It's a free site where you can read animated picture books. For each book, a narrator reads the story and you can follow along by reading the text. Each book is accompanied by its own music, sound effects, and animations! The Beaconsfield Library has books in both English and French.
Do you want to give it a try? You can access ths site by clicking "E-books", then "TumbleBooks" on the home page of the library catalogue.
Here are a few new books that were added to the TumbleBooks site in the last few weeks.
By: Joe Kulka
Summary:
Look out—Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear at the window and the front door opens... But things are not as they seem in this suspenseful, clever story, and it's the reader who's in for the biggest surprise of all!
By: Sarah Tsiang
Summary:
Abby watches sadly as every season draws to an end and she is to give up and part with her shoes - her pink and brown sandals with the lime green trim in the summer and cozy comfy boots in the winter.
By: Bree Galbraith and Isabelle Malenfant
Summary:
Theo is brokenhearted when he accidentally lets go of the string of his party balloon. As he watches it float out of sight, Theo wonders where his balloon might have gone. A unique story filled with the magic and whimsy of childhood imagination, "Once Upon a Balloon" will delight young readers and reawaken the child in all of us.
You will see that Tumblebooks is a fun web site to discover!
