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1. General Information
BOOKR Class is an English as a Second Language, English as a Foreign Language (ESL / EFL) edutainment tool designed to engage children to read in the target language. The solution offers a 2-in-1 platform: a safe, ad-free, easy-to-use gamified Library application for students, coupled with a Teacher’s Dashboard displaying real-time statistics.
(1) The Library app is available for smartphones, tablets and desktops. It offers 1000+ digital e-books, 4000+ games and 200+ flashcards in English for children, from beginner to intermediate level. Every storybook provides a complex and engaging learning experience thanks to curated texts, illustrations, animations, interactions, sound effects, authentic narration, text-highlighting and educational games. To help you find the appropriate reading level for students, BOOKR Class uses built-in Lexile placement tests.
(2) The Teacher’s Dashboard allows teachers to recommend books to students, assign homework and examine and export data regarding student performance. Teachers can also browse the book selection based on level, recommended age group, grammar or vocabulary content, and find supporting materials such as activity tips, book previews etc. Teachers can also create and assign comprehension quizzes to their students and generate printable vocabulary tests based on the selected books.
BOOKR Class is recommended for teachers and educators enthusiastic about digital solutions in education, and for their K-8 students between the ages of 4-14 with language proficiency levels from beginner (pre-A1*) to upper-intermediate (B2*).
From kindergarteners to teenagers, everyone can find a story to suit their level and interest.
*According to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
The BOOKR Class Library is recommended for K-8 students (between the ages of 4-14) and is divided into nine proficiency levels, adapted to specific language proficiency levels, needs, interests and preferences of language learners. The books are all categorized and each book has a recommended age range (0-8, 6-10, 8-12, 10-14, 12-16) to guide our users. When selecting and composing the texts, different topics and genres are included to showcase the diversity of the English language.
From kindergarteners to teenagers, everyone can find a story to suit their level and interest.
The BOOKR Class Library is divided into 9 proficiency levels which are adapted to the linguistic proficiency levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): from pre-A1 to B2 (pre-beginner to upper-intermediate), from BR30L to 1120L.
Two placement tests are available in the BOOKR Class application for students, both determine their level based on their answers.
Upon first opening, the Library offers students to fill out a Lexile-based placement test. If completed, the result will place the student to one of the 9 BOOKR levels. As a teacher you can find the student’s exact measure in the Teacher’s Dashboard, and assign them a new test, optionally with a deadline.
Additionally, a CEFR-based adaptive placement test is also available for students to fill out and be placed to one of the 9 BOOKR levels. The “BOOKR test” real-time adapt to the students’ ability based on their answers and adjust the difficulty of the upcoming questions, creating a personalized quiz. It evaluates reading and listening comprehension, grammar and vocabulary.
Both placement tests can be accessed in the Test Center and completed any number of times.
A Lexile learner measure is a numeric representation of a learner’s ability to read English. Quite simply, a Lexile Measure is an assessment that provides a way to measure a student’s English reading ability or the difficulty of a text. It is a useful tool for educators, administrators, and parents. Measures fall on an intuitive scale, with beginners or easy texts at the bottom and moving up as students and texts advance.
The Lexile scale is a developmental scale ranging from beginning learner measures below 0L (at most BR 400L) to above 1600L for advanced abilities. The higher the learner’s Lexile measure, the greater their ability to read English. More than 35 million learners from 180 countries around the world have received a Lexile measure.
Based on the student’s Lexile score the application will recommend books that are in the student’s Lexile range.
When a student measure and a book measure are the same, the match is estimated to be ideal for the learner – not too easy that a student is bored and not too difficult that they experience frustration.
The target range that is suggested for a learner is 100L below the student measure and 50L above.
So a 500L learner finding books within their targeted range (400L to 550L) will help them practice and grow as long as they read consistently and challenge themselves.
The BOOKR Test is a CEFR-based, adaptive placement test that is designed to assess the English skills of non-native speakers. Adaptiveness means that the test adjusts its difficulty based on how the student answers each question. If they get a question right, the next one will be a bit harder; if they miss it, the following question will be a little easier. This way, the test quickly zeroes in on their exact level of proficiency without overwhelming or underchallenging them. This method is based on Item Response Theory (IRT), which basically means that the test is smart enough to adapt to the child’s skills in real-time, offering test items for the right level of difficulty each time.
This system is aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), a globally recognized standard for measuring language proficiency across various learning contexts.
Unlike the Lexile Placement Test that only measures reading ability, the BOOKR Test covers a broad range of skills: reading, listening, grammar, and vocabulary – giving a complete picture of where each learner stands.
Get even more information about the BOOKR Test here.
The BOOKR Class Library consists of 1000+ animated e-books, nursery rhymes, songs, 4000+ games, and 200+ flashcards and is regularly updated with new titles.
Our selection includes classics to contemporary titles: you’ll meet Old MacDonald, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Prince, Tom Sawyer, Peter Rabbit, Sherlock Holmes and many more. Our collection includes dozens of books from prestigious publishers such as Moomin, White Star, Blue Apple Books, Albert Whitman and Co and Oxford University Press, as well as hundreds of in-house produced titles.
