Multimedia Books
| Multimedia books are a wonderful way to teach children about the world around them. “Multimedia” books mean that you do not just read these books, you can also see and hear videos and audios and work with interactive features embedded in these books. People’s brains are wired differently – some learn in conventional ways like reading, some are more visual, and some learn more by listening. These different ways of learning are encompassed in multimedia or enhanced audio and video Books. These features catch a child’s attention, intrigue the child, and then help him or her to understand and remember the information in the book. This makes enhanced, multimedia books an excellent educational tool for children. Multimedia books are not like TV shows where children spend a lot of time passively watching the screen. Multimedia books have the potential to entertain, enlighten and educate a new generation of children the way Sesame Street on PBS does – where children not only enjoy the programs but are also caught up in the learning experience. You can happily give your child a multimedia story book. Children will be engaged and learn more than from an ordinary TV show. Children can also read these books by themselves or listen to the audio. Interactive features are at the heart of Bo-Tree House’s Viku and the Elephant iPad multimedia version. Here children spend a lot of time engaged with the content because it “speaks” to them, and offers various avenues of interactivity, and play. They have the potential to entertain, enlighten, and educate children as they will not only enjoy the story but are also caught up in a learning experience, they willingly participate in. In Bo-Tree House multimedia books, highlighted words in red will pop up a picture or an explanation when tapped. For example, when you tap the word “rhinoceros,” it will bring up the picture of a rhinoceros or if you touch “sweets,” it will show you how some Indian sweets look. The audio icons at the top of each page will turn on narration of the story, page by page when tapped. If you decide to buy a copy, you tap on the price on your iPad, and it will change to “Buy Book.” If you tap on “Buy Book,” it will take you to “Sign in to iTunes Store.” Follow the prompts after you sign in. When you buy a book, it will automatically appear in your Apple Books library. Bo-Tree House has so far produced two multimedia books based on the first Viku book, Viku and the Elephant, for Apple iPad and Mac computers: (1) Viku and Haatee Apple Book (2) Viku Meets the Ivory Poachers Apple Book
Click here for more details of this Apple Book How to buy our multimedia books on iPad First, download the Apple Books App onto the iPad. You will see Home, Library, Book Store, Audiobook Stoe and Q for search on the top bar. When you tap on the library, you will see a list of books you have already downloaded. You klick the Search button Q and type the name of Viku and Haatee (the first iPad Viku book) or Viku Meets the Ivory Poachers (the second iPad Viku book), which continues the story of Viku. The cover picture of the book will show up on your screen. Or you type Debu Majumdar, the author, a list of his books available on the iPad will show up. If you tap on the book, you will get more information – what the story is about, what kind of pictures it has, if it has audio and video, etc. You can download a sample of the book, usually the first few pages, by clicking the button next to the price. To buy the book, you tap on the price, and it will change to “Buy Book.” Follow the prompts after you sign in. When you buy a book, it automatically appears in your Apple Books library. |
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