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'''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>


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Latest revision as of 23:02, 29 January 2022

BookBox
BookBox's logo from 2016
BookBox Logo (2016)
Created byBrij Kothari[1]
Websitebookbox.com
Current statusOnline

BookBox, a social enterprise located in Pondicherry, India has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as Same Language Subtitles (SLS).[2] Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.[3] BookBox has their videos on their YouTube channel,[4] with over 45 stories in 40 languages.[5] The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at Stanford University.[6]

SLS is a pedagogically sound and proven technique and has won many international awards [7] alongside their partner non-profit, PlanetRead created by Brij Kothari, which has also been implemented widely on film song based TV programs in India.[8]

Languages[edit]

BookBox offers books in the following languages:[9]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Team". BookBox. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ↑ "Product Review: Animal Stories BookBox Series Video (Recommended age 3-7)". Momma's Bacon. 2012-03-02.
  3. ↑ "BookBox: Online Spanish Stories". Spanish Playground. 18 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "bookboxinc". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  5. ↑ "BookBox". bookbox.com.
  6. ↑ Kothari, Brij (2016-03-10). "BookBox: Scaling children's reading". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  7. ↑ "Awards". bookbox.com.
  8. ↑ "About Us". PlanetRead. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  9. ↑ "PlanetRead".

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