You’ll also find books about practical situations, introductions to the English-speaking world, and texts on civilization. Every book is enhanced with animation, interaction, sound effects, narration and educational games related to the stories. Learn more about our selection: Titles
In the framework of English as a Foreign Language or English as a Second Language (EFL or ESL), reading has been proven to contribute to language acquisition and fostering intrinsic motivation.
BOOKR Class offers a wide range of books that suit the taste, preference and need of language learners.
The texts and activities are designed to support different learning styles. Illustrations and animations support the understanding of the texts, but they’re moderate enough not to distract users from reading. Moreover, fun educational games help to highlight the main linguistic elements and features for more focused, intentional learning and practice.
The following unique combination of features can be found in our interactive e-books:
- Animation
- Sound effects
- Narration
- Text-highlighting
- Word annotation
- Educational games, including voice recording features
- Collectible awards
Studies show that these features facilitate language acquisition and improve:
- vocabulary due to the wide variety of topics
- grammar by providing meaningful context and natural language
- written language production skills through incidental learning and focused activities
- oral language production skills through songs, nursery rhymes, motivating examples, encouraging games and flashcards
- written language comprehension skills with demonstrative illustrations and animations, and follow-up activities
- oral language comprehension skills thanks to authentic narration and listening activities
- communication skills through comics, situations, and meaningful and inspiring content
The Library is divided into 9 proficiency levels which are aligned the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Besides the requirements of the CEFR, educational and psychological aspects were also taken into consideration, especially regarding some topics and themes.
Each BOOKR Class level has a recommended age group in focus, but the books range on a wider scale and are not restricted to only that. The recommended age group for a book can be found in the details of each book in the Teacher’s Dashboard.
| BOOKR Level | CEFR level | Terminology | Description of the BOOKR Level |
| Level 1 | pre-A1 | pre-beginner | For young, mainly pre-K and K learners who are encountering the English language for the first time. The primary aim of this level is to familiarize learners with the target language and establish basic skills that serve as foundation for future learning. Learners can rely on the illustrations and animations as they depict precisely the content of the stories, scaffolding the reading experience. Many books at Level 1 are recommended for ages of 0-8 and are tailored to young learners who may not yet have reading skills, as the books and games are listening-based and fully narrated. |
| Level 2 | pre-A1 | beginner | For young beginner learners who want to get familiar and comfortable with the basics of the English language. The books at this levels aim to provide meaningful context for learning vocabulary, understanding and using basic sentences and improving basic reading and listening skills. |
| Level 3 | A1 | beginner | For beginner learners who want to improve their confidence with the basics of the English language. The books at this level aim to enhance reading skills, expands vocabulary, and provide examples of level-appropriate grammar structures to establish a basic knowledge of the language, and improve comprehension of simple phrases and expressions related to everyday situations. The games help learners to express their basic needs, ask and answer basic questions, and talk about their interests and hobbies. |
| Level 4 | A1-A2 | elementary | For beginner learners who seek to improve skills in everyday situations and aspire to use English functionally in both receptive (listening, reading) and productive skills )speaking, writing). The books in this level aim to provide examples for the flow of texts and conversations while enhancing language skills. |
| Level 5 | A2 | pre-intermediate | For pre-intermediate learners who seek to expand their basic knowledge and improve their language skills, enabling them to express themselves more effectively on a wider range of topics in more details. The books aim to enhance the understanding and use of more complex sentences related to familiar topics such as family, work, nature, school and language production (e.g. the description of daily routines, sharing experiences, and giving basic opinions). |
| Level 6 | A2-B1 | pre-intermediate | For pre-intermediate learners who want to venture beyond their immediate surroundings and engage with more complex topics and ideas. They are eager to understand and interpret information, and feel confident in reflecting and commenting on such content. |
| Level 7 | B1 | intermediate | For intermediate learners who want to confidently engage with topics and subjects beyond their immediate environment. These learners are ready to express themselves, formulate personal opinions and criticism, and interpret texts with more abstract messages. With the help of the books, learners can understand and use more complex language structures related to a range of topics, such as culture, society, and current events. The input exemplifies and encourages participation in conversations, expressing ideas and opinions, and giving reasons and explanations. |
| Level 8 | B1-B2 | upper-intermediate | For intermediate learners who are already confident in their use of English but wish to broaden their vocabulary and familiarity with different genres and registers of the language. Through reading a variety of texts, learners can develop their understanding of complex language structures and communicate fluently on a wide range of topics. The books encourage learners to engage in discussions about abstract ideas, understand different perspectives, and argue and discuss various issues. |
| Level 9 | B2 | upper-intermediate | For upper-intermediate learners who have already acquired a good command of the English language and are eager to dive deeper into various topics while expressing themselves with specificity. Learners can experience a full immersion in the English language and serves the purpose of preparing for the C1 level. |
When selecting and composing texts, we pay special attention to creating a variety of books to cover a wide range of subjects for each level. As learners start their language learning journey at different ages, our levels offer content for various age groups . These different topics and genres showcase the diversity of the English language. This enables us to provide relevant context to vocabulary topics, chunks, different registers, and various grammar structures to develop skills as well as teach readers about culture, civilization and other diverse subject matters.
