Inspire students.
Build a love of reading.
Encourage students to read every day with thousands of engaging books, interactive reading features, and teacher insights that support progress at every step.
A reading platform for every student
Pickatale combines a diverse digital library with audio, read-along support, quizzes, achievements, and teacher reporting to make reading enjoyable and measurable.
Reading at school, at home, and across devices.
One platform. More ways to support reading.
Bring planning, student engagement, interactive practice, and live reading insight into one connected school experience.
Find books that support your teaching
Explore thousands of books across reading levels and curriculum-supporting subjects, from history and culture to environment and well-being.
Give every student a reason to read
Let students choose from a diverse library and enjoy animations, audio, achievements, and rewards that make reading for pleasure engaging.
Read, listen, and check understanding
Students can read independently, listen with read-along support, and complete book quizzes that reinforce comprehension.
See reading progress as it happens
Use live reporting and analytics to review activity, quiz results, reading time, books completed, and students who may need support.
From class setup to daily reading
Pickatale keeps onboarding, student reading, and teacher insight simple and connected.
Set up your class
Sign up as a teacher, add your students, and access Pickatale using existing school devices.
Read at school or home
Students choose books, read or listen, complete quizzes, and view their achievements and rewards.
Track and support
Review automatically updated reading data and identify the students ready for more challenge or support.
Everything teachers need to guide reading
Select a capability to see how Pickatale supports classroom planning and individual progress.
Give students access to 2,500+ quality books from publishers including Oxford University Press, Cricket, and Bearport.
Monitor recent reading activity, books completed, reading time, login activity, and quiz performance.
Assign books for homework or classroom sessions and give each student clear guidance on what to read next.
Audio and supported reading experiences help students follow stories and build reading confidence.
Book quizzes check understanding while achievements and rewards help students see their reading progress.
Students can access Pickatale through web browsers, iOS and Android devices, and Chromebooks at school or home.
Built for students. Insightful for teachers.
Combine reading choice and interactive support with data that helps teachers respond to every learner’s progress.
Encourage daily reading
Make reading enjoyable and easy to access.
Support comprehension
Use quizzes and supported reading features.
Personalize guidance
Spot who needs support or more challenge.
Save teacher time
Bring assignments and reporting together.
Books for lessons, discovery, and reading for pleasure
Help students find a suitable book across different reading levels, genres, and classroom topics.
- Arts, music, biography, and classic stories
- Environment, society, geography, and world cultures
- Feelings, well-being, history, and factual learning
- Quality books from recognized education publishers
- Student choice across a broad, child-friendly library
Pickatale for Schools FAQs
What is Pickatale for Schools?
Pickatale is a digital reading platform that gives students access to thousands of children’s books and interactive reading features while giving teachers tools to assign reading and monitor progress.
What can students do in Pickatale?
Students can choose and read books, listen with supported reading features, complete book quizzes, and view achievements and rewards.
What can teachers see in the dashboard?
The Teacher Dashboard provides automatically updated information including quiz results, recent activity, login information, reading time, and books completed.
Can students use Pickatale outside school?
Yes. School accounts can be used at home and school through supported web browsers, iOS and Android devices, and Chromebooks.
How does Pickatale approach student safety?
Pickatale states that its children’s content is quality assured, its school platform provides a controlled reading environment, and its service is GDPR compliant.
Bring Pickatale to your school
Connect with C&E Adaptive Learning Solutions to explore how Pickatale can support reading engagement, classroom practice, and student progress across your school.
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