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Greg Walsh replied on July 10, 2009 18:39 to the question "i want to read books in urdu" in International Children's Digital Library:

If you know anyone who speaks Urdu + another language we have, please encourage them to translate books into Urdu. Have the visit: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/people... for more information.

Greg Walsh replied on July 10, 2009 18:36 to the question "How do I contribute a book?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. If you'd like to contribute a book, please visit: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/people...

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Greg Walsh replied on July 10, 2009 18:34 to the question "Free textbooks for our school" in International Children's Digital Library:

Tess,

Thanks for your question! As a digital library, we don't have any actual books. Unfortunately, we can't send you any. As long as your school has internet, you can always use the ICDL with your students.

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Greg

Greg Walsh replied on December 10, 2008 16:17 to the question "Bibliotherapy Resources?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Georgia,

Just click the Follow tab in the upper-right side of the page.

Greg

Greg Walsh replied on November 19, 2008 23:46 to the question "Okay to use illustrations in post about your site?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Hi Cynthia,

Thanks for the question. I'm trying to find the right answer for you.

Greg

Greg Walsh shared an idea in International Children's Digital Library on November 12, 2008 17:21:

Finding a "Book-of-the-Day" after it is no longer the book of the day.

A lot of our book-of-the-day selections are from our special collections, and, our special collections do not come up in search results from our Simple Search. In order to find the book you're looking for, you'll need to use our Advanced Search. But don't worry...it's not hard!

From the home page, select the Read Books menu.



Then select Advanced Search. When you are in the advanced search, enter your book title into the Keywords box, choose the book's language, and click OK.



Your results will appear on the right. You may need to click the right arrow in the upper-right corner to see more results.

Greg Walsh replied on November 03, 2008 13:40 to the question "Did you consider designing the talking picture books in this library?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Thanks for that idea French Teacher! I think that narration would probably be easier as well, but, I can't help think that character voices could add to some stories. Does anyone else have a thought on it?

Greg Walsh shared an idea in International Children's Digital Library on October 27, 2008 18:29:

My Favorite Book This Week

This week, I read Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit adapted by Lina Mao Wall and Cathy Spagnoli and illustrated by Nancy Hom. It is a Cambodian folk tale telling the story of man who goes to fight for the king. The man's wife is sad, so, a tree spirit takes his form and pretends to be him. The real man comes back but the tree spirit won't leave. The man finds help from Judge Rabbit, a resident of the forest and a pretty clever animal.

I found this story because I was looking for mythology and folk tales. I really liked the illustrations. I thought the style was deceptively simple and captured a wood-cut like feel. I really liked Judge Rabbit...I thought he (or she) was a great character. In fact, he reminded me of Bugs Bunny from the classic cartoons. Bugs often took care of his adversaries with nothing more than a trick that exploited their over-inflated egos and Judge Rabbit did the same. Plus Judge Rabbit worked cheap...he only wanted some bananas!

Greg Walsh replied on October 16, 2008 16:49 to the question "Bibliotherapy Resources?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Georgia48,

Thanks for the question. Let's see if anyone can answer it for you!

Greg Walsh replied on October 06, 2008 19:10 to the question "Hi. I can't make the add-to-bookshelf thing work. Can you help?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Hi Songshine,

You need to follow the following steps to add a book to your bookshelf:

1.) Log in with your library account that you created. If you didn't create a library account, go to: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/... and choose kids or adult.

2.) Find a book you want to add.

3.) You should see an icon in the upper-left corner that looks like this: Click that icon to add the item to your bookshelf. If it worked, the picture will change to say something like "Remove this book from my bookshelf".

4.) Enjoy!

If that doesn't work, you may want to try again.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Greg

Greg Walsh started following the idea "People should not hide their books. They are for all." in International Children's Digital Library.

