The most popular version among the program users is 3. Download, print, read 800 childrens stories for free. Finding the correct reading level for a child is like finding her the right size of shoes it needs to be just right. Browse storyweaver, where you can read, create, translate, or download an endless stream of free stories. All the stories are available under creative commons licenses which means that the stories are free to use and can be translated into new languages, new stories can be created, and. This beautiful christmas story was brought to us by pratham and their storyweaver platform. Browse, read, create, translate and share childrens story books for free. Working closely with the rest of the marcom team to develop and create engaging marketing content. Pratham books welcome to pratham books storyweaver. Suzanne singh, the chairperson of pratham books, shares her thoughts on the journey of pratham books and their ambition to promote reading among children. Chalklit provides tools, resources, and trainings to teachers to help them teach better in their classrooms. Arya in the cockpit a fact based childrens story tells of a little girls dream to be a pilot. Storyweaver is a gateway to an endless stream of stories committed to helping children find the right story in a language theyre familiar with.
Free diverse online books in many languages to download. If you dont get a reply its been intercepted by spam filters. Download, print, read 800 childrens stories for free deccan herald. Storyweaver games is a collective of likeminded, quirky game designers who love weaving stories as much as you do. Had the best time working on illustrating this adorable book for the lovely folks at pratham books storyweaver. Bookspring recommends that kids and families interested in reading diverse and multicultural stories try the awardwinning, international site storyweaver. In the month of may, we were celebrating world turtle day by offering a free download of our popular book turtle story. Keyas day at the beach written by radha rangarajan for pratham books storyweaver. Jan 17, 2018 suzanne singh is the chairperson of pratham books, a notforprofit childrens book publisher.
She has been associated with pratham books since its inception in 2004. All of storyweavers content is free to access and can be easily downloaded, accessed on multiple devices, or printed. Were hoping that by setting stories free like this, theyll take wing and fly to. An inspirational story about how a young man from a fishing village became a hero to the nation, becoming the first male dancer to master traditional dances. Theyre also a gateway to learning about the wonders of science, the logic of. Inhabitants of the sea marine life early nonfiction. Pratham books offers a free book download on world music day. The default filenames for the programs installer are cview. This allows educators and librarians to download stories, print and then share them with students. An inspiring level two story brought to us by pratham childrens books and storyweaver. Working closely with the production team for the first print run of the books. Had the pleasure of working on this beautiful story, razia learns to swim by divya panicker for pratham books storyweaver. As a mission focused, nonprofit childrens books publisher, we wanted to provide unfettered access to reading resources in mother tongue languages to all children. Designed to provide children with reading resources, storyweaver is a digital gateway to thousands of richly illustrated, openlicensed childrens stories in mother tongue languages.
You can read other great books on the storyweaver website for free. About the project storyweaver is indias first open source, digital repository of multilingual childrens books from pratham books, a nonprofit childrens book publisher. Through storyweavers open source technology, openly licensed stories can be translated, remixed, or newly authored to expand the diversity of storybooks available to children. Chalklit is a free app used by thousands of teachers across india and the.
In an interview with the economic times, chairperson, suzanne singh, stated that with nearly 400,000 users on storyweaver, the companys readershiphas grown outside. Storyweaver is an open source platform by pratham books for. Learning content for preschoolers, primary and upper primary school and vocational awareness is available in major indian languages including punjabi. Cognisant of these on ground realities, pratham books launched storyweaver a digital platform with openly licensed, multilingual storybooks for children. Another great creative commons book fro pratham and story weaver.
