Every kid is already a reader.
Stories are food. Learning is living.
Watch the story
Inklings Book Club is a free, library-first reading adventure for kids — 100 classic books, a cast of bookworm friends, and your local library at the heart of it all. No ads. No tricks. No paywalls, ever.
★ Always free for kids & librariesMeet the Inklings
Poe, Kafka, Christie, Herman & Brontë — five bookworms, each named for a great author. Their motto: laugh and learn.
We do not help children discover their gifts so that they might become worthy. We help them discover their gifts because they already are.
Inklings Book Club grew out of the Inklings Book Club newsletter and the animated series from Mr. Bray Labs. Our founder grew up homeless and dyslexic — a small library was his sanctuary. That is the whole mission.
Play, read, and get pulled back to the library.
Kids start reading in seconds — and every path leads to a real book, a real library card, and a real library.
Start instantly
A provisional card gets kids reading right away — then converts to a real library card at their local branch.
Read & adventure
100 classic books wrapped in a Duolingo-style learning adventure that scaffolds curiosity toward the real thing.
Find your library
Enter a ZIP and discover local libraries, hours, events, and exactly how to get a card.
Scan your shelf
Scan physical books onto a personal digital shelf — "Goodreads for kids" — and pick up right where you left off.
→ The library becomes an extension of your child's own library. →
Bookworm friends who live in the attic.
Each one named for a great author. Tap a bug to discover their favorite food and book. Their motto: laugh and learn.
Sticky, not tricky.
We will never run ads or use manipulative, addictive mechanics. Encourage, never belittle.
We never sell, exploit, or surveil children's data. Kids stay pseudonymous — the library is the trust anchor.
We never put reading behind a paywall. Free for kids, built to create new readers — not downloads.
9,249 libraries and counting.
15 founding libraries are beta-testing Inklings right now — and counting. 147 connected libraries joined as existing partners. 5,327 more are already onboarded. Every library deserves to be on the map — including yours.
Founding towns
Is your library on the map?
Every library climbs the same three rungs. Rung one is free and takes about five minutes — just say the word.
Your library on the map. Library cards validate at your branch, and your community starts reading.
Your own collection page — story hours, programs, curated lists, reading challenges.
Live catalog. Provable proof: checkouts, first-time cards, visits.
The askPins show hometowns only for now — each founding library’s name appears here with that library’s written permission.
Bring Inklings Book Club to your community.
Libraries: become a partner and turn Inklings into a card-acquisition engine. Parents & teachers: tell us where you are, and we'll grow to you.