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SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

Our mobile app turns paper books into virtual popup books. See books in 3D with sound and animation!

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SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

SpellBound - Augmented Reality for Books

Our mobile app turns paper books into virtual popup books. See books in 3D with sound and animation!

Our mobile app turns paper books into virtual popup books. See books in 3D with sound and animation!

Our mobile app turns paper books into virtual popup books. See books in 3D with sound and animation!

Our mobile app turns paper books into virtual popup books. See books in 3D with sound and animation!

Christina York
Christina York
Christina York
Christina York
1 Campaign |
Ann Arbor, United States
$3,731 USD 58 backers
46% of $8,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Short Summary

SpellBound is a mobile app that turns paper books into virtual popup books.

We bring your favorite childhood book characters to life, allowing them to talk and materialize in 3D. How do we do this? With magic. And a little bit of augmented reality technology.

It’s simple: launch the SpellBound app and hold a smartphone to the pages of a paper book just like a camera and you’ll see the book come alive. 


With the SpellBound mobile app, children can interact with characters, listen as the story is read aloud, and touch words to hear definitions.

When the camera recognizes the page, the SpellBound app can read the story to the child. This is a sample from Sleep Sweet being read by the author, Julianne DiBlasi Black:


When the camera recognizes a word, the SpellBound app can read a definition and show an image to help improve comprehension:

What we want to do

We want to get kids using SpellBound as soon as possible. We want teachers to bring it into classrooms, parents to bring it into homes, and hospitals to use it with children who are patients.

Therapists like Child Life Specialists use technology to help kids understand and deal with emotional challenges that come with hospitalization. SpellBound can play a role in distracting during painful procedures, helping kids cope with stressful situations, and entertaining children in isolation. This is why, as part of our campaign, you can donate books and the SpellBound app to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

What we need

We need $8000 to:

  1. Create augmented reality experiences for two books
  2. Finish the iOS and Android app
  3. Purchase paper copies of the books to donate

Stretch Goals


About the Books

When you donate, you get to choose from these awesome books:

After you place your order, we will contact you by email and get your book selections, when appropriate.

Why it matters

We want kids to understand and remember what they read. SpellBound supports literacy skill development in fun ways. Our mission is to help kids develop a lifelong love of reading and books.

About SpellBound

We are a small team in Ann Arbor, Michigan and we are passionate about using the technology kids love to engage them with paper books.


As seen in...

Xconomy, January 12, 2016
Crowdfunding Cast, January 5, 2016

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Try SpellBound and give us feedback
  • Talk about us on social media. Preferrably something nice!
  • Sign up for our newsletter: getspellboundbooks.com

THANK YOU!

We will keep you posted about the campaign progress and the difference your contribution has made. Look for an email from Christina!

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The Royal Sampler

$100 USD
4 copies of the books (2 each of Sleep Sweet and Albert the Confused Manatee). You get 1 of each book, and Mott gets 1 of each book. Or you get all 4. Or Mott gets all 4. You decide! We will follow up with an email to confirm your choice. As the funder, you'll also get 2 augmented reality postcards to share with friends (or keep!), SpellBound stickers, and a digital thank you.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
6 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Digital Thank You

$1 USD
For $1 (the price of a candy bar), receive a "thank you" shout out on social media and our website.
Estimated Shipping
February 2016
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Brooke's Bloopers

$5 USD
SpellBound team member, Brooke Boyle is the mother of a child who had leukemia. She talked on camera last week about what it means to her for SpellBound to be in children's hospitals. Donate a minimum of $5, and we will send you the bloopers from her recent video shoot - yet to be edited or released!
Estimated Shipping
January 2016
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Sleep Sweet

$20 USD
A copy of Sleep Sweet will be sent to you along with access to the SpellBound app. Rich in imagination, imagery and color, Award-Winning Sleep Sweet makes a wonderfully gentle and calming addition to any quiet time or bedtime routine.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
5 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Albert the Confused Manatee

$20 USD
A copy of Albert the Confused Manatee will be sent to you along with access to the SpellBound app. Albert the Confused Manatee is a story about one animal's quest to figure out what kind of animal he is. With the help of his 15 underwater friends Albert learns that, even though they have differences they also have a lot in common. Ideal for ages 3-5.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
6 claimed
Ships worldwide.

Give to Children in Hospital

$20 USD
Donate a book of your choice and app in your name to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital so that one young patient can try SpellBound. You will receive an augmented reality post card thanking you for your donation.
Estimated Shipping
February 2016
7 claimed
Ships worldwide.

One for Me, One for Mott

$50 USD
Book of your choice and app for you, and we donate one book and app in your name to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital for a child undergoing treatment. We will also send you SpellBound stickers and a social media shout out.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
16 claimed
Ships worldwide.

#ReadMoreBooks Bonanza

$250 USD
10 copies of the books (5 of each title) and app donated to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for children in treatment with your name on a nameplate in the cover of the books. You will receive SpellBound stickers and an AR postcard as well as a digital thank-you on our website and social media shout-out.
Estimated Shipping
February 2016
4 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Founders Private Story Hour

$5,000 USD
Christina and Marjie will host a private story hour for you or a classroom of your choice to include readings from the books, a sneak peek demo of books not yet released, and a Q&A session. Scheduled within 6 months of close of campaign.
Estimated Shipping
March 2016
0 out of 5 of claimed
Ships to United States of America, Canada

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