Many of us spend a lot of time away from children we love. As a result, we often miss things they say like “I’m smart because I have a big, squishy brain in there” or the way they look at the world and become mesmerized by ants. It’s hard to be away – so, we set out to create a special experience that you can have with a special child from anywhere.

Through our patent-pending product, you can share story time with a child from anywhere as long as you both have high speed Internet and a webcam. We call it BookChatting and it has made the distance seem much shorter when we’re away. You might still miss the squishy brain comments, but you will hear “can we read another one dad, mom, or grandma, or grandpa, or uncle, or friend, or whoever you are?” and it will be the best thing you do all day—maybe all week.

While people use BookChat to connect with children from a distance, many people also use our site to discover books and read with children when they’re together as well. We have been lucky to have some of the best children’s book publishers believe in us and in our vision of keeping families connected. We add books to our site frequently and Jenny Brown, our editor and former children’s book reviews editor for Publisher’s Weekly, hand picks each book on the site.

We’re really just a group of people who like using technology to help us stay connected to the people we love—and it’s hard to love anyone more than we love our little ones. We believe in Readeo as a product and an experience, and we work every day (and usually nights) to make it perfect for our users. We love getting feedback from customers about how we can get better and most importantly, how we’ve helped them stay connected.

Readeo is headquartered in Chicago, IL.