Where reading comes alive, and stories are worth getting lost in.
Thousands of parent-vetted audiobooks, ebooks, and read-alongs. Written by real authors, narrated by real people — one reading literacy program that covers every student in your household.
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Built for families who want to raise readers.
Unlimited access to an ever-growing library — from picture books for toddlers to classics for teenagers — with profiles that let you decide exactly what each kid can see. Whether you have a reluctant reader or a voracious one, Sherwood helps every kid fall in love with reading and grow into a lifelong learner.
Screen-free story time.
Pair Sherwood with any Bluetooth speaker — yours, or the Sherwood Speaker included with our speaker programs. Bedtime wind-downs, quiet-time story breaks, car rides — the screen disappears and the story takes over. No dedicated player needed. No per-story purchases. Just your whole Sherwood library, anywhere there’s a speaker.
Captions on every audiobook.
See the words on screen as the narrator reads them. Dyslexia-friendly fonts, adjustable size, and high-contrast modes come standard. For dyslexic readers, kids who struggle to focus or process what they hear, and any child who finds the printed page hard going, captions can turn the books they’d otherwise abandon into the ones that make them a reader. And strong readers can take on classics whose printed editions would otherwise feel out of reach.
Read it. Or have it read with you.
Enjoy thousands of ebooks across the Sherwood library, plus a growing catalog of read-alongs that pair the actual ebook — illustrations and all — with its audiobook narration. Word-by-word or line-by-line modes support natural reading flow and left-to-right tracking. Comprehension, vocabulary, and — most importantly — reading confidence grow with every story.
Choose your Sherwood program.
Every program includes unlimited access to the full Sherwood library for every student in your household.
Works wherever you go.
One library, every device — pick up right where you left off. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in the car. iOS, Android, and Amazon Fire apps on every phone or tablet. The desktop app for PC and Mac, or online through any browser. Cast to a smart TV or pair with any Bluetooth speaker. Take any book offline — for the car or the campground, even when the signal stops.
Find the right book in seconds.
Start with what they want to do — read, listen, or read along. Narrow by age: picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle grade, young adult, or classics. Narrow further by genre — fiction, nonfiction, mystery, adventure, fairy tales, and more. The whole catalog, sorted to the moment you’re in.
Bring your own books.
Got ebooks, audiobooks, music albums, homeschool lectures, or PDFs you want your kids to have? Drop them in. Your My Books library syncs across every device and downloads for offline — your books, your account, wherever your family goes.
One subscription covers the whole family. Different kids, different stories, different rooms.
Child profiles let you control exactly what each kid has access to.
You decide what they see.
Every child profile gives you a choice: Curated Only, where your kid sees only the books and playlists you’ve added to their profile — and nothing else. Or Filtered, where you set the max age rating, block specific authors, publishers, or categories, and your child browses freely within those limits. Two ways to control the experience — one tight, one open, your choice.
Their own library. Their own progress.
Every profile has its own library with playlists, downloads, and continued-listening, so nobody trips over anyone else. Two kids can even read the same book at the same time, in different rooms, without losing each other’s place.
Reading reports.
See what each kid is reading, listening to, and finishing — and how much time your whole family spends reading. Even filter by audiobooks, ebooks, and read-alongs.
Locked profiles.
Switching profiles takes a math problem, a PIN, or both — your choice. Kids stay on their own profile. Parent settings stay out of reach.
Stories first. Reading skills come along for the ride.
When kids hear a story while seeing the words highlighted in real time, their listening comprehension pulls their reading skills up with it.
Sherwood shines with kids who love stories but struggle on the printed page — the ones who need books to meet them where they are.
Real parents. Real readers.
A few of the things families have written in.
“For the first time all summer they sat and ate. They didn’t yell or fight.”
“I can let the kids pick for themselves, instead of me having to research and approve it first.”
“Sherwood is one of the approved apps they are allowed to use!”
“We’re in Year 4 with a struggling reader and this app is truly helping.”
“My kids choose stories over TV now.”
“She is sweeping and mopping while listening to her first book.”
“The biggest problem will be getting kids to do anything besides listen.”
“Best subscription I’ve ever spent money on.”
“I’m a homeschooling Mom to 10 children. I am SO impressed!!!”
Give them a library worth getting lost in.
One program. Every student in the household. Thousands of stories.
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