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 * The International Children's Digital Library**

The International Children's Digital Library is a great resource for incorporating global literature into the classroom. Through this free website users have access to over 4,000 titles in 55 languages. The titles are primarily made up of books with expired copyrights and donated stories. Students can search by keyword, age range, subject matter, country of origin, book size, shape, and even color of the book's cover.

This website is fantastic for classroom use because it provides easy access to diverse titles that students may not find in their school libraries, and provides another free source of literature. It is also an excellent resource to provide linguistically diverse students exposure to books in their first language. In the classroom, it can be used in both group and individual learning contexts. The teacher can project it onto the white board for a read aloud, allowing students to see the words and make inferences from the pictures in real time. Students can also weave technology and literacy skills to search for titles of interest to them.

The International Children's Digital Library provides students with a free source of world literature in the classroom and at home.

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