Greg Walsh replied on October 02, 2008 13:37 to the idea "People should not hide their books. They are for all." in International Children's Digital Library:

Joyce,

Thanks for your idea! As you probably know, anyone who is interested in translating books for us should check out: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/peopl... . Here, you can volunteer to be a translator or see a list of our volunteers.

Thanks again!

Greg

Greg Walsh started a conversation in International Children's Digital Library on September 30, 2008 14:09:

There's something going around...Ah-chew!

Hello!

Thanks to a cold that I caught last week, I was unable to post in our forum and recommend a good book based on my experience...I felt like the character from this page of The Adventurous Face by Nahid Mahdavi Asl and illustrated by Ali Reza Goldouzian.

This is a really great Persian / Farsi book about a body's reaction to being sick. The surreal illustrations are fantastic. They stand on their own and tell the story without needing to know the language. Of course, the book's description helps with that, too.

If you feel like you're coming down with cold bug or are just getting bit by the reading bug, I would recommend The Adventurous Face to help you feel better.

Book Link: http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/...

Greg Walsh replied on September 23, 2008 14:13 to the question "How many users?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Since its launch at a ceremony at the Library of Congress, almost three million visitors have accessed the 2500 books from 59 countries in 48 languages in the ICDL. This unique collection has been created by an army of more than 1000 volunteers who have worked in cooperation with over 70 libraries, publishers, authors, illustrators, and other contributors from around the world.

Greg Walsh shared an idea in International Children's Digital Library on September 18, 2008 14:23:

A Fun Activity to Accompany Sydney and the Sea Monster

Hi, everyone! This week, I really liked the book Sydney and the Sea Monster by David Elliot. It is a book from New Zealand written in English. The story is about a penguin, Sydney, who is a not-so-great inventor and seems to get in to trouble from being too curious. As someone who has disassembled more things than reassembled (most recently an engine that I promised I could put back together), I can relate.

Luckily, Sydney's ingenuity helps him in the end. Spoiler alert: Sydney makes a large mask for his whale friend to scare away hunters.

I thought it would be fun to make a scary mask as an activity for k-2 kids. Here's how:

You will need construction paper, markers or crayons, and scissors.


Next, draw the outline of your mask. If there are young children, an adult may want to prepare a template for them to trace.


Now, decorate your mask with markers. I chose to make my mask slightly furry with antenna and a pink nose. If you have more supplies, you can use glitter or yarn.


Once it is decorated, it is time to cut it out. An adult may need to help with cutting the eyes.


Now it is time to use the mask:
A mask so scary that only a mummy could love it!

Follow-up activity: Find other books in the ICDL that focus on masks. Why do the other stories use masks? How do the stories with masks make readers feel?

Greg Walsh replied on September 17, 2008 21:59 to the question "Did you consider designing the talking picture books in this library?" in International Children's Digital Library:

Claire,

Thanks for the comment. Actually, we are currently looking into ways to add multilingual audio into our books.

What kind of audio would you like to hear? Narration or have the characters speak?

Please let us know!

Greg

Greg Walsh replied on September 17, 2008 13:28 to the discussion "nigerian children library books" in International Children's Digital Library:

I'm sorry, we're currently not hiring.

Greg Walsh started a conversation in International Children's Digital Library on September 09, 2008 13:40:

My Favorite Book this Week

This week, I decided to read Waldo and the boat trip by Hans Wilhelm. I discovered this book by doing a simple search for something I liked: sailing. When the results came back, I chose the French version of the book because I speak un petit French and thought it would be a good way to practice the language.

In case I got stuck on some words I didn't know, I opened the story and then opened a second browser window with a translation web site. I read the book and only used the translation tool a few times and, honestly, for words that I thought I knew.

This was a great book because it incorporated three important things: responsibility, play, and creative problem solving. Jeremie wants to go on a boat ride with his friends but his mom reminds him that he needs to do his chores first. He gets to the dock late and misses the boat. Waldo shows up and, together, they figure out how to catch up with the friends using some ingenuity.

Greg