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Turn your Social Studies Content into Interactive Textbooks

Adoption-ready in weeks.

KITABOO helps Social Studies publishers convert content into interactive digital programs with audio books, inline video, real-time content updates, interactive maps, and built-in glossary tools delivered across every platform your districts use.

  • Interactive maps and timelines
  • Same-day content updates
  • WCAG 2.2 AA
Turn your social studies content into interactive digital textbooks

Trusted worldwide

Trusted by leading publishers, associations, and enterprises in 25+ countries.

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Social Studies publishing actually works

A map of the Oregon Trail becomes navigable. A timeline of the Civil Rights Movement becomes explorable. Students engage with history rather than reading about it from a distance.

  • Audio Books and Video Books

    A publisher with over 60 Social Studies titles used KITABOO to meet the shift toward audio consumption without rebuilding their entire catalog.

  • Real-Time Content Updates

    This is what separates a digital social studies program from a digitized textbook: the content stays current because the world does not stop between editions.

Students exploring an interactive historical map on a tablet in a social studies class
Inline Video Inside the Lesson

Students stay in the book. The demonstration happens in context. No external tabs, no broken links, no students who skipped the video entirely.

Glossary Markers and Translation Tools

Students who get stuck on Social Studies vocabulary leave the text. KITABOO keeps them in it definitions and translations without a second browser tab.

Accessibility That Passes Adoption Reviews

If your platform is not accessible, you lose the adoption. KITABOO delivers compliance as a baseline, not an add-on and 17M US school children without reliable internet can access content offline.

Built for how your social studies team actually works

Convert textbooks into structured digital programs with interactive maps, navigable timelines and primary sources embedded in the reading flow — and push updates to live programs the day the world changes, without a reprint cycle.

Interactive maps, timelines, and primary sources
Audio tracks and video books alongside the text, without rebuilding the catalog
Explainer video inline, right where students need it — not an external link
Glossary markers for terms like “federalism”; highlight any word to translate or define
Text-to-speech, immersive reading modes, WCAG 2.2 AA, JAWS and NVDA

For Students

  • Interactive maps, timelines, and primary sources within the reading flow
  • Audio books and inline video hear perspectives, watch events unfold without leaving the page
  • Built-in glossary markers tap "federalism" and get the definition without searching externally
  • Highlight any word to translate or define on the spot (online, via Google API)
  • Offline access for learning anywhere, including areas without reliable internet

For Teachers

  • Easy assignment and progress tracking within their existing LMS
  • No additional logins or software installations required
  • Visibility into which students engage and where they struggle
  • Works within Canvas, Schoology, and existing systems not alongside them

When evaluation windows open, you need to be ready.

Publishers need infrastructure that is proven and deployable not a Social Studies prototype assembled under deadline pressure.

Three things evaluators notice

From manuscript to a live, interactive social studies program — audio, maps and updates the same on every platform an institution runs.

Faster Digital Readiness

Go from manuscript to interactive digital Social Studies program in weeks, not months. Audio, video, maps, glossary tools, and accessibility ready before the submission window closes.

If you are preparing your next Social Studies program, this is worth a closer look.
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Social studies adoption calendar

Submission deadlinesTracked for every open callComplete
Review windowsDates and evaluator criteriaComplete
Approved-list datesWhen a program goes live for districtsIn progress
Your catalog's target statesFiltered to what you publishNot started

Stay ahead of every social studies adoption cycle

KITABOO tracks social studies instructional-materials adoptions across all 50 states — submission deadlines, review windows and approved-list dates — filtered to the states your catalog targets.

  • Active calls and upcoming adoptions, by state
  • Submission deadlines, review windows, approved-list dates
  • More states added regularly

TRUSTED BY LEADING K12 PUBLISHERS WORLDWIDE

  • alinea
  • Porto Editora
  • Lexia
  • Carnegie Learning
  • Scholastic
  • Phoenix Publishing House
  • Zanichelli
  • RightStart Mathematics
  • Minnesota Historical Society

Publishers who moved to KITABOO

Real results from Social Studies publishers. The featured case study is a leading K–12 Social Studies publisher based in Utah.

