Image with Niko and the Sword of Light on the left and Danger & Eggs on the right. Image with Danger & Eggs on the left and Niko and the Sword of Light on the right.

Stories come to life,
one message at a time.

Discover a different approach to storytelling.

A child is laying dow reading rapids and the chat bubbles are jumping out of the device, coming to life.

Turn screen time into reading time

Each story experience is designed to make reading fun. Build your reader's confidence, spark the imagination, and encourage a lifelong love of reading.

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Turn screen time into reading time

Each story experience is designed to make reading fun. Build your reader's confidence, spark the imagination, and encourage a lifelong love of reading.

Plays a video describing Amazon Rapids. In the video, children are depicted reading Rapids stories with their families on various devices.

How does it work?

  • Hundreds of Original Stories

    Explore our expanding library of hundreds of exclusive titles.

    A preview of the library demonstration video showing the library screen in the app. Story covers are laid out on two shelves titled For You and Recent Additions. Five and a half story covers are visible on each shelf. The visible story titles are: Alien Invasion Part 1, The Skirmishers Part 3, Newton and Murph part 3, Raisins are the New Pizza, and R U Terrible?

  • Read Along

    Read along with Amazon Rapids and a cast of lifelike character voices.

    A preview of the read along demonstration video. It shows the in story reading experience with the menu expanded. There is a back button, the story title which is The Swamp of Sorrow Part 1, and an information button. At the bottom there are several buttons for menu actions. The message bubble in focus depicts Lyra from Niko and the Sword of Light saying Shh. Did you hear that?

  • Parent Dashboard

    Learn about your reader's latest activity, and use a story summary to spark up a conversation.

    A preview of the parent dashboard video. It shows the parent dashboard page titled Parent Dashboard, there is an X at the top right of the screen to close the dashboard. A child's profile is shown with the name Juice. The avatar chosen is a scurvy pirate. The profile says it is for a male age twelve and over. There are arrow buttons to the left and right of the top section for navigating between different profiles. The section below is titled Recently Read and shows the cover and title for Alien Invasion Part 1. It includes the story details like author name, illustrator name, brief summary, and the child's rating and favorite status. There is a button at the bottom that says Share.

  • Built-in Glossary

    Kids can easily look up the definition and pronunciation of a word to help build their reading confidence.

    A preview of the glossary demonstartion video. It shows the definition windo popped up for the word apparatus. The definitions displayed are 1. a tool or piece of equipment used for specific activities. 2. the organization or system used for doing or operating something - usually singular. There is a button labeled Say it at the bottom which can be used to hear the word spoken aloud.