Article Features

Sample Article

Every article in Kids follows the same format, so once a user knows the article features of one article they can easily navigate around any article.

To find articles, search by keyword or use the Explore button on the homepage to navigate to Kids articles. On an article page, you will find the Article Contents drop-down menu near the top right side of the screen. This will display the Lexile® Measure and each section of the article.

The following elements are also available on World Book Kids articles:

• The article text and article contents
• Media, including pictures, videos, maps, illustrations, audio, animations, and tables
• Links to more information, including other articles, external websites, content standards, and more
• Links to related activities, games, lesson plans, and science projects
• The tools menu
• Citation information

Article basics

Article text is written for the beginning reader so the default text displays in a larger font size.

Users that would like to hear the article read aloud to them can click the blue speaker button.

Related media can be found on the left side of most articles.

Standards

The Standards tab at the top left of an article shows the standards to which the article is aligned. Users can toggle to their state standards, or Common Core and Next Generation Science standards.

Pictures, videos, and more

Additional media can be found in the Pictures, Videos, and More tab. Selecting this tab will display a gallery of media related to the article organized by type.

More information

The More Information tab allows users to access additional resources related to the article topic. These include encyclopedia articles, activities, editor-approved websites, lesson plans, related games, science projects, questions, and content standards. You can also find the Lexile measure of the article here. Note: Only categories with related material for the given article will display.

Other tools

On an article page, you will find the Article Contents drop-down menu near the top right side of the screen. This will display each section of the article if there are multiple.

Each article also includes a Tools drop-down menu, which contains up to six different tools and settings: save, email, print, citations, translate this text, and adjust read aloud settings.

• Save allows you to save content to your device for use offline. You can download as a PDF or save to Google Drive or OneDrive.
• Share the article to Google Classroom or use the Copy Link option to easily share an article.
• Print allows you to print entire articles.
• Citations will display the article's contributor and show how to cite the article in MLA, APA, and Harvard formats.
• Translate this text will show a list of languages to which the article can be translated. Choose a language to view a computer-generated translation of the webpage in a second browser window.
• Change the settings for the read-aloud voice. From here, you can change the speed and accent of the voice.

If an account subscribes to additional products, users will see the following buttons at the bottom of every article in Kids. Users can click or tap on the buttons to view the article in Spanish or French in Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos or L'Encyclopédie Découverte, or find more information about the topic in Student.

Users can view citation information of any article at the bottom of the article page or by choosing Citations in the Tools menu. This will display the article's contributor, if applicable, and how to cite the article in MLA, APA, and Harvard formats.