Founded by Jane Volden, an educator with over 40 years specializing in reading instruction, BU Publishing L.L.C. grew out of the need to provide children with a more efficient and effective way to achieve reading success. To stop children from guessing at words, Jane knew the vowel sounds needed to be mastered. So, she set out to design a learning template with vowel sounds as its foundation.

This critical emphasis on vowels provided the framework for young readers to successfully sound out words. Voweletics® The New Phonetics was born.

Jane's vision for joyful learning produced far more than just a successful reading program; it cultivated an enchanting, make-believe town called Readersville where each of the vowel characters plays an important role in their community. Jane's personal community, of which she will be forever grateful, enthusiastically became invaluable contributors to what Voweletics has evolved into today. It truly is a real American grassroots tale to tell.