Free Easy to Read e-books at Ellibs
Bokpil’s Easy to Read books are now available for free as e-books at Ellibs, in English, Swedish and Bulgarian.
New edition of Tatar Easy to Read books
Tatar Easy to Read books have been published on the Aybagar website in the Latin (second edited edition) and the Cyrillic alphabets.
New book: The palm and the spy
A palm disappears in London.
It is rare and expensive.
When the palm is found in Berlin, questions arise and
the mystery deepens.
A book about critical reading of sources.
New book: Philip and the spider
There are rumours about mould in Philip’s school.
Someone writes about it on the web. What is true? A book about critical reading of sources.
Read and discuss: Philip and the snow
Team Bokpil supports all who work with refugees; teachers, parents, and all who need reading and discussion materials about refugees in Easy Language.
We provide the book “Philip and the snow” as a free e-book here.
The world is burning
Even a short conflict destroys more than anything in the world.
A horrible form of conflict is war.
War is dangerous for all.
Haiku poetry in Tatar
A new book by Fazile Nasretdin with haiku poetry in two languages, Tatar and English, has recently been published by Aybagar.
Easy to Read criteria – for all?
Easy to Read books are nowadays read by a broad and varied audience, from people with intellectual disabilities to unused readers, and those who are learning a new language. Should we provide different criteria and various Easy Languages for the diverse reader groups?
Multicultural Easy to Read books
In this globalised world, we increasingly meet people from different cultural backgrounds. In school, pupils with other cultural backgrounds often find that the schoolbooks and materials they are studying do not reflect their own reality. What kind of literature do they need so that they can recognise themselves?
Reading and learning
For a person with dyslexia school might be a challenge, when reading is difficult and slow. Letters change places and jump on the line. Is reading the only way to learn, or are there other possibilities?
Reading with the eyes – and ears?
Teachers and experts recommend audio books especially for people who are not used to reading.
But does listening with the ears develop the brain as much as reading with the eyes?
What is Easy Language and Easy to Read?
How should Easy Language and Easy to Read be defined? Is Easy Language a constructed or a natural language? Are the language and the contents in Easy to Read books poorer than in books in standard language?