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    Children's picture books to read, listen to and make together

    Find a story for whatever today brings, share it in the language that feels like home, or make a book of your own, with your child's name in the story. Browse the books before joining.

    Stories for the moments that matter

    Find picture books for big feelings, curious afternoons and quiet bedtimes, on whatever topic your family needs. Read together, or listen when a book has narration, in the languages your family speaks. And when the book you need does not exist yet, make one together, with your child's name in the story, on the topic your family chooses.

    Read, learn or bring a children's book to life

    A quiet moment together, every night

    Beautiful picture books your child asks for again tomorrow. Read them, listen to them, read them in the languages your family speaks, and when the book you need does not exist yet, make it together.

    See what families get

    Illustrate children鈥檚 books in Ludooka Studio

    A complete drawing studio made for picture books: layers and groups, masks, brushes, text on the page and square spreads ready for print. Draw every page, see it next to the words, and get credited on every book you illustrate.

    Discover Ludooka Studio

    Learn a new language by reading children's books

    Read the same story in two languages side by side. Tap any word to hear it, save it and practise it later with picture cards, so a new language grows naturally from stories your child already loves.

    See how reading teaches languages

    Audiobooks that grow young listeners

    Every narrated book highlights each sentence as it is read aloud, so children follow the words while they listen. Hearing stories builds listening comprehension, vocabulary and a love of books, even before they read on their own.

    Hear how our audiobooks work

    Publish a children鈥檚 book with Ludooka

    Turn your story into a finished picture book that families around the world can read, hear and love. Find an illustrator, lay out every page and reach readers in many languages from one place.

    See how authors publish

    Let the world tell stories with your art

    Sell your illustrations, characters and backgrounds as ready to use stock art. Authors license them for their own books, you keep the credit and earn from every sale, while your work reaches readers you would never meet.

    Visit the art marketplace

    Find paid work on children's books

    Illustrators, translators, narrators and editors: publishers and authors post real book projects here. Send a proposal, agree clear milestones and get paid safely when each step is approved.

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    Reading books for schools and groups

    Bring permitted books into a digital library, assign stories to your group and follow reading progress in one place.

    See how schools use Ludooka

    How it works

    1. 1

      Open a book

      Browse the books and read the first pages of any story free, no account needed.

    2. 2

      Read your way

      Explore a book's pages. Where a title offers narration or another language, you can listen and follow along in the Reader.

    3. 3

      Make a library

      Sign in to keep your books in one place, save the words you meet and carry on where you stopped.

    4. 4

      Find your place at Ludooka

      Read together, learn a language, listen on the way to school, or make and publish your own books. Explore the plans and pick what fits your family, classroom or studio.

    Children's picture books to explore

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    Your next story starts here

    Choose books to share, discover language through stories or make a book of your own. See which plan fits your family, classroom or creative work.

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