Improves Vocabulary. Books can expose you to unfamiliar words, and even those with recognizable vocabulary can help develop your existing word bank.

The app says it was created to “democratize books and their ideas,” and is suggested for “English learners,” children, parents, teachers and people with dyslexia and severe ADHD.

Children hear as much sophisticated information about animals when parents read picture book stories about animals as when they read flashcard-type animal vocabulary books, according to a new ...

A recent study found that kids better learn new vocabulary from books when there’s just one picture to see at a time. Psychologist Jessica Horst and colleague Zoe Flack, ...