INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Public Library has expanded its collection of eBooks and e-audiobooks for kids and teens with the addition of the TumbleBook online interactive library. It combines popular books with sound, animation, music and narration to encourage reading for students ranging from preschool to high school.
The new online library includes TumbleBooks — entertaining, eye-catching eBooks and videos for younger children and beginning readers up to 3rd grade; TumbleBook Cloud Jr. — eBooks, read-alongs, chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos and audio books for more independent readers in grades 2 – 6; and TumbleBook Cloud — e-books, YA/teen novels, high interest/low level book classics, graphic novels, educational videos and audio books for grades 7 – 12.
The new eBooks also feature a “TumbleMobile” interface for eReaders and mobile devices with Internet connections, as well as adjustable online text, complete audio narration, sentences highlighting, vocabulary lists, and automatic page turns. In addition to popular picture books, chapter books, graphic novels and teen fiction, the content in the TumbleBook library includes Language Learning, Read-Along Books, Math Stories, National Geographic videos, Non-fiction Books, Puzzles and Games, as well as books in Spanish and French.
To access TumbleBooks, visit www.indypl.org and click on TumbleBooks from the Library’s homepage.