UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-01-29T17:32:17Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:02, 29 January 2022
Line 37:		Line 37:
	}}		}}

	'''BookBox''', a [[social enterprise]] located in [[Pondicherry]], [[India]] has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as [[Same language subtitling\|Same Language Subtitles]] (SLS).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mommasbacon.com/2012/03/02/product-review-animal-stories-bookbox-series-video-recommended-age-3-7/\|title=Product Review: Animal Stories BookBox Series Video (Recommended age 3-7)\|work=Momma's Bacon\|date=2012-03-02}}</ref> Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spanishplayground.net/bookbox-online-spanish-stories/\|title=BookBox: Online Spanish Stories\|work=Spanish Playground}}</ref> BookBox has their videos on their [[YouTube]] channel,<ref>{{Cite web\|title = bookboxinc\|url = https://www.youtube.com/bookboxinc\|website = YouTube\|accessdate = 2015-10-20}}</ref> with over 45 stories in 40 languages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bookbox.com\|title=BookBox\|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106\|title=BookBox: Scaling children's reading\|last=Kothari\|first=Brij\|date=2016-03-10\|website=HuffPost\|language=en\|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>		'''BookBox''', a [[social enterprise]] located in [[Pondicherry]], [[India]] has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as [[Same language subtitling\|Same Language Subtitles]] (SLS).<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://mommasbacon.com/2012/03/02/product-review-animal-stories-bookbox-series-video-recommended-age-3-7/\|title=Product Review: Animal Stories BookBox Series Video (Recommended age 3-7)\|work=Momma's Bacon\|date=2012-03-02}}</ref> Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://spanishplayground.net/bookbox-online-spanish-stories/\|title=BookBox: Online Spanish Stories\|work=Spanish Playground\|date=18 June 2015}}</ref> BookBox has their videos on their [[YouTube]] channel,<ref>{{Cite web\|title = bookboxinc\|url = https://www.youtube.com/bookboxinc\|website = YouTube\|accessdate = 2015-10-20}}</ref> with over 45 stories in 40 languages.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bookbox.com\|title=BookBox\|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106\|title=BookBox: Scaling children's reading\|last=Kothari\|first=Brij\|date=2016-03-10\|website=HuffPost\|language=en\|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>

	SLS is a pedagogically sound and proven technique and has won many international awards <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bookbox.com/awards\|title=Awards\|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> alongside their partner [[Nonprofit organization\|non-profit]], [[PlanetRead]] created by [[Brij Kothari]], which has also been implemented widely on [[Music of Bollywood\|film song]] based TV programs in India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.planetread.org/aboutus \|title=About Us \|work=PlanetRead \|access-date=2017-09-16 }}</ref>		SLS is a pedagogically sound and proven technique and has won many international awards <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bookbox.com/awards\|title=Awards\|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> alongside their partner [[Nonprofit organization\|non-profit]], [[PlanetRead]] created by [[Brij Kothari]], which has also been implemented widely on [[Music of Bollywood\|film song]] based TV programs in India.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.planetread.org/aboutus \|title=About Us \|work=PlanetRead \|access-date=2017-09-16 }}</ref>

	== Languages ==		== Languages ==
	BookBox offers books in the following languages:<ref>http://www.bookbox.com/catalog</ref>		BookBox offers books in the following languages:<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bookbox.com/catalog\|title=PlanetRead}}</ref>

	{{columns-list\|colwidth=15em\|		{{columns-list\|colwidth=15em\|

>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 1379/2199

2021-10-05T02:55:01Z

Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 1379/2199

New page

{{Multiple issues|
{{advert|date=October 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2015}}
}}

{{Infobox website
| name = BookBox
| logo = File:BookBox Logo.png
| logo_size =
| logo_alt = BookBox's logo from 2016
| logo_caption = BookBox Logo (2016)
| screenshot =
| collapsible = 
| collapsetext = 
| background = 
| screenshot_size =
| screenshot_alt =
| caption =
| url = {{URL|bookbox.com}}
| commercial = 
| type =
| registration =
| language =
| num_users =
| content_license = 
| programming_language =
| owner = 
| creator = [[Brij Kothari]]<ref name=bookbox_team>{{cite web |title=Team |website=BookBox |url=http://www.bookbox.com/about-us/team |access-date=2017-09-16 }}</ref>
| editor = 
| launch_date = 
| revenue =
| ip =
| issn = 
| oclc = 
| current_status = Online
| footnotes =
}}

