Who are we?


We are an interdisciplinary and international group of professionals bound together by an interest in supporting children’s reading with digital technologies. Our members are early childhood researchers, teachers/practitioners, children’s authors and illustrators, book publishers, app and e-book developers, librarians and literacy charity representatives. You can see the profile of all members in the members’ database. If you would like to join us and contribute to the development, use and research of children’s digital books, please contact us.

Our values


We are concerned that the recent negative press about children’s use of digital media side-lines the positive role many digital books play in children’s lives. We believe that there are many pathways into literacy and that digital books offer unique potential for bilingual education, for motivating reluctant readers, for supplementing the learning for children with special educational needs and for reaching low-literate and low-income families and for positioning children as authors or co-authors of multimedia stories.

The current landscape of children’s digital books is difficult: the business model of design and distribution of children’s e-books/apps is not fundamentally built to deliver value to small innovative national publishers. Most teachers lack professional development opportunities concerning e-book use in schools and evidence-based criteria for choosing quality products. Researchers often operate in silos, missing out on opportunities to coordinate interdisciplinary efforts, methodological and theoretical expertise.

​Our ambition is to change the status quo through collaboration, advocacy and community-driven research and design.


We are delighted that we inspired the creation of our sister network in Brazil, growing our network into a network of networks!

Members database

NameSkill areaEmailOrganisationLocation
Bernadette DwyerResearcher[email protected]Dublin City UniversityEngland
Poio Ltd.Developer/Publisher[email protected]Daniel Senn
Founder/CEO
Norway
FabledDeveloper/Designer[email protected]Laura Hamm, FounderUK
Cassie EngResearcher[email protected]Carnegie Mellon UniversityUSA
Brigitte Odile EndresResearcher[email protected]Universität GreifswaldGermany
Aline FredericoResearcher[email protected]University of CambridgeBrasil
Trude HoelResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway
Ofra KoratResearcher[email protected]Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael
Natalia KucirkovaResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway/UK
Anne MangenResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway
Charles MifsudResearcher[email protected]University of MaltaMalta
Iris Susana Pires PereiraResearcher[email protected]Universidade do MinhoPortugal
John PotterResearcher[email protected]University College LondonEngland
Susan RvachewResearcher[email protected]McGill UniversityCanada
Jan van Coillie Researcher[email protected]Leuven UniversityBelgium
Cristina Aliagas Researcher[email protected] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain
StorymaxDesigner[email protected]StorymaxBrasil
Rosita PetrovaResearcher[email protected]University of MaltaMalta
Mary CourageResearcher[email protected]Memorial UniversityCanada
Jenny RadeskyResearcher[email protected]University of MichiganUSA
Michelle NeumanResearcher/Developer[email protected]Griffith UniversityAustralia
Adriana BusResearcher[email protected]Free University, AmsterdamThe Netherlands
Nosy CrowDeveloper/Publisher[email protected]Senior Commissioning Editor and Business Development ManagerUK
Zsofia TakacsResearcher[email protected]Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary
Gabrielle StrouseResearcher[email protected]University of South DakotaUSA
Patricia GaneaResearcher[email protected]University of TorontoCanada
Kristina CorderoResearcher[email protected] Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile
Margrethe JernesResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway
Margaret MackeyResearcher[email protected]University of AlbertaCanada
Kathleen RoskosResearcher[email protected]John Carroll UniversityUSA
Jeremy BrueckResearcher[email protected].University of Mount UnionUSA
Kathleen PacigaResearcher[email protected]Columbia College ChicagoCanada
Sumin ZhaoResearcher[email protected]University of EdinburghScotland
Laura BentonResearcher[email protected]University College LondonEngland
May Irene FurenesResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway
Mina VasalouResearcher[email protected]University College LondonEngland
Kuatos StudiosDeveloper [email protected]Kris is Creative Director at Kuato Studios, LondonUK/USA
Claudia MendesResearcher[email protected]Federal University of Rio de JaneiroBrazil