The Teacher’s Dashboard is a web-based platform designed for teachers.
On this platform you can manage your students and classes, generate unique personal access codes for them, follow their activity in the app, see how much time they spend on a book, how many titles they read and what their results are in the exercises.
You can also assign specific books for them to read – these will appear on their “My Books” shelf in the application.
You can also browse the book selection based on level, recommended age group, grammar or vocabulary content, and find supporting materials such as activity tips, offline worksheets, printable flashcards, and book previews etc.
You can create and assign reading comprehension tests and create offline, printable vocabulary tests based on selected titles. These tests are generated by AI.
For a detailed Step-by-Step User Guide, click here.
Definitely! Thanks to the wide variety of content developed by English as a Foreign Language teachers, BOOKR Class is suitable as complementary material for schools.
With their student codes, your students can use the app individually on mobile phones, tablets and computers. Also, for collective learning experience you can share your screen or use a smartboard.
Reading with BOOKR Class is also great fun beyond the classic learning environment, for instance whilst travelling or on cozy Sunday afternoons.
At BOOKR Class, we believe that everyone can relate to stories, especially children. The main reason we created BOOKR Class was to offer students a familiar setting – storytelling – to improve their language skills.
Folk tales, fairy tales, classic and contemporary literature can all give a meaningful context to the target language, while also developing soft skills. They help children empathize with characters, relate to the joy of others, and feel sadness for their misfortunes. The plot of such texts are mostly linear with genres that are familiar to readers, so are easy to follow. Thanks to the context and coherence, the stories are more comprehensible.
To provide a tool for students to navigate the often bumpy road of becoming passionate readers in another language, we have combined the elements of e-books, audiobooks, traditional textbooks, educational apps and mobile games to give children the most engaging reading experience possible.
With the help of illustration, animation and narration, reading is scaffolded and narratives easily catch and hold attention. They are also immersive while creating a positive attitude to reading, enhancing their experience with language.
Whether through books, pictures, music, multimedia, or the spoken word – storytelling is a crucial part of early childhood education and beyond.
According to research conducted in 2016 (“The effect of BOOKR Kids stories”, With Art for Education Research Group, University of Szeged) involving 65 kindergarten and elementary school students, and another study in 2019 (BOOKR Kids & Klebelsberg Center, as part of the EFOP 3.2.4. grant) with students from years 2 and 6, our discreetly animated interactive books are proven to maintain long-term attention, providing higher exposure time to literary pieces. They develop students’ linguistic awareness in a multifaceted way and have a positive effect on comprehension skills.
These interactive books also allow educators to close the achievement gap in learning abilities in the classroom and to mitigate socioeconomic and socio-cultural disadvantages. The still images and motion pictures inspire teachers to implement visual reading as a part of their lessons.
The assumption that young people are attracted to the techno-media approach of viewing was clearly confirmed by these research studies. The participants’ responses indicated an emotional attachment. The novelty of the format by itself did not explain the high enjoyment index; positive responses were primarily related to the actual use and experience of BOOKR Class.
In summary, the books of the BOOKR Class app develop students’ performance in linguistic awareness and reading comprehension through improved vocabulary, understanding meaning, formulating a basic statement, highlighting elements of narrative themes and understanding implied messages. Furthermore, they strengthen students’ digital reading comprehension. During the research periods, reading interactive books yielded better results than reading traditional printed texts in the areas listed above.
Yes, the number of books in the Library is constantly increasing with around 50 new content on a quarterly basis. We do our best to develop all levels in parallel
When recording narrations for our stories, our purpose is to provide extra help in understanding the stories, scaffold the reading process and offer a solid base for good listening and pronunciation skills for children.
Books on Level 1 and Level 2 are read mostly by British English or American English speakers, while on the higher levels more diverse accents can be heard. Several of our books have different civilizational and cultural content from all around the world and these books have matching narration. Where possible, we include the special accent that is present in the region where the story or speaker is from, so for example a paragraph introducing a French meal is read out by a French Englihs-speaker. . This gives students the opportunity to become familiar with the natural speech of not only native speakers who use the standard accent, but also with the idiosyncrasies of different regions and nation’s English pronunciation.
While BOOKR Class is designed to strengthen English language skills, we released BOOKR Schule, the German language learning version, at the end of 2024. Similarly to BOOKR Class, the BOOKR Schule Library application contains animated and narrated e-books with educational games to teach German as a second/foreign language. It can be downloaded via App Store for iOS smart devices and Mac computers, Google Play for Android smart devices, and Microsoft Store for Windows computers.
For more information, visit BOOKR Schule’s site here.
BOOKR Class is available worldwide via the App Store for iOS devices and Mac computers, Google Play for Android devices, and Microsoft Store for Windows computers.
