Publishing PIE Books for Literacy
A "PIE book for literacy" is a book that tells a story in Phonetically Intuitive English (PIE), in the hope that the reader, a child in an English-speaking country learning to read, can start reading right away. The child will also get familiar with the spelling of words during such a reading process, so that he won't need the assistance of diacritics again in the future. We'll show a sample below and provide a toolkit for you to create such books.
Sample PIE Books for Literacy
alice-pie.pdf
Intended for children in English-speaking countries learning to read, this document shows Chapter 1 of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, “Down the Rabbit Hole”, in Phonetically Intuitive English (PIE). The PIE version is generated by PIE (American) 0.6.80, in Lite mode, with a small plus sign after words with multiple pronunciations.
A Toolkit for Creating PIE Books for Literacy
Here is a toolkit with which you can easily create PIE books like the above sample: pie_literacy_book_toolkit.zip. It contains a step-by-step guide, Creating PIE Books for Literacy.pdf. Read this guide to get started.
