Epic: Kids' Books & Reading
June 16, 2024
More About Epic: Kids' Books & Reading
Books that read to them: In addition to our library of more traditional ebooks, we have a huge collection of Read-To-Me books and audiobooks. Featuring talented voice actors, fun music and exciting sound effects that bring stories to life!
Multilingual: The majority of books on Epic are in English, but we also have Spanish-, French- and Chinese-language books to engage readers of different backgrounds and interests.
Fun rewards and learning tools: Reading Buddies, badges and quizzes keep them motivated to read and learn. Spotlight Words and audio-enabled Dictionary Lookup teach vocabulary and pronunciation.
FOR FAMILIES: EPIC FAMILY
A paid subscription beginning with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Up to 4 child profiles, so each kid can enjoy a personalized reading experience.
Parent dashboard lets you see what they’re reading and follow along with their progress.
95% of Epic parents say Epic helped improve their child’s reading skills.
FOR EDUCATORS: EPIC SCHOOL
Epic School is free for educators and students to use during the school day.
ELA Tools: Filter titles by AR, DRA, F&P, grade level and more.
Quizzes, Dictionary Lookup and Spotlight Words help build skills.
Help with Daily 20: Teachers can easily assign and share books, then track daily and weekly reading.
Multilingual books and fun reading formats make reading accessible for every student.
9 out of 10 Epic Educators would recommend us to colleagues.
Coming soon! Epic School Plus, a district-funded premium offering that gives educators and students 24/7 access to the full Epic library.
PRESS AND EXPERT REVIEWS
Epic has been featured on The TODAY Show, CNET and Refinery 29, as well as in The Wall Street Journal, Parents Magazine, USA Today, Forbes, Parenting.com and more.
“Epic strikes the perfect balance between educational and fun, and should allow parents to feel more confident about introducing the iPad into their children’s daily lives as a tool.” –TechCrunch
"Get access to thousands of books on all subject matters" –Parenting.com
"Epic is incredibly valuable because it gives students exposure to books that they wouldn't get from a library or our classroom." –Cindy, Epic Educator Ambassador
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June 16, 2024
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User Reviews
A Google user
5 years ago
Fantastic for my son but the activity reporting is bugged. He loves the selection of books although I would love to see the inventory selection grow to include more classic classroom favorites like Robert Munsch. I like that we can see what he is into, and get reports on his activity. The UI design seems appropriate and pretty simple for a child to navigate. The one negative is that the number of books and the time spent reading are added incorrectly, reporting much higher than actual activity.
Mary Lewin
4 years ago
Ok. This app is both amazing and frustrating. The content is awesome! Entertains my 3,10 year olds. But! Wretched customer service! Contacted them with issues 2WEEKS ago and was given 2 automated messages!! Clearly they did not read email AT ALL! My complaints: the read offline button is missing. There is no bookmark function. You can't listen after turning device screen off. Glitchy. Won't track progress across devices. Sometimes loses place on the same device! Epic, your move.
A Google user
5 years ago
Ehh. Needs work. Offline mode is not available. Audio books do not show text. My kid is using in class and wanted it at home. Purchase didn't work on app had to use browser. Not worth 7.99 a month subscription. My background 8 years of android development experience. This app should have been done better. I am going to see if there are better options.
Adrian Goff
4 years ago
This app is amazing. My daughter is finishing kindergarten and its perfect for helping her read. She can try on her own, the app can read it to her while magnifying the word that it's speaking or of course I can read it with her. Some books have quizzes at the end while everything gives you points towards a level and unlocking achievement badges. On a galaxy s10 or even the desktop website, it's very user friendly. After school ends I will definitely be signing up again.
Rachael Jones
1 year ago
Signed up for a free trial and couldn't even get past logging in. No matter how many times I logged in, it would bring me right back to the sign up for a free trial prompt. I contacted support. I manually logged in again and reset the password. That didn't work either. I updated the app, but still nothing. I responded to support and am still waiting for a reply. I can't even get into the parent dashboard to cancel the sub because after the 2nd promt to log in, it goes back to free trial again!
A Google user
6 years ago
This app has been a game-changer in my Pre-K classrooms. Not only do students have options for books that can be read to them, they also have access to relevant educational songs and learning videos (which teachers can also disable if they so choose). I love the ability to create Collections and send them to students based on interests, or reading levels. Students as young as mine also benefit from the class code sign in process.
Stefanie DeFiglia
3 years ago
Wonderful app. My daughter loves it. However, I upgraded to Unlimited through Google Play but the upgrade is not reflected in the app. She still can't access what she wants, and it still shows up as Epic Free. I submitted a support request days ago with a copy of the receipt and I haven't heard a word. No one gets back to you. My advice is to stay on the free side until they fix the upgrade issue and until they have the capacity to deal with their support tickets.