Me BooksDeveloper [email protected]Leading Me Books in app development and content creationsEngland/China
YUDUDeveloper [email protected]Marketing Communications ExecutiveUK/USA
Oxford University PressPublisher[email protected]Senior Strategic Publisher, UKUK
Epic!Publisher[email protected]Taleen Houck, Lead ResearcherUSA
UggloPublisher[email protected]Nils Ohlsén, Co-Funder and CEOSweden
Fish n’ BottleDeveloper UK
HetWoesteDeveloper [email protected]Christiaan leads the studio and all app development.The Netherlands
Tamlyn YoungAuthor & Illustrator[email protected]Author and illustrator of 'Possibilitree'Ireland
Yvonne VezzoliResearcher[email protected]University College LondonEngland
Emily BestProfessional Development Manager[email protected]National Literacy TrustEngland
Irene PictonResearch Manager[email protected]National Literacy TrusttEngland
Douglas MenegazziResearcher[email protected]Federal University of Santa CatarinaBrazil
Cristina CorreroResearcher[email protected]Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Université NantesSpain/France
Chris LindgrenDesigner[email protected]IndependentSweden
Cristina SyllaResearcher[email protected] University of Minho, ITI/LARSySPortugal
Giselly Lima Researcher[email protected]Universidade Federal de AlagoasPortugal
Isabel MalzoniPublisher[email protected] Caixote EditoraBrazil
Teresa CreminResearcher[email protected]The Open UniversityUK
Christine Catherine OughtredResearcher[email protected]Deakin UniversityAustralia
Neda FarniaResearcher[email protected]Shiraz University Centre for Children’s Literature Studies Iran
Hande IlgazResearcher[email protected]Bilkent UniversityTurkey
Nicola YuillResearcher[email protected]Sussex UniversityUK
Dorena CaroliResearcher[email protected]Università di BolognaItaly
Michał ZającResearcher[email protected]Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book StudiesPoland
Rosie FlewittResearcher[email protected]Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUK
Marianne UndheimResearcher[email protected]University of StavangerNorway
Lisa O'BrienResearcher[email protected]Merrimack CollegeUSA
Yasemin AllsopResearcher[email protected]University College LondonUK
Maria DardanouResearcher[email protected]University of TromsøNorway
Torstein UnstadResearcher[email protected]University of TromsøNorway
Cassia FurtadoResearcher[email protected]University of Aveiro Portugal
Katarzyna Anna TunkielResearcher[email protected]University of Stavanger Norway
Brenna Hassinger-DasResearcher[email protected]Pce UniversityUSA
Karen FløDesigner[email protected]Polylino, Karen is Markedsansvarlig Polylino NorgeSweden, Norway, Finland, Germany
Mona SakrResearcher[email protected]Middlesex UniversityUK
PIBOCO Developer[email protected]Aksel Køie, CEODenmark
Lise BaunPhD candidate[email protected]Københavns Professionshøjskole Denmark
Daniel Cassany ComasResearcher[email protected]Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain
Cristina SyllaDeveloper[email protected]Mobeybou in IndiaPortugal
Jose Fernando Tavares Developer[email protected]Booknando LivrosBrazil
Megan S MercadoEducation consultantDallas International UniversityUSA
Mônica Daisy Vieira AraújoProfessor[email protected]Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil
Marc MailandPublisher[email protected]Toggle Book FactoryUSA
Tuğba BAHÇEKAPILIResearcher[email protected]Trabzon ÜniversitesiTurkey
Ma. Lovena V. MonevaResearcher[email protected]Trnavska UniverzitaSlovakia
Gerhard LauerResearcher[email protected]University of MainzGermany
Lee Ching Lam JessicaResearcher[email protected]The Education University of Hong KongHong Kong
Anett Sundqvist Researcher[email protected]Linköping UniversitySweden
Lin DanResearcher[email protected]Education University of Hong KongHong Kong
Lori BrunerResearcher[email protected]University of Alabama USA
Heather KirkorianResearcher[email protected]University of Wisconsin-MadisonUSA
Vinesh ChandraResearcger[email protected]Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia
Monica Fagraeus LundströmDeveloper[email protected]BoksnokSweden
Tiziana MasciaResearcher[email protected]University of UrbinoItaly
Juli-Anna AerilaResearcher[email protected]University of TurkuFinland
Petra VackovaResearcher[email protected]The Open UniversityDenmark and UK
Münire BozdemirResearcher and Developer[email protected]Liberal Arts CollegeUSA
Nanditha KrishnaMasters student, creator[email protected]The VerseIndia
Emily Guille-MarrettDeveloper[email protected]PickataleUK
Anna Lindroos CermakovaResearcher [email protected]Lancaster UniversityUK
Helen RossResearcher[email protected]Independent researcherUK
Vanessa ChandlerDeveloper/publisher[email protected]Giglets/ILT EducationUK
Emma BerryPublisher[email protected]Oxford University PressUK
Dominika GyányiDeveloper/publisher[email protected]BOOKRHungary

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