BOOKR Class runs on Android and iOS mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, as well as on computers and laptops (Mac OS and Windows).
The minimum requirements for the app to run:
- Android – CPU 2 core, 3 GB RAM, 2 GB free disk space, Android 7 or above
- iOS – iPhone 8 or above, iPad gen 8 or above, 2GB free disk space, iOS 16.0 or later
- Windows – CPU 2 core, 4GB RAM, 5 GB free disk space, Windows 10
- MAC – CPU 2 core, 4 GB RAM, 5 GB free disk space, macOS 11.0
For the most optimal experience, we suggest to use devices with the following parameters:
- Android – CPU 4 core, 4 GB RAM, 5GB free disk space, Android 9 or above
- iOS – iPhone X or above, iPad gen 9 or above, 5GB free disk space, iOS 16.0 or later
- Windows – CPU 4 core, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB free disk space, Windows 11
- MAC – CPU 2 core, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB free disk space, macOS 12.0
Yes, you can. If you are a subscribed teacher or student, you can download the BOOKR Class desktop version here to your Mac or Windows computer.
If you are a teacher, use the same email address and password you use for entering the Teacher’s Dashboard and the Library app on your smart devices.
Students can access the desktop version with their student code.
If you connect your computer to a projector or use a smart board, you can use the Library app in class. Alternatively, if you are teaching online, use a screen sharing tool to broadcast the books to your students.
Every school has the opportunity to implement the SSO feature. This feature lets your students log in into our system with your system authenticating them. If you want to access this feature, please get in touch with us at support@bookrclass.com.
BOOKR Class is available worldwide. You can download it from the App Store for iOS devices and Mac computers, from Google Play for Android devices and from Microsoft Store for Windows computers. You can use the Teacher’s Dashboard via the browser on your desktop or mobile device.
You must be connected to the Internet to download BOOKR Class, browse the Library and download books. Although, downloaded books can be read offline, without an Internet connection, as long as you have a valid subscription. They will appear in the “Offline” view in the Llibrary app. User statistics, however, will only be transferred to the Teacher’s Dashboard when your device is online again.
When a school purchases licenses, we train their teachers. We introduce the Library app and its features, the Teacher’s Dashboard and its features, the methodological background of the interactive books and BOOKR Class, and share practical advice on how to use the solution.
For individual users we regularly hold free webinars to make the BOOKR Class experience as smooth as possible. For upcoming dates, please follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook.
2. Getting Started/Accessing BOOKR Class
Teachers who are new to BOOKR Class can request free access for up to 5 students for 2 weeks here. This includes 1 teacher account with access to the Teacher’s Dashboard and BOOKR Class app, and 5 student accounts also with access to the BOOKR Class app.
If you wish to continue your license after the free period or use the app with more students, please get in touch with us here. We will be sure to get back to you with a customized offer within a few days.
Parents can download the BOOKR Class application from the App Store for iOS devices and Mac computers, from Google Play for Android devices and enjoy a 14 day free trial period. The Library application can also be downloaded from Microsoft Store for Windows computers.
While the entire offering of BOOKR Class is available with a monthly or yearly subscription, we provide different chances for you to test the Library app for free.
For example, we always include a few books available for free on each level so you can get an overall understanding on how the solution works.
To give teachers the best experience, we are happy to offer you free trial access as well for up to 5 students for 2 weeks here. This includes 1 teacher account with access to the Teacher’s Dashboard and the BOOKR Class app, and 5 student accounts also with access to the BOOKR Class app. You can also enjoy the benefits of the BOOKR Classroom desktop application during the entire trial period. If you are a parent, you can start your 14-day trial period in-app, through the App Store or Google Play.
Yes, you can! If you are new to BOOKR Class, as a teacher you can request free access for up to 5 students for 2 weeks here. This includes 1 teacher account with access to the Teacher’s Dashboard and the BOOKR Class app, and 5 student accounts also with access to the BOOKR Class app.
If you are a parent, you can start your 14-day trial period in-app, through the App Store or Google Play.
The schools can choose from many packages, depending on the number and length of licenses they need. If you would like to use BOOKR Class with a maximum of 30 students, visit our webshop for the current offers. If you have more students than that and need a personalized offer, please fill out this form and we will get back to you within a few days.
Yes, of course, we have a family version! It is possible to purchase the BOOKR Class Library without the Teacher’s Dashboard for home use. In this case, visit our webshop and choose “Family License”, or purchase a monthly or yearly subscription in the app via the App Store or Google Play.
The BOOKR Class app costs 8,99 EUR/month and 69,99 EUR/year for home use. For this amount you can add 3 children to your account.
We’re sorry that you do not wish to continue learning with us. If you would like to share any feedback with us on the app and your user experience, we’re interested to hear from you at hello@bookrclass.com.
The cancellation process varies depending on the platform that you used for your subscription.
If you purchased through the App Store (Apple), there is information about the cancellation process here.
If you purchased through the Google Play Store (Android), there is information about the cancellation process here.
After cancellation your subscription will be terminated at the end of the current billing cycle.
