Accessible Book Collection

Formatting Electronic Picture Books Linda Bastiani Wilson of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland and Darlene Brodbeck of ACES in Connecticut have formatted a number of our easy readers to Classroom Suite format and Clicker 5 format. We have chosen these formats because they are frequently available in classrooms. The following explanation was written by Linda Bastiani Wilson and is, as Linda says, a work in progress. If you would like to comment on the following explanation send them directly to Linda at bastiani@gmail.com. Actually Linda would appreciate comments. Follow these links to a list of books formatted in Classroom Suite or Clicker format. To actually obtain the book go to our regular book list and click on the download link. When you open the folder for the chosen title you will find a number of files. The file with an .xsd extension is the Classroom Suite formatted version of the book and the file with a .clkx extension is a Clicker formatted version of the book. Some of the books in Clicker format have also been narrated in addition to having text to speech capacity. To get your free copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit email us at joe@accessiblebookcollection.org and request either the Classroom Suite version or the Clicker 5 version or both. Since this book is out of copyright you are free to use it with all children. You may have noticed we have stopped referring to Intellipics format. We now use the name Classroom Suite since this appears to be the preferred name. Rest assured that nothing has changed except the name. Classroom Suite format equals Intellipics format.   Universal Design for Learning and Electronic Picture Books Following is a rational for creating e-books with features to support young children. While there are many formats for creating e-picture-books using a variety of authoring tools (Power Point, Classroom Suite, Clicker, My Own Bookshelf, and others), many of these books are still inaccessible to children with physical and visual disabilities. In keeping with the philosophy of universal design for learning, these criteria are suggested as a way to make e-picture-books accessible to all children. 1) Provide alternative access to the book reading experience As much as possible, this includes a way for young children with physical disabilities to exercise as much independence as possible by mimicking the book handling experiences that typical children would have: choose a book, turn pages, go backwards, read, reread, see the text on the same page as the picture, point (virtually). Features of an e-book designed to support young children with physical disabilities are: Switch accessibility either through auto scan or step scan to: Turn page forward Turn page backward Read text Click on a picture and hear the name of the picture spoken The option to choose a book from the shelf 2) Provide a formatting to support individuals with visual impairments Many children with physical disabilities get reduced visual enjoyment from books, either because of reduced visual acuity, characteristics associated with cortical visual impairment, or because their motor skills affect their ability to turn their head and eyes easily to focus on a book. Online books that are well designed provide a static location for the visual input (the book doesn’t move with the hands of the person holding it). In addition, students with CVI may not be able to focus on auditory and visual stimuli at the same time, so the child should be able to control any animation or auditory output. Features of an e-book designed to support students with vision issues are: Use of original picture book art on a high contrast background Text located in the same place on every page as much as possible Text in high contrast colors Navigation buttons with an auditory scan option so that the student can focus visually on the pictures and text Animations and auditory output should be able to be controlled by the student   Books in Classroom Suite format   Andrew's Bath McPhail, David Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See Martin, Bill Clifford the Big Red Dog Bridwell, Norman Clifford to the Rescue Bridwell, Norman Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judith Corduroy Freeman, Don Digby Hazen, Barbara Shook Fat Cat Sat on a Mat, The Nurit Karlin Harry the Dirty Dog Zion, Gene Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White Just a Little Different Dobkin, Bonnie Kitten's First Full Moon