Quick answers to common questions
Every Reader is a free educational resource providing customized digital books for children learning to read, with a special focus on dyslexic children. We use AI to adapt popular children's stories to different reading levels (Lexile scores), allowing children to enjoy age-appropriate content at their current reading ability.
Yes, completely free. All books are available for download at no cost. There are no subscriptions, no paywalls, no hidden fees.
No. Every Reader is completely open access. Browse, download, and use books without any registration or account creation.
Every Reader was created by a parent whose daughter Anna has dyslexia. When Anna needed books that matched her intellectual curiosity but were at her reading level, Every Reader was born as a solution. Now we're making these books available to all children.
Each book is available in four standard Lexile levels:
We also accept requests for custom Lexile levels beyond these standard options.
We use artificial intelligence to adapt the text to specific Lexile levels. The AI simplifies vocabulary, shortens and restructures sentences, and adjusts grammatical complexity—but maintains the story's plot, characters, themes, and emotional impact. The story stays the same; only the reading complexity changes.
No. The intellectual content, themes, and story complexity remain age-appropriate. Only the reading difficulty is adjusted. An 8-year-old reading a 200L adaptation is still experiencing an 8-year-old story—just with simpler sentence structures and vocabulary.
Every Reader books are available in two formats:
Yes! PDF files are designed to be printable. Print for personal use, classroom use, or any educational purpose.
Check with your child's teacher for their Lexile score, look at school assessment results, or start with an estimated level and adjust based on your child's success. See our How It Works page for detailed guidance. When in doubt, start easier—success builds confidence.
Yes! Some children read different books at different levels depending on topic familiarity, interest level, and complexity of the specific story. There's no requirement to stick to one level for all books.
Generally, yes. Reading several books successfully at one level builds fluency and confidence. We recommend 3-5 books at one level before moving to the next, but this varies by child.
Yes! We offer custom Lexile level requests beyond our standard 200L, 250L, 300L, and 350L offerings. Visit our Contact page to submit a request. Custom book generation takes approximately one hour, and it's completely free.
Yes! Every Reader books are perfect for differentiated instruction, independent reading time, guided reading groups, and reading intervention. You may print and distribute books for educational purposes. See our For Teachers page for detailed implementation strategies.
Browse the library on everyreader.org, select the book you want, choose your desired Lexile level, click the download button for PDF or EPUB, and save the file to your device. No account or registration required.
PDFs work on: Computers (Mac, Windows, Linux), tablets, smartphones, any device with a PDF reader.
EPUBs work on: E-readers (Kindle, Nook, Kobo), tablets with e-reader apps, smartphones with e-reader apps, computers with EPUB readers.
Yes! Feel free to share Every Reader books with your children, students, family members, and friends. Please share the everyreader.org website with others so they can access the full library themselves.
Every Reader is a free, open educational resource. You don't need special permission to use it, though you may want to inform your administrator about the resource you're using.
Yes. They work well for running records, fluency assessments, comprehension checks, and progress monitoring. Use passages students haven't read before for assessment purposes.
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