CMIS Evaluation Primary Focus

Books, especially picture books, are meant to be viewed. The following websites offer more than just lists of book titles, blurbs and reviews. They allow pages of entire books to be viewed and most have a facility for illustrations and text to be enlarged for ease of reading and studying. Whether used as a selection aid or with students in the classroom, these sites are worth having a look at.

Lookybook
Authors, illustrators and publishers can post picture books onto this site. Books can be viewed page by page.
CMIS review of Lookybook website

International Children’s Digital Library
This site collects children’s books in different languages for reading and viewing online. A very useful resource for LOTE.
CMIS review of International Children’s Digital Library website

Children’s Books Online: The Rosetta Project
Specialising in antique books, the library on this site provides access to the illustrations and texts of entire books, including a large number of classics, folk and fairy tales myths and legends.
CMIS review of Children’s Books Online: the Rosetta Project website

Children’s Storybooks Online
This site contains stories created for online reading and is a useful example of online story creation and illustration.
CMIS review of Children’s Storybooks Online website

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