TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

Old time favorites such as “The Paper Bag Princess” by Robert Munsch, as well as favorite fairy tales such as “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Old Mother Hubbard” come to life in an interactive way. Other titles include: “Diary of a Worm,” “How I Became a Pirate,” “Miss Malarkey Doesn’t Live in Room 10,” “One Duck Stuck,” and “Tops and Bottoms.” Click to see a complete list of available titles.

Non-fiction Books: Our non-fiction section allows young readers the opportunity to explore stories about real animals, people or places.

Puzzles and Games: A collection of puzzles and games accompany each book and reinforce concepts from the books, allowing for a fun and educational learning experience.

Automatic/Manual Mode: TumbleBooks are designed to be read in either automatic or manual mode. In automatic mode, the pages turn by themselves and are narrated. In manual, the narration and animation continue, but children turn the pages at their own speed. A flashing arrow appears at the end of each page prompting the reader to turn the page. The sound off/on button allows children to mute the narration and read to themselves.

The Pause Button: Children can use the pause button to stop the story at any time in order to practice story prediction, interpret pictures, discuss new vocabulary words, empathize with a character, discuss possible consequences of actions, encourage problem solving, or explore historical, geographical, or other perspectives.

TumbleSearch: Our online search allows you to search by title, author, publisher, and language. In addition, you can search by reading levels in both automatic and manual modes as well as by subject.

My Favorites: Add your favorite title(s) to the My Favorites section for easy access any time. This feature is cookied onto individual computers.

MyPlaylist: The TumblePlayer allows students, teachers, librarians and parents to preload a number of TumbleBooks in an online player in order to be played one after another. Perfect for library story time. The TumblePlayer works just like an online music player.

Educator’s Resources (for school subscriptions only): A subscription to TumbleBookLibrary allows your school or library unlimited remote access to the entire collection from school, library, and home. It is a perfect reading resource for today’s digital learner. The TumbleBookLibrary collection is accessed online from every computer in your school or library with Internet connection, or from home through a direct link on your school or library website.

Language Learning: Our Language Learning Section includes a growing selection of books in Spanish andFrench. Many are bilingual titles which allow the user to read the book in two languages. Our language drop down menu allows users to view the entire website in Spanish or French. Instructions, news and descriptions of books are all in Spanish or French. Perfect for ESL, Bilingual, and French and Spanish programs.

About TumbleBooksUNPLUGGED: TumbleBooksUNPLUGGED is an offline version of TumbleBookLibrary available exclusively for school and library subscribers. TumblePad 2.0 is a downloadable e-book reader application which allows you and your students/patrons to access TumbleBooks without being online.