The Book Of Ezra

Adults on the Autism Spectrum Work on Software for InteractBooks and nonPareil ...

(PRWEB) June 30, 2011

A new partnership between nonPareil Institute and InteractBooks™ will produce interactive children’s e-books with the help of young adults with autism spectrum disorder who have the unique ability of designing animation, layout and sound for apps and computer games. The collaboration is a bonus for InteractBooks ( http://www.interactbooks.com ), which provides software and assistance to children’s authors who want to know how to make e-book applications.

Ezra Weinstein, InteractBooks CEO, explains that many children’s authors would like to take advantage of the burgeoning marketplace for educational Apple and Android apps and need technical and marketing support. Using InteractBooks’ newly created InteractBuilder, a freely downloadable e-book software for the Mac and PC platforms, and the technical skills of nonPareil’s talented crew, authors now can transform their ideas or already printed books into iPhone, iPad and, soon, Android apps. Authors and illustrators who make children’s e-books through InteractBooks can also join the InteractPublisher™ community for more benefits and services.

“We were going to develop our own software to create children’s interactive e-books,” says nonPareil founder/CEO Dan Selec, “and were very excited to learn that InteractBooks has the InteractBuilder already created. Now nonPareil’s team of developers can help authors with their technical support. In addition, we have many of our own student authors who would like to use InteractBuilder to make their own e-books.”

The first book to be created in this partnership is Kivi and the Lizard People written by Gayle McCain and illustrated by Gloria Caballe. This is a wonderful story about how parents and their children find the best way to turn temper tantrums into hugs. “I love the way the e-book comes alive through InteractBooks, and the child can read the words, interact with the story and learn new skills at the same time,” says author McCain.

About Company InteractBooks ( http://www.interactbooks.com and http://www.interactbuilder.com/ ) strives to provide the highest quality children’s e-books in an interactive format that takes advantage of touch-screen tablets and smartphone devices; the InteractBooks featured in the app are highly interactive. The InteractBooks app is available for free from the Apple iTunes App Store. Free children’s e-books can be downloaded by browsing the InteractBooks Store directly from the app. The InteractBuilder, which works with the InteractBooks app, is an easy-to-use downloadable e-book software that helps authors learn how to make children’s e-books that are highly interactive.

Welcome to: Scripture Sunday: The Book of Ezra

, Cyrus the king of the Persian empire is moved by God to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. You can tell this is an act of God because proud conqueror-type guys don't usually decide to rebuild houses of worship in long-defeated countries far away. There's nothing in it for Cyrus except God's approval. Not only does he want the Israelites to leave and build the temple, he's going to finance the journey and encourage his citizens to give the Israelites gold and supplies. Chapter 2 lists the people who leave Persia to go back to Judah, but it lists them by family not by individual names. Verse 62 has an interesting note about the descendants of Israel, because a bunch of families want to be registered as Israelites to go back and build the temple, but their bloodlines have been so muddied and the genealogical records so misplaced that no one can be certain that they count as Israelites. That's a sad state of affairs--after 70 years in captivity, God's people have gotten slightly mixed up about who's who. But nothing's a mystery to God, and it is said that the people with questionable family trees will be checked out with there is a priest ministering with the Urim and and Thummim to find out the truth. 42,000 Israelites in total go back to Judah and they all settle down in their cities. The priests re-establish the burnt offerings and holy feasts of the past, and Levites are appointed to help with the temple work. The builders lay the foundation for the temple, and most everyone's so happy that they scream and shout for joy. But some of the old people in the congregation actually remember the first temple, and the image of how far they've fallen makes them cry. The noise of the tears and joy mingles together and is heard a long way off. But though the foundation is laid, it's not long before some nasty bureaucracy gets in the way of the temple's rebuilding. For one thing, Cyrus dies and king Artaxerxes doesn't have such a high regard for Israel as his predecessor. He orders the building stopped so that the Israelites won't get any ideas about independence and revolt when their temple is complete. But no king lasts forever, and just as Cyrus' decree was revoked by Artaxerxes, Artaxerxes' decree is undone by king Darius. After Darius gives the go-ahead to finish the temple, it only takes about four years to complete it.

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