Alia Farhana Abdul Ghaffar
4 years ago
I wish this app would work for us, I installed it for my kids 3 year old and 5 year old. Both are learning to read, and could not read on their own yet. The problem is, this app shows all sorts of books, and doesn't label the books according to their appropriate age category. I don't see any option for filtering the books according to age, level of difficulty, or level of reading proficiency. So finding an appropriate book to read for my preschooler is a hit and miss. Also, the read to me option is not interactive at all, its like watching a video, not a reading experience. I want my kids to be able to read along, ie they should be able to follow the reader verbatim, and then flip the page at their own pace. I guess this app is not so suitable for early readers (pre-K or grade K).
Christina Huber
2 years ago
I got the app because of good reviews and my child loves reading. I got the app and signed up,but it blocks my way with an add for unlimited and there is no way to exit out of it. At the bottom it has a sign in and each time I sign it it sends me straight back to this add and it keeps looping and I can't get out. So much for a "free" app. It seems like either I have to pay the unlimited fee or delete the app. I'd rather know outright it isn't free than to go through the trouble.
S Kim
4 years ago
Epic app never works! On tablet or phone it forces you to download the app. Once downloaded it is sooooooo slow that it crashes every time. If you try through the browser you can't go beyond the screen to download the app. If you try to log-in off school hours on your laptop, I get stuck having to choose from 2 paid plans. Epic free doesn't seem to be available anymore even though they said it's available. I am so disappointed with this company. Thanks for wasting our time.
A Google user
5 years ago
The books offered to read and explore are absolutely wonderful! The app works great. Sometimes it may stall. It gives you a warning in the beginning stating the the device used may not support the picture. Using a cell phone, it is working good. Epic is definitely an enjoyable, educational app for all ages. Use it for long rides in the car as a passenger. It is a fun and productive way to pass time.
Marilyn Amadiz
4 years ago
I really like this app. BUT.... the only thing I dont like is that you cant use it after school hours unless you are paying for it. And when the child is reading and gets stuck on a word , you sometimes can click on the word and it will help the child by saying it and the noun if the word. But is not all words. For example the word nervous my daughter couldn't read it so she clicked on it and it was empty. No definition it dint help her with what it say and other easier words too. please fix.
A Google user
5 years ago
I Love this app! It's very fun for the kids have a list of their favorites and the "read to me" option is also good help, when I've got to help another child with their school work. Kids also get to change their profile pictures as they earn higher achievements. The only issue we've had... is that I can't seem to be able to link our already existing account, to his teachers group, with all of his classmates.
A Google user
5 years ago
My child and I enjoy this app a lot! Lots of things to do and lots of books! The only thing I don't like about it has to do with the books that read to you. When the page turns, the voice that's reading will say the first word of the next page, but then it'll cut out. Once the page is turned it repeats the word again. It's annoying because it breaks up the book flow. Can this be fixed? At first I thought I had something wrong on my side, but a few of my friends had mentioned the same thing.
Krystal Daetz
2 years ago
We love the audio books but really prefer the "read to me" section. It reads to them as well as lets them follow along with the story. Quizzes really help make sure they are paying attention. We also really love the added music/sounds that help bring the words to life and helps paint a clear picture in your mind of what is happening in the story. I have the unlimited and have an account for myself (30) , my oldest (9), my middle (3), and the youngest (2). We all LOVE epic reading!
A Google user
5 years ago
The best feature of this app by far is the appearance of the digital books, as compared with books on Amazon Freetime, which download slowly, and are hard to read until you double click the paragraphs, which is difficult to get right with a child, etc. Even the digital books on Libby are sometimes frustrating to read. Every book, audiobook, read-to-me books, and videos play seamlessly. The selection is excellent including books in Spanish! I also love that it's free to educators.
Alena Porter
4 years ago
I've been using Epic! with my now 4 year old for over a year. It's awesome. There are a plethora of great books. They miss many of my absolute favorites, but the ones they have are very good and we've found new favorites. And tons of audiobooks! Those are fantastic to have. However, finding all the books in a reading level is impossible, and I very much wish that was MUCH easier. I create lists myself and have found workarounds, but it's annoying and I wish we could search by reading level only.
Ginny “GinMarie” Rake
4 years ago
This app is great! I like the variety of books available, though I hope the library continues to expand. The user interface is easy to navigate and I love being able to download for offline reading. Two things I'd like to see added are a repeat button so the littlest readers can easily replay the same book again and again. Add the ability to download the book from the non grid style list along with the available options, collection and/or favorite.
Stacy Taylor
1 year ago
It's so good, and guess what? NO ADS 0 ads like I can read 500 books and not 1 ad will come up literally like we have wanted this and know we have it only 1 thing, tho when you hold a word for some time, it will pop up the definition of that word BUT WHEN YOU TAP ON IT,IT WON'T SHOW YOU THE DEFINITION but other than that it's a great app OH and did I forget to mention that it has various videos like how to build an stuff like that but yeah it's a great app you should definitely download it.
Hope Williams
1 year ago
I downloaded this to use offline on a road trip. The app works great when connected to wifi but none of the books I downloaded would work offline. When offline, the app kept freezing and I never could get it to work. Glad I was able to cancel during the trial. It does work well on wifi, just not what I wanted it for
