SLP App Review: iStoryBooks

If you are looking for free books on your tablet iStoryBooks app you should look into.  They have a good collection of simple stories that most kids are familiar with.  One of my clients would request Cindrella at every session, which was great for working on narrative storytelling, prediction, and discussing emotions.

You do need internet access to be able to download the story, so it's not very useful if your tablet isn't tethered, or near wifi, but you can pre-load the story and leave the app open and it will work later.

The writing isn't the best, but the books are enjoyable and most are good for beginning readers (around 2nd grade) or younger if you don't mind supplying/working through the difficult words or just using it for the picture description.  It's also great for working on sequencing as you can take screenshots of the stories to prompt clients after reading or to have them sequence in the correct order.

Overall, this is a good, free book app that has come in very handy when working on reading and narrative storytelling with kids.