This is an interesting take on eBooks for pre-school children. Though not free, the app includes audio books, games, and the ability to send a custom report on the students' progress.
This is a great article from UX Magazine. It does a great job defining interactivity and gives video examples of eBooks and eBook apps that have value.
This is an incredible app for students with special needs. It connects to the Bookshare.org database and does require a membership ID. However, students and organizations who qualify have access to a tremendous resource.
"From within Read2Go, you can browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. The app gives you full control over visual choices for font size and color, background and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences. Read2Go features word-by-word highlighting for multi-modal reading."
This is a great article about the evolution of reading. Given the influx of iPads and eReaders into classrooms, the concept of "books" is certainly changing.
The LitCharts Library provides chapter summaries to some of the most frequently read books in high school English curricula. It also features an iPhone App for reading. Teachers should be aware of this site as it bills itself as "the faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes."
This app allows you to have full text-to-speech capabilities with eBooks on your iPad. Any book in the public domain can be read and listened to in one app.