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Whimsical Stories
and Magical Sounds

With the award-winning Welenga/Read web app, transform your storytelling into a symphony of words and music. You read aloud — we add sounds automatically on bold words.

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DID YOU KNOW?
By age 5, children not read to have heard fewer than 5,000 words. Daily reading boosts that by one million!
— Research by Ohio State University
Reading = success
  • Boosts literacy & school performance
  • Stimulates memory & critical thinking
  • Creates lifelong love for learning
Why reading matters

Every story helps them grow

Not just words — skills, empathy and imagination.

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Boosts Literacy

More words = better comprehension and better school results.

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Improves skills

Stimulates memory, listening and critical thinking.

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Leads to success

A love for reading leads to lifelong learning.

How Welenga/Read works

From pick to magic in 3 steps

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Pick a storyChoose by category or age. Let kids pick by illustration.
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Download & openPreview is free. Login free to unlock full text. Works offline.
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Start reading aloudWe follow your voice and play SFX on bold text automatically.
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Short stories

The Tortoise and the Hare

Aesop • Short stories
5 min5+★ 4.70

The boasting hare challenges the slow tortoise to a race.

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Folk stories

Rapunzel

Brothers Grimm
9 min5+★ 4.60

Locked in a tower with no door, Rapunzel’s long golden plait is the only way up.

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Around the World

The Story of Chrysanthemum

Japanese Legend
6 min5+★ 4.80

Why the chrysanthemum has so many petals — a mother’s wit saves her child.

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Bedtime stories

A Starry Tale

Milada Kubatova
5 min1+★ 4.70

A tiny star who is afraid to shine learns to twinkle.

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Animal stories

The Ugly Duckling

Hans Christian Andersen
9 min3+★ 4.80

Mocked for being different, a grey duckling leaves the yard to find where he belongs.

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Science stories

Louis’s Love of Light

Tereza Sebesta • Science
7 min8+★ 4.60

A boy fascinated by flame grows up to capture light itself.

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Purposeful storytelling

Every story has a purpose — science, morals or relaxation.

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Made with experts

Psychologists & educators shape age guidance.

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We value privacy

Voice stays on-device. No audio stored.

Our happy parents

Trusted by 3.5M families

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“Sound effects are real and dramatic and kids love them.”

Veronica — Play Store
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“My 3 love the added sounds — helps them stay focused 100%.”

Heidii 🇬🇧 — AppStore
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“We read together every day now. Magical!”

Jeffrey — Play Store
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