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10.12.09

International Children's Digital Library

I recently came across this link for the International Children's Digital Library:
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
There's a wide range of material, some good, some uneven, but if you find a good title, you can use it with a Smartboard or Projector. Many languages represented. (Some books can be read in a couple of different languages.)
"The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community"
English Picture book sample


Sets organized by language...
French Picture Books
Spanish Picture Books

The same designers have released an iPhone app that works with the ICDL to create stories on an iTouch or iPhone. (Blog article)

"Children writing books on mobile phones? That certainly seems unlikely - so how did we get to the point where actually built an app to support it?" (Finding the
App