Twelve reading levels, twelve islands

Open a book from a level and read a page together. If your child can read most of it with a little help and still enjoy the story, that level fits. If almost every word is a struggle, go down one level; if it is effortless, go up one.

Each level adds a little: more pages, more words per page, longer sentences and new grammar, such as the past tense from Level 7 and future forms at Level 11. Steps are small, so children move up often.

Not exactly. Levels 1–3 usually suit children starting to read (around ages 3–6), Levels 4–7 suit growing readers (around 5–8) and Levels 8–12 suit confident readers (around 7–10). Children learning English as a second language may start lower and climb quickly.

In the app, finishing ten books on an island (or all of them on smaller islands) completes it, the next island appears and your child's crow grows to its next stage.