Storybooks Canada

How to use this site

To take a tour of the features on the site, click here. (Note: The tour may not work on all devices.)

Click on a story to read it.
Click on Change language to read the story in a different language.
Click on en and fr icons to switch quickly between English and French, respectively.
- Please note that this only changes the language of the text. Click on Change language to change the language of the audio as well.

Click on the icon beside any text on the page to hear the text read aloud.
- To pause or restart the audio at any point, click on the icon.
To hear the entire story read aloud, click on the audio controls at the top of the page. (Please note that not all stories have audio versions.)
- For example, on Firefox, the audio controls should look similar to this:
- On Chrome or Chromium, the audio controls should look similar to this:
- Note: Depending on your operating system and browser, the audio controls may appear different than in the screenshots above.
- If you do not see any audio controls, or if the audio controls are greyed out, it means that there is no audio available for that language at this time.

Audio speed: Use the slider under the playback controls to adjust the reading speed. Click on the icon to return to normal speed (1×).

Autoplay (Beta): To automatically play back audio for the entire story one page at a time, press the button at the top of the page. Each page of the story will highlight as it is being read.

To download any story as a PDF, click on the Download PDF button at the top or bottom of the page.
To download the full audio for any story, right-click on the audio controls at the top of the page and select Save Audio as... to save the audio file to your computer.

Depending on your operating system and browser, there may be a download icon on your audio control panel, which you can click to save the story to your machine: .