This is a great tool to use in an Elementary classroom. This tool provides free books, in various languages. According to the PACIE Global Educator Toolkit, this online tool’s targeted audience is K-8. The books that this website provides concentrate on global communities and display understanding and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas.
This allows children to find online books, and read them straight from their computer. All of the books are free, which is very helpful. This is a children’s library, meaning most of these books are for kids. Since this is an international library, many books of different languages can be found on this website. The authors of this website hope that this will help all students understand and respect everyones differences and cultures. Within the website, you can search for all kinds of different books.
The website gives you the option to:
- Search for books according to language
- Search for books according to the color of the cover
- Search for books according to if they are fiction or non-fiction
- Search for books according to the age level
- Search for books according to their length
- Search for books according to if they are picturebooks or wordbooks
- Search for books according to what kind of characters they have
- Search for books according to if they are award-winning
- Search for books according to if they are fairy and folk tales
- Easily read books, zoom in on certain pages, and navigate to certain pages
I am currently studying to become an early childhood educator. This would be great to use in my classroom. In my opinion, I believe that young children should have a say in what they are reading for school. This allows them to choose a story that they are interested in. I will allow my students to use this website, or any other type of book as well. This would not only benefit my English-speaking students, but it will also benefit some students who may not be too fluent with the English language. If I have any students whose first language is not English, I would highly recommend this website for them. Not only does the website provide students with free online books, but it also provides books of many different languages. This could definitely support the learning and comprehension of all of my students. This website is straightforward to use, and it allows students to search for many different kinds of books. This is very helpful for students, especially non-English speaking students. Reading and comprehension are very important in a child’s life, and this website allows them to search for books that they desire.
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