Shelf Awareness children’s editor Jennifer M. Brown is working with Readeo’s CEO and founder Coby Neuenschwander to launch the new service, which promotes shared reading over the Internet.
Readeo (try it for free) allows two people who are separated geographically (such as a grandparent and grandchild or a military parent and his or her child) to share books together in real time while connected in a BookChat (in which they can see each other via a video connection). On the screen, they see the same digitized picture book and turn the pages together.
Readeo is launching with well-known titles from four publishing partners: Blue Apple Books, Candlewick Press, Chronicle Books, and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. In her role as editor on the site, Brown works with Readeo’s publishing partners to select the titles she believes best enhance the read-aloud experience.
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