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The King of the Golden River

by John Ruskin

Two cruel brothers and one kind one seek a river that turns to gold, and only kindness survives the climb.

📖 5 chapters, complete ⏱ about 10 minutes a night 📅 a chapter a night finishes it in under a week
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This book can earn their screen time.

Assign The King of the Golden River as a mission and pick the schedule: every day, school nights, weekends, or one chapter a week. The app serves the next chapter each time and keeps the bookmark.

📚 They read it in the app

The full text, 5 chapters, on their own device. No separate book to buy or lose.

🎤 They prove it out loud

At the end of a chapter the app highlights a short passage and your child reads it aloud. Mak listens and checks it against the page.

⚡ The screen time is earned

Pass, and the XP lands. Screen time comes from the book, not the feed.

What's inside

The complete book, split into 5 chapters the app serves one at a time.

See all 5 chapters
Chapter 1HOW THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE BLACK BROTHERS WAS INTERFERED WITH
Chapter 2OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THREE BROTHERS AFTER THE VISIT OF SOUTHWEST
Chapter 3HOW MR. HANS SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

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