Please, also note that uninstalling the BOOKR Class app will not cancel your subscription.
When a school purchases a BOOKR Class license, we create an account for your school. Your school will appoint a School admin who can add you as a teacher to the system. The School admin will register your email address and create your password so you can access the Teacher’s Dashboard online. Once logged in, add your classes and students. You will be able to return to this platform anytime with your email address and password.
To enter the application, you need your email address and password from the School admin. Students have a 6- or 10-digit student code that are either from their previous version of the app or generated automatically in the Teacher’s Dashboard. Find the student code under the student’s profile.
For more information about getting started, please read our tutorial guide here.
To log in to the Teacher’s Dashboard, you need an email address and a password previously registered in your school’s account.
To log in to the BOOKR Class application, you need the same email address and password.
Students only require a 6- or 10-digit student code to log in the app. These codes can be found in the Teacher’s Dashboard, under the “Student’s profile” menu.
Your login details consist of your email address and a password that the School admin shared with you. If you can’t get hold of this password, it is best to create a new one. Go to the Teacher’s Dashboard and click on “Forgot password?”. This will send you an email with instructions for resetting your password.
After opening the app, tap on the purple button with the text “Sign In With Your Student Code”. Students can type in their 6- or 10-digit student code in the white field here then tap “Sign In”. This will log them into the Library.
A student code can be used by a student on more than one device (for example, on a tablet in school and on a phone at home), but only on one device at a time.
Go to the “Students” menu in the Teacher’s Dashboard, and click “Add New Student” in the top right corner. Fill out the student’s details, add class and license (isn’t mandatory) and then click on “Create Profile”. Then the system will automatically generate a 10-digit code for the student on their profile page.
This is the code your student needs to enter the application. This code is unique to each student.
Be careful: if you want to grant access to a student, make sure you assign a license to them. If the student doesn’t get a valid license, they will be able to enter the Library application, but will not be able to fully access the content.
Teachers and students registered in the BOOKR Class system will only have access to all the books and features if they have an “Active” license. After creating the student profile, you have to assign a license to the student. You can do this on the same page by clicking on “’Extend license”. A pop up window will offer you the available license packages. Choose one, then click “Add license”. After this point, the student will have full access to the BOOKR Class Library.
You can also go to the “Licenses” menu and assign an active license to one or multiple students at the same time.
Just log in to the Teacher’s Dashboard and choose “Student” on the left side. Use the Search option and enter the name of the student. The system will find the name and in the table you can scroll right and find the “Student code” column.
You have a chance to print student codes individually or collectively. Select your students by ticking the box next to their names, then click on “Manage Selected” and “Print student codes”. You can select a maximum of 100 students at a time. A PDF file with the students’ name, 10-digit unique codes, class and a QR code that leads to the Library application will automatically download to your device.
If you select one or multiple students and click “Manage selected” and choose the “Export Selected Student Data”’ option, you can export an .xls file containing the selected students’ student codes as well as all other information listed in the table.
No, the app will keep you signed in. When restarting your phone or updating the app you might need to log in with your email address and password (for students, their code) again.
The student code is valid for the time you or your school purchase a BOOKR Class subscription for (usually 12 months). The first day of your subscription is usually when BOOKR hands the Teacher’s Dashboard access over to the school, unless requested otherwise. The same applies to teacher login details.
To find out more, please consult your colleague responsible for BOOKR Class at your school.
First, check that the student code entered into the app is the same as the one in the Teacher’s Dashboard, and make sure it is entered correctly (no extra spaces, typos, etc.). Also, make sure their license is “Active”. If the problem persists, please contact us at support@bookrclass.com.
Every school has the opportunity to implement the SSO feature. This feature lets your students log in into our system with your system authenticating them. If you want to access this feature, please get in touch with us at support@bookrclass.com.
3. The BOOKR Class Library
Both! The BOOKR Class Library is one of the three essential elements of the BOOKR Class platform. It is where all our interactive books are located. Therefore, both teachers and students can log in, use the app, read the books and play the games.
Our selection varies from classics to contemporary titles: you’ll meet Old MacDonald, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Prince, Tom Sawyer, Peter Rabbit, Sherlock Holmes and many more. Our collection includes dozens of books from prestigious publishers such as Moomin, White Star, Blue Apple Books, Albert Whitman and Co and Oxford University Press, as well as hundreds of in-house produced titles.
You’ll also find books on practical situations, introductions to the English-speaking world, and texts on civilization from all around the world. Every book is enhanced with animation, interaction, narration by professional voice actors and, of course, educational games related to the stories. To ensure an authentic learning experience, in these stories the narrator’s accent reflects the nationality of the author and the context of the text, giving teachers an opportunity to include the differences between Anglophone countries, patterns of speech and accents in their curriculum.
BOOKR Class is recommended for teachers and educators enthusiastic about digital solutions in education; and to their K-8 students between the ages of 4-14 with language proficiency levels from beginner (pre-A1*) to upper-intermediate (B2*).
