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Educators in the Solomon Islands use Bloom to create books that support Early Childhood Education.

Find out more on the SIL Blog: https://www.sil.org/blog/play-and-learn-home

Or check out West Kwaio books in the Bloom Library: https://bloomlibrary.org/language:kwd

Can you guess which Bloom Library book is the shortest?

Here’s a hint! https://bloomlibrary.org/player/qaCU2BrFpg

Bloom Editor allows you to create your own books both online and offline! It is user friendly and easily accessible. Give it a try: https://bloomlibrary.org/page/create/downloads

Can you guess which Bloom Library book has been read the most?

Here’s a hint! https://bloomlibrary.org/book/wkrK1JycCz

Did you know that the Bloom library has activity books with interactive pages, including comprehension tests? These tests enhance learning experience and help assess understanding. Explore an activity book today: https://bloomlibrary.org/activities

It's been fun to see where Bloom is having an impact on reading! Check out today's Bloom Fun Fact to learn more!

Read Bloom Books on the go with Bloom Reader! Check it out here: https://bloomlibrary.org/page/create/bloom-reader

The Bloom Library has 19,000+ books in 800+ languages!

Which story will you read next? 📕: https://bloomlibrary.org/

Bloom Fun Fact! What country has the most Bloom users?

Bloom Certified Trainer, Frans Barah, recently held a training in Cameroon. He commented that each day, the participants' confidence grew and grew. The team was able to create talking books for distribution on mobile phones - which is just what their community wanted.

The Bloom Platform keeps expanding - from printed books to sign language books and everything in between.

Lucia lives in Papua New Guinea. She is a seamstress and a leader in her community. Lucia is Deaf.

After being encouraged to use Bloom to tell her story, Lucia has written several books about her life in PNG.

This week, we’re celebrating her story!

Bloom equips language communities with the training, tools, and resources to create literature that resonates with their unique context, values, and aspirations.

In February, Bloom Trainers from Central and South America came together to train Quechua speakers on Bloom. Their key takeaway? “Ease of development of materials means a whole library can be created, thus encouraging literacy in the language.”

Book poverty is real in several African countries and as a result, children do not have sufficient resources to help them learn how to read. Bloom Service Provider, SIL Africa, Learning and Development, offers Bloom training to NGOs and Ministry of Education officials from across the continent. Their recent training in Burundi trained 60 participants to produce grade appropriate books for primary schools. Participants went away able to create simple, leveled and decodable booklets, navigate through the Bloom program with ease, record audio books, download books from the Bloom library and publish books in both PDF and digital format.

Bloom can help you create books of almost any length. Let your creativity loose!

For a hint on today's fun fact, check out the longest book on the Bloom Library here: https://bloomlibrary.org/player/geyL7JXBXC

Happy International Read to Me Day! The Bloom Library is a great place to find read-aloud content!
Find out more here: https://www.readtomeday.com/

Happy Pi Day!

If you’re trying to divide a pie evenly, check out this book for help! https://bloomlibrary.org/book/lqL8mJyQXT

"The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go!” —Dr. Seuss 📚