very helpful Jim thanks!
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Jim Simmons <[email protected]> wrote: > Sean, > > Check out the Children's Library here: > > http://www.archive.org/details/iacl > > There are several books in Arabic, Farsi, and other languages. The > top rated Arabic books are short, well illustrated, and aimed at young > children so they might be good choices in DJVU format. Some > possibilities: > > Tagalog -- Pag-Aalsa Sa Cavite; Bakit Binitay Sina Padre Gomez, Burgos > At Zamora? http://www.archive.org/details/vllpgls > > Arabic -- Ras Al-Afa http://www.archive.org/details/mrmrslf > > Farsi -- Raha Kih Mamanad http://www.archive.org/details/shjrhkh > > French -- L'Arche de N http://www.archive.org/details/larcheden00guig > > Chinese -- Kao Ai Ti Che Chih http://www.archive.org/details/ktchchh > > Chinese -- Ku Kung Wen Wu Pao Tsang Hsu Pien > http://www.archive.org/details/kkngwnw > > Hope this helps. > > James Simmons > > >>> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:02:43 +0100 >>> From: Sean DALY <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [IAEP] Please help suggest illustrated eBooks for Sugar on a >>> Stick v2 Blueberry launch >>> >>> Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry will be launched at the Netbook World >>> Summit in Paris on December 8th and Walter will open the summit with >>> the keynote presentation! >>> >>> Sebastian and other members of the SoaS team are working hard on >>> finalizing the master this weekend. >>> >>> In this holiday season with $250 Kindles and $299 Nooks and $$$ >>> eBooks, we want to talk about Sugar's great eBook tools as well as >>> open access eBooks - that eBooks shouldn't be only pricey DRM'd >>> downloads for pricey gadgets. >>> >>> To do this, we want to "populate" Blueberry's Journal with a small >>> number of eBooks. Small, so the Journal is not overstuffed; eBooks >>> there will help new Sugar users to understand the Journal. >>> >>> We do feel though that it is important that of the handful of eBooks, >>> not all should be in English. We won't have room for every language >>> (that needs to wait for a later version of Sugar or SoaS which could >>> have filter logic by language). But an eBook in half a dozen >>> languages, with instructions for parents and teachers where to find >>> others, will effectively demonstrate Sugar's potential as an eBook >>> reader solution. Books written in the native language will be >>> preferable to translations of books originally written in English - >>> we'd like to show that Sugar content can be localized and not merely >>> translated. >>> >>> Please suggest eBooks! ideally, an illustrated eBook in EPUB format >>> (although we may be able to convert from other formats by hand since >>> there will only be a few). Send links! >>> >>> If it's possible before Sunday, it would be fabulous if we could >>> include an eBook created by children in the classroom! Even a >>> collection of scans could be fairly easily "bound" into an eBook file. >>> >>> Thanks for your help! >>> >>> Sean >>> Sugar Labs Marketing Coordinator >> > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
