Literacy Resources and Accessible Books

📚 Literacy & AAC Resources

Book Creator
A versatile digital tool that allows users to create interactive e-books by combining text, images, audio, and video. It’s widely used in classrooms to foster creativity and support diverse learning needs.

Monarch Reader
A free, web-based platform offering accessible books tailored for students with diverse learning needs. It supports various access methods, including touchscreens, switches, and AAC devices, making reading more inclusive.

Clicker Writer and Clicker Books
These tools provide speech-supported writing and reading activities, enabling learners to create and engage with content at their own pace. They are designed to support literacy development in students of all abilities.

ChatCorner Word Power Support
A community space for families and professionals using Word Power, offering downloadable supports, tips, and usage ideas.

Social Story about Taking Care of My Speech Device
A visual and accessible social story that teaches AAC users how to care for and take responsibility for their communication devices.

Comprehensive Literacy for All Book Collection
A resource aimed at educators and parents, offering strategies to teach reading and writing to students with significant disabilities. It emphasizes the belief that literacy is attainable for all learners.

Epic Books Read to Me
An extensive digital library for children aged 12 and under, featuring thousands of books with read-aloud functionality. It supports independent reading and listening skills development.

Vooks
A streaming platform that brings storybooks to life through animation and narration, providing an engaging reading experience for young children. It’s an ad-free, safe environment for early readers.

Storm Speech Therapy
An SLP-run blog and resource hub featuring AAC implementation tips, therapy ideas, and downloadable tools.

Bookshare
A free service for individuals with print disabilities, offering access to a vast collection of accessible books, including textbooks and bestsellers, in formats like audio, braille, and large print.

Playaway
Provides preloaded, screen-free literacy and learning tools such as Wonderbook (read-aloud picture books), Launchpad educational tablets, and Playaway audiobook devices. Designed to support reading, language development, and independent engagement for children, these tools are ideal for use at home, in classrooms, or during therapy. Their products include Wonderbook (print books with built-in audio), Playaway audiobooks, Launchpad learning tablets, and WhaZoodle audio players designed for safe, Wi-Fi-free use. These tools are ideal for parents, educators, and therapists looking to support reading, language development, and accessible learning at home, in schools, or during therapy sessions.

I Like Books
An app featuring 37 interactive picture books for children aged 0 to 6, designed to enhance vocabulary and early reading skills through engaging stories and illustrations.

AAC and Writing
An article discussing best practices for integrating writing instruction with AAC use, emphasizing the importance of providing writing opportunities to AAC users to support their literacy development.

Lesson Pix
“In A Story” page on LessonPix serves as a curated collection of children’s story titles, each paired with ready-made visual supports and activities designed to enhance early literacy and comprehension. It features a wide range of beloved picture books—like Bear Feels Sick, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and many others—where each story entry offers related visuals and learning materials you can print or use interactively.

Learning Ally
Learning Ally is a nonprofit that supports students with dyslexia, visual impairments, and other reading challenges through a large human-read audiobook library and curriculum-aligned resources. Its Audiobook Solution, used in schools nationwide, helps accelerate reading growth with tools like audio-text syncing and educator support.