From kindergarteners to teenagers, everyone can find a story to suit their level and interest.
*According to the Common European Framework of Reference
The BOOKR Class Library is recommended for K-8 students (between the age of 4-14) and is divided into six proficiency levels. Each books is adapted to a specific age group (0-8, 6-10, 8-12, 10-14, 12-16) and based on their needs, interests and preferences as language learners. When selecting and composing the texts, different topics and different genres are included to showcase the diversity of the English language.
The BOOKR Class Library is divided into 9 proficiency levels which are adapted to the linguistic proficiency levels of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): from pre-A1 to B2 (pre-beginner to upper-intermediate), from BR30L to 1120L.
Yes, the number of books in the Library is constantly increasing. We do our best to develop all levels in parallel.
Our main goal is to provide entertaining, engaging classic and modern stories for each language proficiency group from beginners to intermediate students, while keeping the texts as natural as possible. Some texts that fit our levels were kept in their original form, while others have been simplified to suit one of the BOOKR Class levels. The BOOKR Class application also contains texts written by our in-house authors, tailored to focus on specific language structures to provide more examples of the particular linguistic element in authentic input.
Every story includes narration that you can choose to turn on or off. Just tap “Settings” in the top right corner of the page, then switch off or on the “Narration” toggle.
This function allows students to read the stories at their own pace, and teachers to include further tasks (e.g.: reading for information, extra comprehension checks) in the reading process.
When the narration is turned off, the word annotations show up.
BOOKR Class offers more than 1000 illustrated, animated, narrated and gamified e-books for English learners. Besides storybooks such as Robin Hood, The Little Price, Sherlock Holmes, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and so on, the Library also contains song and karaoke on lower levels, vocabulary building and pronunciation practicing flashcards that have a build in AI- based voice recognition feature, as well as activity books full of exercises.
In the Search view of the app you can easily filter your search by taping on the icons: book is for the storybooks, flash is for the flashcards and the microphone is for the songs and karaokes.
Many of the Library’s content are organized into curated reading lists based on their thematic relevance. These thematic book collections are designed to focus on key language elements – such as vocabulary and grammar – that children need to master at each proficiency level. Curated by the BOOKR educational team, the lists are based on international language standards with a strong alignment to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). They are completed with books and their games, a comprehension test and collectible badges.
Teachers can assign them in the Teacher’s Dashboard and students can see them under the “My Books” view alongside the individual readings.
In the Library application, all assigned books are displayed under the “My Books” view. Your students also receive a notification within the app, which they can check in the notification center, marked with a bell. When a book is fully read and the games are completed, a tick will appear on its cover. Also, if a deadline is by the teacher, a countdown clock on the cover shows how much time is left to read. If they pass the deadline it turns red.
The Lexile placement test is not available for all of the users.
If it is available, it can be found in the Library application’s “My Profile” view after tapping on the avatar at the top left corner. Users can take the test multiple times by simply clicking on “Test Center”’ at the right top corner. This is where the tests are listed for the students.The result of the test determines which of the 9 levels the user’s English language proficiency corresponds to.
The BOOKR Test is available for all users.
It can be found in the Library application’s “My Profile” view after tapping on the avatar on the top left corner. Users can take the test multiple times by simply clicking on “Test Center”’ at the right top corner. This is where the tests are listed for the students.The result of the test determines which of the 9 levels the user’s English language proficiency corresponds to.
It can be found in the Library application’s “My Profile” view after tapping on the avatar at the top left corner. Above the student’s name, there is a “Take a test” button, which opens the Test Center. If a student has a comprehension test assignment, he / she sees it under the “Tests to take” section. By clicking on the “Start test” button, it opens in a pop-up window.
Students can check their Past results at the bottom of the list, by clicking on the “Review” button next to the comprehension test.
Every story is narrated by an actor, so the speed of the narration cannot be changed. Our goal is to provide an authentic English language experience, so we don’t modify the natural way our actors speak. Needless to say, the narrators bear in mind that the app is for educational purposes, so the voiceover gets created according to the levels.
We recently introduced a new game type, which enables students to record their voice and send it to their teachers. With this features students can improve their speaking with our AI that listens and helps with pronunciation. It checks every word and lets students record their voice, giving a clear picture and holistic evaluation of their speaking skills. It is not available in every book, only in the newly uploaded ones.
Yes! It is available in the Library application, if students switch off the book’s narration, it will appear with dotted lines.The system analyzes books to pickout key words and explains them using examples from the book itself. It adjusts the simplicity or complexity of the explanations to match the book’s level.
Teachers can log in using their email address and password that was created by the school admin. If you can’t find the password, simply tap on “Forgot password?” on the login page and enter your email address used at registration. You will then receive instructions via email on how to reset your password.
Students only need their 6- or 10-digit student access code to log into the app. These codes can be found in the Teacher’s Dashboard. Go to “Students”, use the search option and enter the name of the student. The system will find the name and in the table you can scroll right to find the “Student code” column.
