a library consortium serving alberta, canada
description: Users will find a wealth of facts and figures as well as photos, illustrations, animations, and maps to enhance their understanding of a subject. A predictive search engine aids in spelling, vocabulary-building, and discoverability. Hundreds of fun activities, hands-on science projects and experiments, lesson plans, and resources for educators are included in World Book Kids.
The “World of Animals” and “Compare Places” features provide quantitative, well-organized information within a fun and useful tool to help users compare different animals or places. World Book Kids includes translation functionality that allows article content to be translated from English into one of more than 100 languages, along with a double-click dictionary function and a read-aloud feature to help with comprehension.
“Activities” and “Science Projects” are great for low-cost makerspace projects and for student use at home to support curriculum. Visually engaging and designed to captivate even the most reluctant learner, World Book Kids is optimized for tablet access and provides a firm foundation for 21st century learning and digital citizenship.
coverage: all- language arts, math, science, art, and social studies
target audience: K-5
subscription cycle
January 1 – December 31
– we welcome joins mid-year and can superrate to include immediate access –
boardwide pricing
to be added