  • Utah, US

    Leading K12 Social Studies Publisher

    Converting an extensive print Social Studies catalog to interactive digital programs with SSO across HTML, iOS, and Android, and built-in test generation for educators

    • +48% Active Users in 1 Year
    • 120+ SmartBoard Classrooms
    • 50% Faster eBook Performance
    • 18mo Time to Phenomenal Growth
  • US market

    Leading Curriculum Publisher

    Enabling classroom and institution-wide delivery of a core Social Studies program at district scale

    • +48% Active Users in 1 Year
    • 120+ SmartBoard Classrooms
    • 50% Faster eBook Performance
    • 99.9% Uptime Delivered
  • Nordic markets

    Danish K12 Publisher

    Moving from print to interactive digital Social Studies programs at scale across Nordic markets

    • +600% User Growth
    • +35% Learner Accessibility
    • +28% Online Course Adoption
    • 100% Uptime during scale
    Danish K12 Publisher

Proven high scale platform

What your students would be running on

25+
Countries deployed
35M+
API calls daily
1.5M+
eBooks delivered
6M+
Users worldwide
A social studies publisher's editorial team checking a printed map against its interactive digital version

Integrations & Compliance

KITABOO connects with the platforms institutions already use no workarounds, no custom builds.

  • Learning Management Systems

    Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Google Classroom

  • Single Sign-On (SSO) and Rostering

    SAML, Clever, OneRoster, LTI

  • Accessibility

    WCAG 2.2 AA

  • Authoring

  • Editorial and Production Tools

  • Interoperability

  • Privacy and Security

    GDPR, FERPA, COPPA, ISO 27001

Before we show you the solution — where does your social studies program actually stand?

Five questions, under two minutes. You get a readiness score and a gap analysis you can act on — before your evaluator asks first.

Book a walkthrough

Social Studies Readiness Score

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How is your social studies content currently formatted for digital delivery?

Pick the closest match.

Our customers love us

KITABOO has helped us considerably with our international customers. This gives them access to the products within moments compared to weeks for delivery of a physical product. KITABOO has been great to personalize the books with the various options to make them exciting for the viewer, instead of ‘read only’
MEMaren EhleyGeneral Manager · RightStart™ Mathematics by Activities for Learning, Inc.
KITABOO has been instrumental in helping us achieve our business goals by enabling a rapid market entry for our product. It was the only e-reader solution that could fully meet our demanding requirements. Furthermore, the opportunity to collaborate closely with the KITABOO development team to customize the reader has proven invaluable. We particularly appreciate KITABOO's ability to deliver accessible books in both Fixed and Reflowable formats to our customers. We also highly value the KITABOO team's proactive approach and dedication to meeting and exceeding accessibility standards.
ETErik TufvessonTech Lead – Digital Utveckling · Studentlitteratur AB

Not ready to talk yet?

Take something useful with you.

The Social Studies Publisher's Digital Readiness Checklist — what state evaluators actually look for in a Social Studies program, in plain language. One page. No fluff.

Download the checklist

Publishing elementary social studies for K–4? KITABOO has a purpose-built early age e-reader.

Tap-first navigation, distraction-free reading, and age-appropriate interactions designed for small hands and developing learners — including early community and civics content.

Learn more about Kids Reader

Questions from K–12 publishers

What are the core features of the KITABOO platform that make a textbook interactive?
The platform provides multiple enrichment options (20+ widgets) such as audio, video, images, web links, glossary, vocabulary, text-to-speech, read aloud, and various assessments (MCQ, true/false, fill-in-the-blanks, match the pairs). Users can also personalize content through annotations, highlighting, and scribbling with a pen
Does the reader interface change for teacher and student logins?
In terms of consumption and viewing features, the experience is largely the same for both roles. However, the teacher role has additional options, such as the ability to grade assessments and access holistic analytics reports.
Where does the assessment data go after a student completes a quiz?
The student receives their score (if automatically graded). The data then goes to the instructor, who can review and grade written answers. Teachers can view performance reports for individual students and see rolled-up assessment values for the entire class.
What kind of statistics or analytics reports are available?
The platform provides granular analytics, allowing publishers to view activated users, content licenses distributed/used, top 10 active customers, most popular titles, content coverage, user interaction (notes, highlights, bookmarks), usage by device (desktop/tablet/mobile), and usage by geography.
What content formats are supported for conversion into eBooks?
KITABOO Studio supports content creation from multiple formats including PPT, PDF, Word Docs, EPUBs, HTML, and SCORM-based content. InDesign files are also mentioned as a source format.
What is the difference between fixed layout and reflowable content?
Fixed layout EPUBs are more static; they maintain their appearance and structure even if the screen is resized. Reflowable EPUBs resize and are responsive to the screen, supporting features like adjustable fonts, alignment, and reading modes.

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If you are preparing your next Social Studies program, this is worth a closer look.

No pitch deck. No pressure. Just a conversation about what your program needs digitally and whether KITABOO is the right fit.

  • We will respond within one business day
  • No obligation a conversation, not a sales call
  • Bring your current digital setup we will give you honest feedback
  • We can work around your adoption timeline
Students exploring an interactive historical map on a tablet in a social studies class

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