Week Nine Thing # 22

I explored LibriVox in my last ‘thing’ – where audiobook versions of copyright free books can be found.

This week I checked out World eBook Fair which can be found at http://www.worldebookfair.com/ or http://www.worldebookfair.org/
(I thought that finding it at both .com and .org was interesting). The site is well organized – I took the hint and started with the Browse Collections page at http://worldebookfair.org/Collections.htm

I found a fantastic list of books in the Classic Literature Collection. Students are often required to read a classic and now I will be able to direct them to the classics reproduced here. The font size was good and now I think I’d like a Kindle. I see on Amazon that Kindle version two has just been released. I know my husband would like to have another look at ‘Flatland’ by Edwin A. Abbott and I was excited to find ‘T. Tembaron’ by Francis Hodgson Burnett, one of her lesser known works.

I also looked up Poetry Collection – 8000 poems – and thought this could be useful for students at my school.

The British Library Online Gallery at http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html was fascinating and I’m glad this site has been drawn to my attention. I looked at Jane Austen’s ‘The History of England’ which she completed when she was just fifteen years of age. Her script is beautifully neat and I liked the illustrations which accompanied the work. I also checked out William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’. Besides the original poem, there is information about William Blake and about the poem. This site is worth exploring for its online gallery, virtual books, online exhibitions and definitely do the highlight tour too.

There are also some nice ecards which can be sent – arranged under different themes – check them out.