'''BookBox''', a [[social enterprise]] located in [[Pondicherry]], [[India]] has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as [[Same language subtitling|Same Language Subtitles]] (SLS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mommasbacon.com/2012/03/02/product-review-animal-stories-bookbox-series-video-recommended-age-3-7/|title=Product Review: Animal Stories BookBox Series Video (Recommended age 3-7)|work=Momma's Bacon|date=2012-03-02}}</ref> Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spanishplayground.net/bookbox-online-spanish-stories/|title=BookBox: Online Spanish Stories|work=Spanish Playground}}</ref> BookBox has their videos on their [[YouTube]] channel,<ref>{{Cite web|title = bookboxinc|url = https://www.youtube.com/bookboxinc|website = YouTube|accessdate = 2015-10-20}}</ref> with over 45 stories in 40 languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookbox.com|title=BookBox|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106|title=BookBox: Scaling children's reading|last=Kothari|first=Brij|date=2016-03-10|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}}</ref>

SLS is a pedagogically sound and proven technique and has won many international awards <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookbox.com/awards|title=Awards|work=bookbox.com}}</ref> alongside their partner [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]], [[PlanetRead]] created by [[Brij Kothari]], which has also been implemented widely on [[Music of Bollywood|film song]] based TV programs in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetread.org/aboutus |title=About Us |work=PlanetRead |access-date=2017-09-16 }}</ref>

== Languages ==
BookBox offers books in the following languages:<ref>http://www.bookbox.com/catalog</ref>

{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[Arabic]]
* [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
* [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
* [[Bhili language|Bhili]]
* [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
* [[Chatino language|Chatino]]
* [[Danish language|Danish]]
* [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
* [[English language|English]] ([[American English|US]] and [[British English|UK]])
* [[Esperanto]]
* [[French language|French]]
* [[German language|German]]
* [[Modern Greek|Greek]]
* [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
* [[Hebrew]]
* [[Hindi]]
* [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
* [[Italian language|Italian]]
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
* [[Kannada]]
* [[Kotava]]
* [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]
* [[Lidepla]]
* [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
* [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
* [[Odia language|Odia]]
* [[Polish language|Polish]]
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
* [[Russian language|Russian]]
* [[Sanskrit]]
* [[Santali language|Santali]]
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
* [[Swahili language|Swahili]]
* [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
* [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
* [[Urdu]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.bookbox.com/}}

=== News coverage ===
* {{cite web |first=Brij |last=Kothari |authorlink=Brij Kothari |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106.html |title=BookBox: Scaling children's reading |website=Huffington Post |date=March 3, 2016 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.thesouthafrican.com/elon-musk-backs-youth-literacy-through-the-global-learning-xprize |title=Elon Musk Backs Youth Literacy Through The Global Learning Xprize |website=The South African |date=January 13, 2016 |publisher=Blue Sky Publications Ltd. }}
* {{cite web |first=Annie |last=Philip |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/taking-kalams-stories-to-children-across-india/article7763596.ece |title=Taking Kalam's Stories to Children Across India |website=The Hindu |date=October 15, 2015 }}
* {{cite web |first=Brij |last=Kothari |authorlink=Brij Kothari |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brij-kothari/dr-kalam-animated-stories_b_7892196.html |title=Dr. Kalam: Animated Stories from His Legendary Life |website=Huffington Post |date=July 30, 2015 }}

=== Reviews ===
* {{cite web |url=http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/news/using-captions-for-children’s-literacy-in-any-language |title=Using Captions for Children's Literacy in Any Language |website=[[Media Access Australia]] |date=March 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404010733/http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/news/using-captions-for-children%E2%80%99s-literacy-in-any-language }}
* {{cite web |author1=Sara T. |author2=Suzy S. |url=http://takelessons.com/blog/free-online-Spanish-help-z03 |title=75 Free Resources for Learning Spanish Online |website=Take Lessons |date=February 16, 2016 }}
* {{cite web |author=Suzy S. |url=http://takelessons.com/blog/Spanish-worksheets-resources-z03 |title=50+ Free Online Resources for Teaching Spanish to Kids |website=Take Lessons |date=December 8, 2015 }}
* {{cite web |first=Vidya |last=Balasubramanyam |url=http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/10-free-online-read-alouds-children-indian-languages/ |title=10 free online read alouds for children in Indian languages |website=The Alternative |publisher=Sattva Media and Consulting Pvt Ltd. |date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=March 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307212434/http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/10-free-online-read-alouds-children-indian-languages/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web |author=Maya |url=http://blog.prathambooks.org/2015/05/an-animated-version-of-too-many-bananas.html |title=An Animated Version of Too Many Bananas |website=[[Pratham|Pratham Books]] |date=May 12, 2015 }}
* {{cite web |first=Angelika |last=Davey |url=http://angelikasgerman.co.uk/practise-german-videos-bookbox/ |title=Practise your German with Videos from BookBox |website=Angelika's German |date=March 2, 2015 }}
* {{cite web |author=Andrew |url=http://howlearnspanish.com/2012/09/spanish-videos-subtitles-free/ |title=List of Websites Where You Can Watch Spanish Videos with Spanish Subtitles or Transcripts Online |website=How Learn Spanish |date=September 30, 2012 }}

[[Category:Literacy in India]]
[[Category:Social enterprises]]

BookBox - Revision history

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 1379/2199