eBooks with Audio
eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers and auditory learners. Students in grades K-12 are drawn to the wide variety of titles—from curriculum-oriented nonfiction to page-turning chapter books to award-winning young-adult fiction. With our award-winning Audisee® eBooks with Audio, Live Oak Media eReadalongs, and Kar-Ben Read-alouds bringing these titles to life, even the most reluctant student can’t resist!
eBooks with Audio spark interest with:
- Reluctant readers
- Struggling readers
- Auditory learners
- ELL/ESL students
- Audiobook listeners
- On-level students
Innovative features
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Professional narration:
Voice actors read the text aloud in an expressive, smooth narration, helping listeners with fluency and comprehension skills. -
Text highlighting:
As the audio plays, words, phrases, or sentences are highlighted one at a time for readers to easily follow along, helping them make audio and visual connections. -
Fixed pagination:
Pages do not reflow on mobile devices or computers, allowing digital readers to have the same experience as students reading print editions.
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Variety of text types:
eBooks with Audio offer a wide variety of styles and genres, including graphic novels, biographies, informational and high-interest nonfiction, chapter books, teen-oriented high/low fiction, realistic fiction, sports fiction, mysteries, paranormal fiction, and more. -
Easy navigation:
Familiar icons indicate how to pause/play, stop, and change volume. Leaving the Auto Play feature “on” turns pages automatically. With it “off,” readers can read along with the highlighting at a fluent pace and either swipe or use arrows to turn the pages. The bookshelf icon brings readers back to the home screen to select a different title. -
Device agnostic:
eBooks with Audio work on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones, tablets, e-readers, laptops, and desktop computers. Titles can be accessed online using any web browser.
Audisee® eBooks with Audio
Titles in the Audisee® eBooks with Audio format include the best fiction and nonfiction published by Lerner Publishing Group’s imprints, including series nonfiction, picture books, graphic novels, and more.
Live Oak Media eReadalongs
As the industry leader in award-winning readalongs since 1983, Live Oak Media offers exceptional word-for-word audio recordings that are intended to be listened to while following along in the book. These readalongs are distinctive because of the innovative process we’ve developed to produce audio of carefully-selected picture books and beginning readers.
Kar-Ben Read-alouds
Founded in 1974, Kar-Ben is the largest publisher of exclusively Jewish-themed children’s books in the world. Subjects include fiction and nonfiction for preschool through middle school, including holiday books, life-cycle stories, Bible tales, folktales, stories about Israel, and Jewish history, reflecting the rich cultural diversity of today’s Jewish family.
Audisee® eBooks with Audio
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers and auditory learners. Students in grades K-12 are drawn to the wide variety of titles—from curriculum-oriented nonfiction to page-turning chapter books to award-winning young-adult fiction. With our award-winning Audisee® eBooks with Audio, Live Oak Media eReadalongs, and Kar-Ben Read-alouds bringing these titles to life, even the most reluctant student can’t resist!
Two collections now available!
Collection 1: On-Level Audio Pace for Grades K-6
Titles in this collection feature single word highlighting matched to real-voice narration at a pace appropriate for the specified reading level of each title. The on-level reading speed allows younger readers time to make connections between the visual and auditory experience.
Collection 2: Fluent Audio Pace for Grades 4-12
Titles in this collection use sentence highlighting and fluent, professional narration.
Live Oak Media eReadalongs
Live Oak Media offers exceptional word-for-word audio recordings that are intended to be listened to while following along in the book. These readalongs are distinctive because of the innovative process we’ve developed to produce audio of carefully-selected picture books and beginning readers.
Kar-Ben Read-alouds
Founded in 1974, Kar-Ben is the largest publisher of exclusively Jewish-themed children’s books in the world. Subjects include fiction and nonfiction for preschool through middle school, including holiday books, life-cycle stories, Bible tales, folktales, stories about Israel, and Jewish history, reflecting the rich cultural diversity of today’s Jewish family.