Litnerd (YC S21) – Kids Book Club Meets Gaming
Hi HN! Anisa here from Litnerd (https://www.litnerd.com). We’re a reading club for kids. It’s been two years since our first HN launch and I am back today to share some updates we're extremely excited about. Litnerd is an online reading club program with a weekly live meetup to help students make reading a lifelong habit. Think of us as “book club meets gaming”. New books go live weekly, and each book has movie adaptations, music, reading courseware, mini lessons with a virtual teacher and worksheets. There are reading tournaments every month to recognize the top reader. The goal…
Litnerd (YC S21) – Kids Book Club Meets Gaming launched on June 28, 2023 with 51 votes, #1,474 of 4,655 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.
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Litnerd is an online reading club program for children that combines weekly live group meetings with gamified learning elements. Each book includes movie adaptations, music, virtual teacher lessons, and worksheets to engage young readers. The platform features monthly reading tournaments where students compete for recognition, earning virtual currency called "Litcoin" along the way. It's designed to foster reading as a lifelong habit by making literary content interactive and entertaining through multimedia and community participation.
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Hi HN! Anisa here from Litnerd (https://www.litnerd.com). We’re a reading club for kids. It’s been two years since our first HN launch and I am back today to share some updates we're extremely excited about. Litnerd is an online reading club program with a weekly live meetup to help students make reading a…
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