slides in support of Gail Lovely's Keynote at the Early Literacy Conference at the Fred Rogers Center, October 2015

1. A long and winding road…
Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com

2. Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com

4. 1740 – Thomas Boreman (image source: http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/special/exhibitions/morgan/biblio.html#Boreman
“During the Infant-Age, ever
busy and always inquiring, there
is no fixing the attention of the
mind, but by amusing it”.
(preface of the book)

5. "Mechanical books should look like
ordinary books. Their success is to be
measured by the ingenuity with which
their bookish format conceals
unbookish characteristics."
-- [Iona & Peter Opie, "Books That Come to Life" from the Saturday
Book, v. 34, p. 62, 1975]
The Falshood of External Appearances (sic) created in the 1790s in England

6. 3-D Books -
Bookano stories with pictures that spring up in model form. no. 3. S. Louis Giraud, editor. London, Strand Publications, [1936]

7. http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/
dgbooks/id/556

8. “Coloring” Books
The democratization of
Art education and
coloring books as tools
to learn things needed
for a profession. (1830s)
The Little Folks Painting Book, 1879

9. Talking Books

10. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ipad-of-1935-115653218/

17. So we carry in our baggage
the books we knew

18. iOS
Android
$1.99
Just Grandma and Me

19. iOS
Android
$3.99
Pop Out!
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

20. iOS
$1.99
World of Ants
World of Ants – reading levels

21. iOS
$4.99
Rounds: Franklin Frog
Nonfiction with purposeful interaction

22. iOS
Android
$3.99
But Not the Hippopotamus

23. iOS
$1.99
Dentist Bird:
A West African Folktale

24. iOS
Android
$2.99
Kalley’s Machine Plus Cats
Images’ interactivity tells parts of the story

25. iOS
Android
$3.99
Tacky the Penguin
Tacky – supporting vocabulary building

26. iOS
free
Collins Big Cat Books
Dark Night
Own narration, create own stories, illustrations

27. iOS
$4.99
Cinderella
By Nosy Crow

28. iOS
$5.99
WuWu &Co.
For example
only

29. iOS
$3.99
Homes by TinyBop

30. iOS
Android
Windows
$3.99
My Very Hungry Catepillar

31. iOS
$4.99
David Weisner’s Spot

32. iOS
Android
$1.99
The Tortoise and the Hare
(by Arloon)
Augmented reality

33. iOS
Chrome
Free +
BookTrack
(also on web)
Not sure about
this one…

34. iOS
Android
$4.99
(free sample)
Loose Strands
An example only

35. iOS
$4.99
Love The App
The interface and story are breathtaking…
Not for young
children

36. The grass is green
on both sides of the road

37. The Past

38. The Future is
unclearFingertip Readers
Better voice control
Reading Fluency Apps
More Customizable “Books”
Still books on paper
Language changing on demand
New “book” hybrids

39. In the end…
it is not about
the book or
the app…

40. For joining me on this journey
Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com

41. Gail Lovely
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42. What I am reading…

43. Selected Sources
Historical Books –
http://www.broward.org/library/bienes/lii13903.htm
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/montanar/p-
ex.htm
https://blog.library.si.edu/2009/10/new-notable-popups-
movables/
http://www.howweread.co.uk/gallery/talking-books
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ipad-of-1935-
115653218/
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