Online Children’s Picture Books

The University of Maryland and the Internet Archive have put together an online International Children’s Book Library. The library currently contains over 260 books in a variety of languages. With computer projector, you can display the books to entire class and read together (no more reading the words and holding the book up for the kids to squint at the pictures!)

The site works with all platforms, but to use the full functionality of the site it requires OS X for the Mac. (Despite the big warning on the site, it doesn’t need OS X to read all the books, however - just click on “Book List” in the upper right-hand corner to pick your book.) Many of the books are also in Adobe eBook reader format, which is a separate, quick download. Then you’ll be able to read Is Your Mama a Llama? online!

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