If "being on the same page" is a way to spread peace and harmony this holiday season, then the International Children's Digital Library at www.icdlbooks.org is on to something. This program, through the University of Maryland, seeks to collect and digitize 10,000 children's books in 100 languages. In the last three years, they have worked well toward that goal, boasting a collection of close to 1,000 books in over 30 languages to date. Through the site you can read children's books translated to English from Farsi, Hebrew, Spanish, Chinese and many other cultures. The stories depict what any child loves to read about: hopes, dreams, fairies and monsters. And the site shows, through words and lovely illustrations, that we aren't so different after all.
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