Slide for a presentation by Gail Lovely

1. A book
Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com
is a book
is a book
or is it?

2. I LOVE Books!

3. 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)

4. "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

5. 3-D Books -
Bookano stories with pictures that spring up in model form. no. 3. S. Louis Giraud, editor. London, Strand Publications, [1936]

6. http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/dgbook
s/id/556

7. “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

8. Talking Books

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

16. we carry
forward the this
history of books
as we have
known them

17. iOS
Android
$1.99
Just Grandma and Me

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

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

20. iOS
$2.99
ABC Music
Switch languages with one touch

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
$4.99
Goldilocks and Little Bear
Two points of view here…

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

30. iOS
Android
$2.99
The big word factory
Interaction is the story – language building too

31. iOS
$3.99
Homes by TinyBop

32. iOS
Android
Windows
$3.99
My Very Hungry Catepillar

33. iOS
$4.99
David Weisner’s Spot

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

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

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

37. iOS
$2.99
The Tell Tale Heart

38. :
iOS
$9.99
Journeys of Invention:
Science and Technology from Past to Present

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

40. The
Future?
New “book” hybridsBetter voice controlMore Customizable “Books”Language changing on demandStill books on paperReading Fluency Apps

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

43. Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com
Thank you!
http://tinyurl.com/bookabook

44. Gail Lovely
GailLovely@SuddenlyItClicks.com
available from my website
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45. What I am reading…

46. 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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