Hello! I am Ogamari.
My daughter turned 9 months old the other day. She is in the midst of putting everything in her mouth, but what has been troubling me lately is that she has been chewing on picture books.... Since they are made of paper, they get all squishy and she swallows the shredded paper in the corners. It's so bad that I think, "Did I just give birth to a goat? I think to myself, "Did I give birth to a goat? But I want to read picture books to them...!
The picture book app "Kinder Kids", which I found in the AppStore, solved that problem for me.PIBO"!
What is PIBO?
PIBO is a smartphone application that allows you to read picture books for free. You can read more than 360 original picture book works by popular authors, foreign fairy tales, Japanese folktales, and more for free!
It is hard to buy many picture books, and we don't have time to go to the library to check them out (at my daughter's age, she puts them in her mouth, so we can't borrow them in the first place...), so it is very nice to be able to choose and read as many picture books as we want for free from the comfort of our home! I don't have to worry about them being eaten (lol).
You can read a picture book up to 3 times a day for free, and once you become a paid member, that limit is removed and you can read as many as you want completely free of charge. The target age range is also wide, from 0 to 12 years old!
Unfortunately, there appears to be only an iOS version available at this time.
It is very easy to use!
Select a picture book you want to read from the list and tap the cover,
Tap "Read" to open the picture book. All you have to do is turn the pages by tapping!
PIBO is good here!
I used it right away and was impressed by the big smile on my daughter's face the moment she turned the page!
I would like to share with you some of the things I have enjoyed about using it!
You can search for picture books by age!
Tap "All" in the upper right corner of the list, and a tab for narrowing down the age range will appear. You can view only those films that are appropriate for your child's age, making it easier to select films.
Includes an audio reading!
What a surprise, all of the books include an audio reading! (It is not listed on the website. (This is a feature that should be more appealing...!)
Whenever you turn a page (tap the page), a voice reading aloud is automatically played. If you prefer to read the story to the child yourself, you can mute the sound.
This is a feature that I personally appreciate, as it allows me to hone my own reading skills by referring to professional readings.
You can read three free books every day!
It seems that you can read as much as you want with a paid membership, but you can read up to 3 times a day for free every day. When my daughter gets a little older, "Read more!" call will start? but I wonder if I can tell her, "You can read up to 3 times - sorry!" I wonder if I can tell her "Sorry! I imagine that she will be able to say, "I can't read it more than three times!
Since it is necessary to unlock the child lock in order to access the settings screen, it is safe to say that you will not be charged without your knowledge...!
I am going to use it with gusto from now on!
Free trial of paid plans available for 1 week
I can read it more than 4 times, so why not? I was wondering, it seems that there is a free trial of the paid plan for one week after downloading!
Child of the Week.
Following the lower teeth, the upper teeth have grown in and you can now hear the "clicking" sound of biting. It is time to increase the amount of baby food to three times. I am renewing the difficulty of child-rearing day by day...!
Ogamari (IT enthusiast)
She is a freelance web creator, computer instructor, and programming learner support, etc. She is a new mother who gave birth in May 2010.
I'll do anything I can do with a computer! I do all kinds of work with my MacBook, which is my partner. My hobbies are watching comedy and bowling (I used to be a bowler, but I am taking a break after having a baby).
https://ogamari.me/