Abstract:
A book comprising: a front cover; a back cover in communication with the front cover, a back side located on the back cover; a plurality of pages located between the front cover and the back cover, information located on each of the plurality of pages; and an index located on the back side.

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD  
       [0001]     The field of invention relates to educational books, and specifically relates to educational books that are to be read to others.  
       BACKGROUND  
       [0002]     Studies have shown that a crucial factor in a child&#39;s early development involves being read to on a regular basis. Regularly reading to a child can form a close bond between child and parent, carrying them both to delightful worlds of fantasy and wonder. In addition, being read to is also beneficial to a child&#39;s educational development. Reading to children can improve their vocabulary and socialization skills. However, when reading to a child, or anyone for that matter, from a book with illustrations, the child may become distracted from the reading because of the child&#39;s interest in seeing the illustration (which because the reader is reading from the book, the illustration is not visible to the child) and begin to lose interest. Thus there is a need for a educational book that may be used to read to children and/or adults, which overcomes this and other disadvantages.  
       SUMMARY  
       [0003]     The disclosed invention relates to a book comprising: a front cover; a back cover in communication with the front cover, a back side located on the back cover; a plurality of pages located between the front cover and the back cover, information located on each of the plurality of pages; and an index located on the back side. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0004]     The present disclosure will be better understood by those skilled in the pertinent art by referencing the accompanying drawings, where like elements are numbered alike in the several figures, in which:  
         [0005]      FIG. 1  is a perspective front view of the disclosed educational book with the book opened;  
         [0006]      FIG. 2  is a perspective rear view of the disclosed educational book with the book closed; and  
         [0007]      FIG. 3  is a perspective rear view of the disclosed educational book from  FIG. 1 , with the book opened. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION  
       [0008]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of one embodiment of the disclosed educational book  10 . The book comprises a front cover  14 , a back cover  18 , and a plurality of pages  22 . Each of the pages have information located on them. The information may be graphics  26  such as, but not limited to illustrations, photographs, pop-ups and drawings. The information may also be text  30 . Some or all of the pages may only have text  30 , and/or may only have graphics  26 . The back cover  18  has a front side  34  and a back side  38 . The book  10  in  FIG. 1  is shown in an opened orientation.  
         [0009]      FIG. 2  is a perspective rear view of the educational book  10  from  FIG. 1 . In this view, the book  10  is shown in a closed orientation. The back side  38  of the back cover  18  has an index  42  of the pages  22 . The index  42  comprises a graphics thumbnail  46  of the graphic  26  on each page  22 , along with a text thumbnail  50  for the corresponding text  30  for that page  22 . In this patent application, a thumbnail means a small version of the information, graphic, or text. Thus, if the book  10  comprises 6 pages, each page with graphics  26  and text  30 , then the index will comprise 6 graphics thumbnails  46  along with 6 text thumbnails  50 . The text thumbnails  50  and graphic thumbnails  46  will be large enough so that both are easily legible and/or discernable. The index  42  will have a graphic thumbnail  46  and/or text thumbnail  50  for each page  22  in the book. The thumbnails in the index will be sized such that all the pages  22  of the book  10  may be represented in thumbnail fashion on the back side  38  of the back cover  18 . In the shown in embodiment, the text thumbnail  50  is shown along side the graphic thumbnail  46 . However, in other embodiments, an information thumbnail of the information shown on the page  22  in its entirety may be used in the index  42 , where the information in the information thumbnail, such as, but not limited to: graphics  26  and text  30 , is shown in the same relative orientation to one another as they are on the page  22 . In another embodiment, the pages  22 , may have page numbers. The page numbers may be shown on the index  42  near or on the text thumbnail  50  or graphic thumbnail  46 .  
         [0010]      FIG. 3  is a perspective rear view of the educational book  10  from  FIG. 2 , wherein the book  10  is shown in an opened configuration. The front cover may have a front cover illustration  54  and book title  58 . The book  10  may be used to read to children, adults with learning disabilities, and adults just learning to read. However, instead of a reader reading a page or so from a book, and then turning the book so that the people/person being read to can see the graphic and/or text, the reader can simply read from the index  42  on the back side  38  of the back cover  18 , while holding the book so that the people/person being read to can see the pages  22  and see the graphic  26  and text  30  at the same time as the reader reads from the index  42 .  
         [0011]     The disclosed educational book allows a reader to read to a person or a group of people from the book, while allowing the person or people to see the graphics and text on the page of the book. This may help people to learn to read. Additionally, while keeping the pages facing towards the people being read to, the people being read to are more likely to stay interested in the book being read. Additionally, the people being read to will not be distracted by the reader flipping the book to read from the book, and flipping the book around to show the people the graphics on the page and/or the text on the page.  
         [0012]     It should be noted that the terms “first”, “second”, and “third”, and the like may be used herein to modify elements performing similar and/or analogous functions. These modifiers do not imply a spatial, sequential, or hierarchical order to the modified elements unless specifically stated.  
         [0013]     While the disclosure has been described with reference to several embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the disclosure. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the disclosure without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the disclosure not be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this disclosure, but that the disclosure will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.