BookBox explained

BookBox
Logo Alt:	BookBox's logo from 2016
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Creator:	Brij Kothari^[1]
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Current Status:	Online

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’ pedagogical sound and proven technique has won many international awards. ^[7] Their non-profit partner, PlanetRead, created by Brij Kothari, has also been widely implemented on film song based TV programs in India.^[8]

Languages

BookBox offers books in the following languages:^[9]

External links

News coverage

• Web site: Brij . Kothari . Brij Kothari . BookBox: Scaling children's reading . Huffington Post . March 3, 2016 .
• Web site: Elon Musk Backs Youth Literacy Through The Global Learning Xprize . The South African . January 13, 2016 . Blue Sky Publications Ltd. .
• Web site: Annie . Philip . Taking Kalam's Stories to Children Across India . The Hindu . October 15, 2015 .
• Web site: Brij . Kothari . Brij Kothari . Dr. Kalam: Animated Stories from His Legendary Life . Huffington Post . July 30, 2015 .

Reviews

• Web site: Using Captions for Children's Literacy in Any Language . . March 18, 2016 . dead . April 4, 2016 . 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 .
• Web site: Sara T. . Suzy S. . 75 Free Resources for Learning Spanish Online . Take Lessons . February 16, 2016 .
• Web site: Suzy S. . 50+ Free Online Resources for Teaching Spanish to Kids . Take Lessons . December 8, 2015 .
• Web site: Vidya . Balasubramanyam . 10 free online read alouds for children in Indian languages . The Alternative . Sattva Media and Consulting Pvt Ltd. . May 14, 2015 . March 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307212434/http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/10-free-online-read-alouds-children-indian-languages/ . March 7, 2016 . dead .
• Web site: Maya . An Animated Version of Too Many Bananas . . May 12, 2015 .
• Web site: Angelika . Davey . Practise your German with Videos from BookBox . Angelika's German . March 2, 2015 .
• Web site: Andrew . List of Websites Where You Can Watch Spanish Videos with Spanish Subtitles or Transcripts Online . How Learn Spanish . September 30, 2012 .

Notes and References

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