Illustration for the sweet little story meera ameera by nimmy chacko for pratham books storyweaver. A hilarious adventure of what a man does when he takes over his wifes chores for the day, combined with a viking ship activity at the end, this book makes for a great story and activity time. On storyweaver, all content is available under the ccby4. Adapting the original design files in print and converting it into sizes and designs that are suitable for storyweaver pratham books digital story platform. A sample of creative commons ccby childrens books from pratham books in india. Inhabitants of the sea is a marine life early nonfiction book, suitable for. Indias first open source, digital repository of multilingual childrens stories. Design and layout of all marketing collateral online and offline for pratham books, and its subbrands, storyweaver, and donateabook. Storyweaver is an open source digital repository of multilingual stories from pratham books, a notforprofit childrens publishing house with a mission to see a book in every childs hands. Try again, or leave a comment on any post i will get it, eventually. Books are a wonderful way to escape into another world one filled with runaway pigs, sparrow detectives, and grandmothers building amazing machines. If you want to submit a book or have a suggestionpost for inclusion on fkb simply email me danielle at redskyventures dot org, with the title submission for free kids books. Stories for children everywhere january 3, 2017 author resources, blog, storyweaverpratham comments. With over 15,000 stories in nearly 200 languages, storyweaver is not only a place where children can read and learn but also create, translate and download content for free.
Brought to us by pratham s storyweaver platform, reaching more children with reading. Story weaver is an open source platform of multilingual stories. Pratham books created an alternate model to address these inequities to. Storyweaver, a magnificent, opensource platform and repository of diverse, multilingual stories for children. Say hello to storyweaver, a gigantic kidlit opensource platform. While bookspring recommends starting with print books for all infants and toddlers, digital and downloadable books can also help emerging and independent readers if they are shared with an. With over 1,500 stories in 35 languages, it is a free gateway to a.
We link levels to the childs reading development, since we know 10yearolds who are most comfortable with a level 1 story, as well as 6yearolds who can read level 3 stories effortlessly. Storyweaver pushes our idea of book in every childs hand. This is a hindi level 2 book from prathams storyweaver. This download was scanned by our builtin antivirus and was rated as safe.
By creating a collaborative framework where the creators and consumers of childrens content could interact with one another, storyweaver attempted to address the scarcity of books for children. Age 25 years, all fkb books, bedtime stories, creative commons, early reader, grade k and pre k, storyweaver pratham, toddlers at bathtime for chunnu and munnu there is tons of fun, splashing, scrubbing, followed by dinner and bedtime. Browse through thousands of openly licensed stories for children in over 100 languages of the world. Pratham books storyweaver is an online platform that connects readers, authors, illustrators, and translators to create free stories for children around the world. There are only children who havent found the right book goes the. Chalklit is a free app used by thousands of teachers across india and the world to keep themselves updated of the latest pedagogical techniques and methods to teach complex concepts to students. But we are all in this together and pratham books storyweaver is here with you. Sams christmas present is a fun story about curiosity and patience over christmas. With the aim to enable self learning using digital means, pradigi content will be available through this android app, a webpage and a youtube channel. Jun 19, 2018 if youre a parent, teacher, or educator with a daily need for new, gorgeously illustrated kidlit stories, im here to introduce you to a lovely secret that pratham books, an indian notforprofit publisher, has been keeping from you. On storyweaver users can read, create, translate, download and share stories for free. If the above link does not appear in your window, then please click here.
Conduct user acceptance testing and live testing on the story weaver platform to identify and report. Mission cycle hindi a story about a girl journey in learning how to ride a bike, progressing from day to day while showing the experiences she has during curfew and what it is like behind the eyes of a little girl. Pradigi is prathams digital initiative to strengthen, spread and sustain lifelong learning. Along the way we meet many figures from womens history in aviation and find out about their achievements. The stories can be read, shared, or downloaded for offline usage and in printready formats. This is rated level 3 by pratham, stories that are suitable. Working closely with our content team to create and adapt content for digital and print mediums. This program is an intellectual property of storymind. Chalklit is an app for teacher education and training.
This childrens day, pratham books storyweaver casts a. Our mission is to see a book in every childs hand and we have spread the joy of reading to millions of children in india. Many of our recent books have come from a site called storyweaver, here is a little bit of background about storyweaver and their mission. Age 25 years, all fkb books, animals, beginner english, creative commons, grade k and pre k, sea creatures, storyweaverpratham, toddlers. How this open source platform is weaving stories of communities in. This wee brushing enthusiast and her song made us smile we hope you enjoy this clip too. But storyweaver, which also features over 2,000 openly licensed images and. Theres no such thing as a child who doesnt like to read.