Parents first need to register in the library app. Your login details are the email address and password created at the time of the registration. If you can’t find these details, simply tap on “Forgot password” on the login page and enter your email address which you used at registration. You will then receive instructions via email on how to reset your password.
To learn more about the library app click here.
The user interface of the library app is currently available in English, Spanish, Indonesian, Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and German. More languages are coming soon.
BOOKR Class is an English teaching and learning experience with language immersion as a core value.
Instead of using translation that might disrupt the flow of storytelling, we encourage associative learning. Similarly to how children learn their mother tongue, students can learn English through association through stories, songs, games, and other engaging activities. For each graded reader, illustrations and animations are created to support the understanding of the texts, and this way serve as scaffolding for the learners. However, annotations are included for certain words that require higher language proficiency than the level of the reading.
You can see the total playtime of the book on its Info Page after clicking on its cover. You can also find out about the number of pages of the book after you open it and click on “Pause”. Here, you can see the number of pages and scroll through them.
As a teacher, you can also see the “Word count” of a book in the Teacher’s Dashboard “Books” menu.
The educational games are included at the end of each story.
They are suitable for the relevant age range with a playful layout with encouraging feedback to motivate learners. The games include new vocabulary, grammar practice, reading comprehension, spelling as well as listening tasks and brainteasers, e.g. memory games, labeling, sudoku and even coloring activities for young children.
Yes, they can. After they log into the Library application with their 10-digit student code, go to “My Profile” by tapping on the avatar on the left top corner. Here they see how much time they have spent reading the books, playing with the games, how many coins and badges they successfully collected, how many books they have finished reading. They also gain information about their reading habits, such as when they spent the most time reading, what their favourite books are, how many books they have read above and below their level, and many more useful data.
To delete a book, tap on your avatar icon in the top left corner and then choose “Settings”. Tap “Manage Storage” and a pop up window will appear listing the book titles that are downloaded to your device. Tap “Delete” and the book will disappear from the list. You may delete all the books by tapping “Delete All” at the bottom of the window.
You must be connected to the Internet to download the BOOKR Class application, to browse the Library and to download books. Although, the downloaded books can be read offline, without an Internet connection, as long as you have a valid subscription. The user statistics, however, will only be transferred to the Teacher’s Dashboard when the device is online again.
Yes, you can. Tap on your avatar icon in the top left corner and then choose “Settings”. Switch the “Resume Reading” toggle on or off. If the toggle is on the left side, this setting is switched off, if it’s on the right then it is switched on.
Yes, you can. Tap on your avatar icon in the top left corner and then choose “Settings”. Switch the “Resume Reading” toggle on or off. If the toggle is on the left side, this setting is switched off, if it’s on the right then it is switched on.
Regardless of the “Resume reading” setting, if you have started reading a book, at the bottom of the cover there is a thin white line (progress bar). that shows how far you have reached in the book.
If you already opened a book and the narration doesn’t start, open the Book Settings by tapping on the settings icon in the top right corner. Switch the toggle to start the narration.
To modify the default settings of the app, tap on your avatar icon in the top left corner and then choose “Settings”. On the right side of this page you can find the “Auto Narration” option. Switch the toggle left to turn off and right to turn on this feature.
The text highlighting can only function when the narration is also turned on.
If the narration is on but you still don’t see the text highlighting, turn it on by tapping on the settings icon in the top right corner of the book page, and switch the toggle.
To modify the default settings of the app, tap on your avatar icon in the top left corner and then choose “Settings”. On the right side of this page you can find the “Text Highlighting” option. Switch the toggle left to turn off and right to turn on this feature.
4. The Teacher's Dashboard
The Teacher’s Dashboard is a web-based platform designed for teachers.
On this platform you can manage all your students and classes, and thanks to the unique personal access codes for each student, you can follow their activity in the app, see how much time they spend on a book, how many titles they read and what their results are in the exercises.
You can also assign specific books for them to read – these will appear on their “‘My Books”’ shelf in the application.
You can also browse the book selection based on level, recommended age group, grammar or vocabulary content, and find supporting materials such as activity tips, offline worksheets, printable flashcards, and book previews etc.
Besides assigning books, you can create comprehension tests with BOOKR’s AI tool. This tool generates quizzes from selected books, offering up to 20 questions with answers. You can pick books to make a test, assign it to students, and see scores as a progress bar.
With AI, you can also generate printable vocabulary tests, based on the selected books. Create a custom word list and adjust it to fit your lesson perfectly.
For a detailed Step-by-Step User Guide, click here.
To log in to the Teacher’s Dashboard, you need an email address and a password.
If you are using our trial version, a password was sent to you via email after you requested a free trial.
If you have subscribed and paid for BOOKR Class, your school admin registered your email address and created a password. If you can’t get hold of this password, the best thing is to create a new one. Go to Teacher’s Dashboard and click “forgot password”. This will send you an email with instructions to reset your password.
Yes, you can. Log in to your Teacher’s Dashboard account and tap on your name on the top left side. Under “Change Password”’ add your current password and then the new one.
