Story time for the kids

Teach your child
to read.

A guided path takes your child from first sounds to first sentences, with characters they love.

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$49 a year for the whole family. 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.

The reading path

From first sounds to first sentences

Two journeys do the actual teaching, in order. Your child starts where they are and moves up one small, winnable step at a time.

1 Get ready
PreK
Get Ready to Read
Letters and the sounds they make
First-sound games, rhyme and letter play. The groundwork before the words.
First-sound games Narrated
2 Learn to read
Kindergarten
Learn to Read
Ten decodable Sam stories
Games made from the very book they just read After each story, your child plays with the exact words they just read.
+ Keep going
Three more journeys to grow into
  • Big Feelings and Growing Up
  • How Things Work
  • Travel the World with Sammy & Emmy
For homeschoolers and parents who teach

Built the way reading is actually taught

A real phonics sequence, assembled and ready, with nothing baked in you didn't ask for.

Secular and wholesome No religious worldview and no agenda. Warm stories and real reading, nothing else baked in.
Mastery-paced, not calendar-locked Your child moves up when they are ready, not when a schedule says so. Go as slow or as fast as they need.
Decodable, by the science of reading Every story uses only the sounds your child has been taught. Systematic phonics, the way reading research says it works.
One path, already assembled No hunting for worksheets or piecing a sequence together. First sounds to first sentences, in order, done for you.

Stories that read themselves aloud

Real narration turns the pages while your child follows along, word by word.

View All Read-along
Read-along Sammy and Emmy: Travel to Napa Valley
Read-along Amie Kitty Learns Ballet
Read-along Sammy and Emmy: Travel to California’s High Sierra
Read-along The End of the School Year
Read-along Sammy and Emmy: Travel to Iceland
Read-along Sammy and Emmy: Travel to Savannah
Watch animated episodes of these stories
How it works

One loop, every book, until it clicks

The same gentle rhythm runs under every story, so reading feels like play and the win is always your child's.

Step one

I read

Your child hears the whole story read aloud, taking in the sounds and the shapes of the words.

Step two

We read

They follow along word by word as it reads, then play short games built from that book.

The win
Step three

You read

Your child reads it back on their own and earns a sticker. That is the moment you came for.

Why families choose unQbd

Calm, ad-free, and COPPA-safe No ads, no autoplay rabbit holes, no data sold. A quiet, safe place built for young readers, so you can hand over the tablet without a second thought.
Characters they keep Sam, Sammy and Emmy, and Amie Kitty grow with your child across every journey.
Stickers, not streaks Finished books earn rewards. There is no streak pressure and nothing to lose overnight.
One price, every child The whole family reads on one plan. No per-child seats and no upsells.
The whole library, too Beyond the path, every book and audiobook on unQbd is included for you as well.
One plan, everything in

Not per month. Per year.

The full reading path, the narrated story journeys, and the entire unQbd library, in one simple plan for the whole family.

BEST VALUE

unQbd

$49/year
Not per month. Per year. Less than a dollar a week.
  • The full teach-to-read path and every kids journey
  • Narrated read-along for every picture book
  • Every book and audiobook on unQbd, for you too
  • Ad-free and COPPA-safe, on every device
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7 days free, then $49 a year. Or start with a free account, no card needed.

We offer a wide range of books. Tech books for you, story time for the kids. $49 a year for the whole family.

A stack of single apps

$15+/month, each
$180+ a year, and that is just one app
  • A separate subscription for phonics
  • Another one for audiobooks
  • Ads, or an upsell, around the corner
  • Nothing left over for you
Florida homeschoolers: use your PEP funds on unQbd. Your annual family plan fits the program's approved curriculum and educational-technology categories, so you can buy today and submit for reimbursement through your Step Up account (subject to program guidelines).
Good to know

Questions parents ask

Is unQbd just for kids?

No. Your plan includes every book and audiobook on unQbd, including tech books and titles for grown-ups. One plan covers the whole family.

Is it really ad-free?

Yes. No ads, no autoplay rabbit holes, and we never sell your child's data. It is built to be COPPA-safe.

What ages is the reading path for?

It runs from about ages 3 to 7: first sounds and rhymes in Get Ready to Read, then decodable stories in Learn to Read. Older readers keep going with the story journeys.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. Start with a 7-day free trial and cancel anytime, no questions asked.

Can I use this as our reading curriculum?

Yes. It is a complete Kindergarten reading sequence you can run as your core early-reading program or use alongside another. It takes your child from first sounds to reading simple stories on their own.

Is it secular?

Yes. The reading path has no religious content or worldview. Just decodable stories and the skills behind them.

Is it phonics and science-of-reading based?

Yes. Every story is fully decodable and the sequence is systematic and cumulative, so your child only reads words built from sounds they have already learned.

Start your child's reading path today

Create a free account in seconds, no credit card required. Full access for the whole family is $49 a year.

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