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How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books outlines effective ways of using digital books in early years and primary classrooms, and specifies the educational potential of using digital books and apps in physical spaces and virtual communities.

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9781787353497

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This is an exciting and innovative book--not least because it is freely available to read online but because its origins are in primary practice. The author is an accomplished storyteller, and whether you know, as yet, little about the value of digital literacy in the storymaking process, or you are an accomplished digital player, this book is full of evidence-informed ideas, explanations and inspiration. --Liz Chamberlain, Open University At a time when children's reading is increasingly onscreen, many teachers, parents, and carers are seeking practical, straightforward guidance on how to support children's engagement with digital books. This volume, written by the leading expert on personalized e-books, is packed with app reviews, suggestions, and insights from recent international research, all underpinned by careful analysis of digital book features and recognition of reading as a social and cultural practice. Providing accessible guidance on finding, choosing, sharing, and creating digital books, it will be welcomed by those excited by the possibilities of enthusing children about reading in the digital age. --Cathy Burnett, Sheffield Hallam University

"""At a time when children's reading is increasingly onscreen, many teachers, parents, and carers are seeking practical, straightforward guidance on how to support children's engagement with digital books. This volume, written by the leading expert on personalized e-books, is packed with app reviews, suggestions, and insights from recent international research, all underpinned by careful analysis of digital book features and recognition of reading as a social and cultural practice. Providing accessible guidance on finding, choosing, sharing, and creating digital books, it will be welcomed by those excited by the possibilities of enthusing children about reading in the digital age.""--Cathy Burnett, Sheffield Hallam University ""This is an exciting and innovative book--not least because it is freely available to read online but because its origins are in primary practice. The author is an accomplished storyteller, and whether you know, as yet, little about the value of digital literacy in the storymaking process, or you are an accomplished digital player, this book is full of evidence-informed ideas, explanations and inspiration.""--Liz Chamberlain, Open University ""Timely, informative, innovative, practical, well signposted, and up-to-date book effectively grounded in the author's experiences as both practitioner and researcher. The book divides neatly into chapters which in the first half considers how to read, evaluate, and use commercially produced digital books to support children's language and literacies, and in the second half, considers the creation of digital books by children with adults. The latter promotes the value of storytelling by children and story-making for parents, emphasizing process as well as product and offering children, teachers, and parents agency and empowerment. In addition, its well-organized format and recommendations for further reading were valued, while the way it explains the technology was considered most helpful. . . . A clearly, deserving winner."" -- ""UKLA Academic Book Award 2021 judges citation"""

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Natalia Kucirkova is a Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Education, UCL. Her research concerns innovative ways of supporting children’s book reading, digital literacy and exploring the role of personalization. She co-edits the book series, Children’s Reading and Writing on Screen, and the journal, Literacy. Natalia’s research takes place collaboratively across academia, commercial and third sectors.

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