Yes, you can. If you would like the data from the “Students” sheet, elect the students whose data you would like to export, then click on “Manage Selected” in the top right corner and choose “Export Selected Student Data”. This will generate an .xls file for you.
If you would like to download individual data on the students’ work, open the student’s profile, scroll down to the bottom of the page to “View Statistics”, then scroll down to the bottom of the page to “Export Statistics”. The file to download will be a PDF.
You don’t need too many,only: the student’s first name, last name and birth year. These fields are red because they are mandatory to add. If you have the students’ Lexile score, you can also add that number so they see a more relevant selection of books within the Library app.
Optionally you can add the parent’s name and email address as well so they are also notified about the student’s activity and progress.
Sure you can! Open the “Students” menu and choose “Import Students” on the right. We suggest you first click on the “i” button for additional information and a template .xls file to use.
Clicking on the Statistics module, you can gain information about your students’ statistics individually and collectively. You can see data of …
- the number of books your students have read
- the number of books they have started but haven’t finished yet
- the number of exercises they completed and how many of them are correct
- the time they have spent reading
- the number of coins they earned by reading
If you click “View statistics” at the end of the table, you can see all this data in more detail. The table can be organized in ascending or descending order by clicking on the given topics.
If you click on “Export Statistics”, you can download the detailed statistics of one or more students in an .xls file.
Also, the separate “Weekly Reading Report” shows all the students and the books they have interacted with in the given, minimum one week time period. Use the filter options to look for the information you need, and click on “export” to save it in an excel sheet.
Yes, you can. Open the “Statistics” menu, scroll down to the list of your students and click on the “Export Statistics” button in the top right corner.
If you click the “Export Statistics” button, you will download an excel file which contains the whole list. Before you export, you can filter the list to export the relevant students for you, or if you select some, the export file will contain only those students.
You can also export individual student statistics by clicking on “View Statistics” next to the student’s name and then choose “Export Statistics” in the top right corner.
You can assign books by choosing the “Books” menu, where you will see a list of our books. Select a book and Click “Assign”. A pop up window will appear where you can search for the students you would like to assign this book to. You can select multiple books and assign them in one go or you can select multiple students to assign the same book to.
Another way to assign a book is by clicking the “Students” menu and after selecting the student click “Manage selected”. Choose “Assign book” and then a pop up window will appear with the list of books from which you can pick one or more. When you are done with selecting the books click “Assign”. These books will appear under the “My Books” button in the library app.
Also, you can assign curated book collections in the “Reading Lists” menu. More than 50 thematic book collections on are available to choose from. They are designed to focus on key language elements – such as vocabulary and grammar – that children need to master at each proficiency level. Tick the box next to the chosen list(s) and clink on “Assign selected”. If you would like to see the books a list contains, tick the box next to the cover picture, click on “Manage Playlist” and choose “Details”. Here you can also assign the list.
Can, you can. First, choose the “Student” menu and search for your student or students you would like to assign the test. Then, select the student(s) and click on “Manage selected” and choose the “Assign Test” option. You can also set an expiration date until the student(s) need to do the test, but it’s not mandatory. After clicking on “Set” the student(s) will get a notification about the test being assigned to them by you.
Navigate to the “Books” menu, where you will see the “Generate Comprehension Quiz” button. Select the desired books, either one or more and click on the button. As a next step, you can select how many questions to include from 1 to 20 per book. After clicking on “Generate”, the test appears, which you can give a title and still modify by deleting questions or swapping them. If you are satisfied with the test, click on “Assign to Student” and select all students who you would like to receive the quiz. As a last step, you can also set an expiration date until the student(s) need to do the test, but it’s not mandatory. After clicking on “Set” the student(s) will get a notification about the test being assigned to them by you and they can complete it within the deadline.
Teachers can see their students’ score in their individual statistics. Go to “Statistics” menu, scroll down to the list of the students, choose one and click on “View Statistics”. Scroll down to the Reading Comprehension Test part to see their score in percentage, the date of completion and to be able to reassign or delete it.
Yes! Navigate to the “Books” menu, where you will see the “Create Vocabulary Test” button. Select the desired books, either one or more and click on the button. As a next step, you can select how many words to include. AI generates the word list for you, which you can name and edit by dragging and dropping the words from the Word List into the Vocabulary Test.
Make sure they are in the order you want them to be, then press the “Download PDF” button at the bottom of the page and print it for your students.
Yes, you can. First, go to “Student” menu where you can search and select the students you would like to hide one or more levels from. After selecting the student(s), click on “Manage selected” and choose “Hide Levels”. After successfully hiding the levels the students will also see books from the remaining levels.
You can easily unhide levels following the previous steps, but at the end choose “Unhide Levels” from the drop down menu.
You can filter these books in the Teacher’s Dashboard by choosing the “Books” menu and then clicking on “Books with activity tips”.
Don’t forget to visit our website, because on the Resources page you can find dozens of worksheets, printables, flashcards etc. Navigate to the “Resources” menu in the Teacher’s Dashboard for easy access.
We also recommend you to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and join our Teacher Community so you always receive the new materials first-hand.