diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/ChapterFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/ChapterFragment.java
index 0606e67..23513a8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/ChapterFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/ChapterFragment.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
 import android.speech.tts.UtteranceProgressListener;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -58,9 +57,11 @@ public class ChapterFragment extends Fragment implements AudioListener {
     final static String PICTURES_PATH = FILES_PATH + Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES + "/";
     final static String MUSIC_PATH = FILES_PATH + Environment.DIRECTORY_MUSIC + "/";
 
+    private final static long PARAGRAPH_PAUSE = 1000;
+
     private StoryBookChapterGson storyBookChapter;
 
-    protected String chapterText = "";
+    protected String[] chapterText = {};
 
     private RecyclerView chapterRecyclerView;
 
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ public void onItemClick(WordGson wordWithAudio, View view, int position) {
                 chapterRecyclerView.setAdapter(wordViewAdapter);
             }
 
+            chapterText = new String[storyBookParagraphGsons.size()];
             for (int paragraphIndex = 0; paragraphIndex < storyBookParagraphGsons.size(); paragraphIndex++) {
                 Log.i(getClass().getName(), "storyBookParagraphGson.getOriginalText(): \"" + storyBookParagraphGsons.get(paragraphIndex).getOriginalText() + "\"");
 
@@ -167,10 +169,7 @@ public void onItemClick(WordGson wordWithAudio, View view, int position) {
                 Log.i(getClass().getName(), "wordsInOriginalText.length: " + wordsInOriginalText.length);
                 Log.i(getClass().getName(), "Arrays.toString(wordsInOriginalText): " + Arrays.toString(wordsInOriginalText));
 
-                if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(chapterText)) {
-                    chapterText += "\n\n";
-                }
-                chapterText += originalText;
+                chapterText[paragraphIndex] = originalText;
 
                 List<WordGson> wordAudios = storyBookParagraphGsons.get(paragraphIndex).getWords();
                 Log.i(getClass().getName(), "words: " + wordAudios);
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public void onViewCreated(@NonNull View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceStat
         super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
 
         // Add button for initializing Text-to-Speech (TTS)
-        final String finalChapterText = chapterText;
+        final String[] finalChapterText = chapterText;
         FloatingActionButton fab = view.findViewById(R.id.fab);
         fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
             @Override
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ public void onClick(View view) {
         });
     }
 
-    public void playAudio(final String chapterText, final AudioListener audioListener) {
+    public void playAudio(final String[] chapterText, final AudioListener audioListener) {
         List<StoryBookParagraphGson> storyBookParagraphs = storyBookChapter.getStoryBookParagraphs();
         StoryBookParagraphGson storyBookParagraphGson = storyBookParagraphs.get(0);
         String transcription = storyBookParagraphGson.getOriginalText();
@@ -213,8 +212,11 @@ public void playAudio(final String chapterText, final AudioListener audioListene
             // Fall back to TTS
             tts.setOnUtteranceProgressListener(getUtteranceProgressListener(audioListener));
 
-            Log.i(getClass().getName(), "chapterText: \"" + chapterText + "\"");
-            tts.speak(chapterText.replaceAll("[-*]", ""), TextToSpeech.QUEUE_FLUSH, null, "0");
+            Log.i(getClass().getName(), "chapterText: \"" + Arrays.toString(chapterText) + "\"");
+            for (String paragraph : chapterText) {
+                tts.speak(paragraph.replaceAll("[-*]", ""), TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null, "0");
+                tts.playSilentUtterance(PARAGRAPH_PAUSE, TextToSpeech.QUEUE_ADD, null);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/CoverFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/CoverFragment.java
index b10e76e..4287608 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/CoverFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ai/elimu/vitabu/ui/storybook/CoverFragment.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class CoverFragment extends ChapterFragment {
     protected TextView titleTextView;
 
     private TextView descriptionTextView;
-    private String description;
+    private final String[] description = new String[1];
 
     public static CoverFragment newInstance(ReadingLevel readingLevel, String description) {
         CoverFragment fragment = new CoverFragment();
@@ -54,20 +54,22 @@ public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
         int[] titleFontSize = getResources().getIntArray(R.array.cover_title_font_size);
         int[] descriptionFontSize = getResources().getIntArray(R.array.chapter_text_font_size);
 
-        chapterText = setWordSpacing(chapterText);
+        for (int i=0; i<chapterText.length; i++) {
+            chapterText[i] = setWordSpacing(chapterText[i]);
+        }
 
         titleTextView = root.findViewById(R.id.storybook_title);
-        titleTextView.setText(chapterText);
+        titleTextView.setText(chapterText[0]);
 
         setTextSizeByLevel(titleTextView, titleFontSize);
 
         // Initialize audio parameters with the storybook title
         audioTextView = titleTextView;
-        audioText = chapterText;
 
-        description = setWordSpacing((String) getArguments().get(ARG_DESCRIPTION));
+        audioText = TextUtils.join("", chapterText);
+        description[0] = setWordSpacing((String) getArguments().get(ARG_DESCRIPTION));
         descriptionTextView = root.findViewById(R.id.storybook_description);
-        descriptionTextView.setText(description);
+        descriptionTextView.setText(description[0]);
 
         setTextSizeByLevel(descriptionTextView, descriptionFontSize);
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ private void setTextSizeByLevel(TextView textView, int[] fontSize) {
     public void onAudioDone() {
         // Update audio parameters with the storybook description
         audioTextView = descriptionTextView;
-        audioText = description;
+        audioText = description[0];
 
         playAudio(description, null);
     }
@@ -148,10 +150,10 @@ public void onError(String utteranceId) {
             public void onStop(String utteranceId, boolean interrupted) {
                 super.onStop(utteranceId, interrupted);
                 requireActivity().runOnUiThread(() -> {
-                    titleTextView.setText(chapterText);
-                    descriptionTextView.setText(description);
+                    titleTextView.setText(TextUtils.join("", chapterText));
+                    descriptionTextView.setText(description[0]);
                 });
-                audioText = chapterText;
+                audioText = TextUtils.join("", chapterText);
                 audioTextView = titleTextView;
             }
         };