What is BookBox?

BookBox is essentially a web-based jukebox of digital books in languages from around the world. It synchronizes the text, audio, and visual media to create an educational and entertaining reading experience for children and even adults who still have a child in them! Based on proven methods of Same Language Subtitling (SLS), BookBox aims to not only enhance children's basic literacy, but also facilitate their proficiency in foreign languages.
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BookBox's mission

The mission of BookBox is to create outstanding audio-visual “books” for children below 10 years of age in a variety of languages. The primary goal of BookBox is to not only promote a love for reading through extremely edutaining and culturally inclusive content from around the world, but also to give automatic reading practice to children.

How does BookBox work?

BookBox is based on a methodology called Same Language Subtitling (SLS) where a child can relate the phonetic sounds with the visual subtitles to accelerate reading skill development. When SLS is integrated into a "book", reading happens automatically and subconsciously, as proven through sophisticated eye-tracking research.

Who benefits?

Any child can learn to read from BookBox . Parents in search of resources for reading and language learning that are both effective and affordable, will find tremendous value in BookBox. Especially busy parents can now use BookBox to combine the fun of a cartoon with reading practice and language learning at the same time.

Why BookBox instead of cartoons?

Cartoons are designed for pure fun. Sometimes they are violent and often loaded with ads. BookBox allows a child to have fun with animation while developing his/her reading and language skills. Our animated books are ad-free and violence-free, taking great care to be respectful of peoples from around the world. Bookbox also distinguishes itself by the cultural diversity of its story content. In a world that is increasingly interconnected, at BookBox we believe that it is important to expose the younger generation to the many different languages and cultures.

Where do Bookbox stories come from?

BookBox engages local authors to create or adapt stories based on their individual cultures and traditions. An editorial committee selects stories on an on-going basis and anyone can be a BookBox author! We review and select stories anonymously and only those that bring cultural, social, and educational values to its readers.  

What are the future plans for BookBox?

BookBox has many exciting new books lined up for the coming year, hailing from various cultures across the globe in over 10 languages. Please email us your feedback on what you would like to see more from us.