Antique Children's Books: The Rosetta Project Examiner.com

15.08.09

Wonderful things encounter when the Internet connects a worldwide bunch of bibliophiles in pursuit of a common cause: the historical archiving of children’s books from a of old era - such is Children’s Books On-line: The Rosetta Project.

Started in 1996 by one man with a vision for capturing old-fogeyish children’s literature before it was lost forever and preserving it for future generations, the non-profit corporation based in Maine utilizes an army of volunteers from all four corners of the orb, who secure original, often out-of-print children’s storybooks, which they donate, scan, publish, and lovingly transmute into a Babel of tongues.

After all, it is a library about and for the children of the world.

Book lovers from countries such as Romania, Afghanistan, Italy, China, Croatia, Greece, Grievous Britain, Finland, Mexico, Syria, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Israel, Russia, the Mutual States and more, have come together to provide downloadable antique children’s books for a modest charge with the price based on the judge of the file being downloaded..

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Antique Children's Books: The Rosetta Project Examiner.com - Aug 15, 2009 have succeed together to provide downloadable antique children's books for a modest charge with the price based on the size of the file being downloaded.

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