combination of movement, narration, and sound that brings the engagement of video to the literacy-building power of books. Text-highlighting helps kids connect what a word sounds like with what it looks like, while our growing library of Spanish translations helps us reach even more children across the globe. Vooks can be streamed online or via our app on most iOS or Android devices. Our website offers free companion educational resources to take learning beyond the screen, and users can download their favorite titles to the app to watch anytime, anywhere—even without internet access.

Nope! You can easily download your favorite Vooks stories directly to our app to be enjoyed any time, any where—even without an internet connection. Whether you’re in a log cabin in the woods or a plane cabin in the sky, Vooks is the perfect take-with-me companion!

Absolutely! Vooks makes for the perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, graduations/moving up ceremonies, and just about any occasion you can think of. Head to our gift page to get started (and immediately earn the title of “World’s Best Gift-Giver”).

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Made for Me book cover
Little Sock book cover
Little Girl Big Dream book cover
Balloons and Cake book cover
Lil Poo book cover
I Love You More Than a Purple Moose book cover
I Am Not Scared book cover
How to Potty Train a Dinosaur book cover
Earth Yay book cover
Wiggle Like an Octopus book cover
Cinderella book cover

Thank you for joining Vooks and Build-A-Bear Foundation in sharing the magic of stories—and helping more kids snuggle up to a brighter future!

* From 2/18/2026 to 2/17/2027, 50% of your subscription purchase will be donated to Build-A-Bear Foundation, 415 S 18th Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 Phone: 314-423-8000. Use of Vooks subscription is subject to the Vooks Terms of Service (https://www.vooks.com/pages/terms) and Vooks Privacy Policy (https://www.vooks.com/privacy-policy/). Limit of 1 redemption per unique code.