Someone else asked me the same thing, but I am not sure how I am just doing it for free. I just click on story books and it brings up a list of books to play and I click on them and play them. I did not sign up for any free trial or paid membership. If I figure out why I am able to do it this way, I will let you know. I will be at the library today for toddlertime, so I will ask the librarian who told me about it to begin with.