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iBooks StoryTime app narrates children's stories on your Apple TV

And it's available now from the App Store.

AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File

To encourage parents and kids to read together, Apple has debuted a new app for tvOS. The iBooks StoryTime app features "Read-Aloud" tool that narrates books and flips pages automatically. For the times when you'd rather read to your child yourself, you can turn the feature off and turn to the next page by swiping with the Apple TV remote.

Selections include books with Sesame Street characters and stories from other children's favorites like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You can purchase iBooks from any Apple device and the Read-Aloud stories will sync automatically in the library on your Apple TV. iBooks StoryTime for tvOS is free and it comes with Dora's Big Buddy Race Read-Along Storybook at no extra charge so you can test drive the app without having to hand over any funds.