The Ottumwa Public
Library recently subscribed to a new service for the community called, “TumbleBooks.” Through TumbleBooks patrons
will now be able to go to the library’s website 24/7 and read children’s
e-books, play learning games and have books read aloud to them.
“We’re really
excited to have this new database available to our patrons,” Sonja Ferrell,
Director of the Ottumwa Public Library, said.
“Parents, teachers and childcare providers will all be able to share
this with any child and not have to be worried about what they are looking at
on the internet.”
For
access go to the Ottumwa Public Library website, www.ottumwapubliclibrary.org
and click on the TumbleBooks link under Quick Links in the right hand column. Patrons wishing to go directly to TumbleBooks can use the url http://www.ottumwapubliclibrary.org/tumble
The
Tumble Book Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated,
talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with
sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), TumbleTV
which consists of pre-set play lists of a sequence of books and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
Tumble Books are created from existing picture books which they have licensed
from children's book publishers and converted to the Tumble Book
format.
Patrons can also access TumbleBooks via any reading device that has an internet
connection (for example: color nook, kindle fire, Ipads & Ipod touch
users), our site should automatically redirect you to “TumbleBookLibrary: For
iPads and Mobile Devices”. If not, please click on the drop down menu at the
top right corner and choose “Mobile”
then “Go”.
Finally,
there are also e-books available in Spanish and French through TumbleBooks.