ClickBooks Support

Help for the ClickBooks channel on Roku and the ClickBooks website. ClickBooks is a free picture-book channel: pick a book, read it page by page, and read it in two languages at once (English, Deutsch, Español, Português, Nederlands, Français, Italiano, Dansk, Русский, Tiếng Việt, Ελληνικά, 한국어, 日本語 and 中文).

Roku remote controls

Button	What it does
Arrows (in the book list)	Move between books; OK opens one
Play (in the book list)	Opens the languages and help screen: choose Change languages there to pick your two languages, or scan the QR code for this website
Left / Right	Previous / next page
Up / Down	Change the language
Play / Pause	Hear the page read aloud again
Fast-forward (>>)	Turn narration sound on or off
OK	Show or hide the word list (on pages that have one)
Back	Return to the book list

Troubleshooting

“Could not load books”

The channel needs an internet connection. Check your Roku’s network (Settings → Network), then close and reopen the channel.

Pictures don’t appear

Wait a moment for the page to load; slow connections can take a few seconds. If pages stay blank, reopen the channel.

There’s no sound

Press Fast-forward (>>) to check that the screen says “Sound: on”, then press Play/Pause to replay the page and check your TV volume. The first time you open a page in a language, the narration can take a moment to start.

Text shows as boxes

Please let us know which language and Roku model you are using so we can fix it.

Support ClickBooks

ClickBooks is free for everyone: no ads, no accounts, nothing to buy. It is built and run by one person. Every page you hear read aloud is a small cost, and new books and languages take many hours of translating and checking.

If your family enjoys ClickBooks and you would like to help keep it free and growing, a gift of any size is welcome (grown-ups only, please):

• PayPal: send to steve.lloyd@gmail.com
• Venmo: @Steven-Lloyd-15

Donations pay for the narration voices and the extra books and languages. They are not tax-deductible.

Ask for a language or a book

Want ClickBooks in another language, or have a favourite picture book that is in the public domain? Email steve.lloyd@gmail.com or use the contact form and tell us what you would like to see.

Contact us

Email steve.lloyd@gmail.com or use the contact form. Please mention your Roku model and what you were doing when the problem happened.

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Book credits

• A Day at Home — an original ClickBooks picture book.
• Humpty Dumpty — adapted and illustrated by W. W. Denslow (G. W. Dillingham Co.). From the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Classic Children’s Books. Public domain.
• A Apple Pie — by Kate Greenaway. From the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Classic Children’s Books. Public domain.
• Mother Goose — edited and illustrated by W. W. Denslow (McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901). From the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Classic Children’s Books. Public domain.

Page images are scans from the Library of Congress “Classic Children’s Books” free-to-use collection. The Library of Congress does not endorse ClickBooks.