Henkes, Kevin Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert My Five Senses Aliki Pocket For Corduroy, A Freeman, Don Runaway Bunny, The Brown, Margaret Wise Snowy Day, The Keats, Ezra Jack Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William The Tale of Peter Rabbit Intellipics Potter, Beatrix Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice Whose Mouse Are You? Kraus, Robert Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge Fox, Mem   Books in Clicker format   Adventures of BERT, The Ahlberg, Allan Animal Babies Hamsa, Bobbie Anna Banana and Me Blegvad, Lenore Are You My Mother? Eastman, P.D. Art Lesson, The dePaola, Tomie Atuk Damjan, Mischa Barney's Horse Hoff, Syd Bat Loves the Night Davies, Nicola Because a Little Bug went Ka-CHOO! Stone, Rosetta Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! Parish, Herman Bread, Bread, Bread Morris, Ann Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See  Martin, Bill Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express Coerr, Eleanor Caps for Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr Carrot Seed, The Krauss, Ruth Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice Chickens to the Rescue Himmelman, John Corn Burckhardt, Ann L. Cow Doyle, Malachy Curious George  Rey, H.A. Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff Day in the Life of a Doctor, A Hayward, Linda Enormous Potato, The Davis, Aubrey Extraordinary Egg, An Lionni, Leo Families Morris, Ann Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, The Karlin, Nurit Frog and Toad Are Friends Lobel, Arnold From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate Nelson, Robin GEORGE THE DRUMMER BOY Benchley, Nathaniel Gettysburg Address, The LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings Hopkinson, Deborah GOOD DRIVING, AMELIA BEDELIA Parish, Herman Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss Harold and the Purple Crayon Johnson, Crockett Henny-Penny Ziefert, Harriet Here Are My Hands Martin, Bill Home Run Burleigh, Robert Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss HUMPTY DUMPTY Kirk, Daniel If You Find a Rock Christian, Peggy I Like It When... Auster, Benjamin Island in theSun Belafonte, Harry It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw, Charles G. I Love You with All My Heart Kern, Noris Jump, Frog, Jump! Kalan, Robert Junie B., First Grader : Toothless Wonder Park, Barbara Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, The Williams, Linda Little Penguin, The Wood, A. J. Looking for a Moose Root, Phyllis Love You Forever Munsch, Robert N. MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL BURTON, VIRGINIA LEE More Spaghetti, I Say!  Gelman, Rita Golden Mouse Soup Lobel, Arnold My Special Day at Third Street School Bunting, Eve Nate the Great Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman Peanut Butter and Jelly WESTCOTT, NADINE BERNARD Planting a Rainbow Ehlert, Lois Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?  Martin Jr., Bill Polar Express, The Van Allsburg, Chris Potatoes Burckhardt, Ann L. Reason for a Flower, The Heller, Ruth Sam and the Firefly Eastman, P. D. Show and Tell Hood, Susan Silly Sally Audrey Wood Sprouts 1 Animals at the Zoo Dux, Amy Croney Sprouts 1 Friends Ramsey, Nancy Sprouts 1 Going Shopping Watson, Christine Sprouts 1 My Five Senses Watson, Christine Sprouts 1 My New Bike Mahoney, Pamela Sprouts 1 On the Playground Pryor and Poracro Sprouts 1 Splash! Dux, Amy Croney Sprouts 1 We Went to the Movies Pryor, Rose Sprouts 1 Who Helps You? Ramsey, Nancy Sprouts 1 You Can Play Soccer Pryor, Rose Sprouts 2 Going to McDonald's DeCou, Nancy Sprouts 2 Meeka Goes Swimming Dux, Amy Croney Sprouts 2 My New School Straub, Mary Sprouts 2 Pizza Day Fidelman, Susan Sprouts 2 Shadows Pryor, Rose Sprouts 2 The Pumpkin Patch Watson, Christine Sprouts 2 The Three Little Pigs Ramsey, Nancy Sprouts 2 Worms Are Everywhere McLaughlin, Catherine Susan Laughs  Willis, Jeanne Tale of Peter Rabbit --Clicker Potter, Beatrix Ten Little Mice Dunbar, Joyce Thomas Edison Schaefer, Lola M. Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel, Arlene Today I Feel Silly Curtis, Jamie Lee Very Busy Spider, The Carle, Eric. Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Carle, Eric Very Lovely Firefly, The Carle, Eric Wake up. Sun! Harrison, David Lee We're Going on a Bear Hunt Rosen, Michael What Do You See in a Cloud Fowler, Allan WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS LAND BRAND, OSCAR Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice Wind Blew, The Hammersmith, Craig