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Jeannie Gaffigan is a writer and executive producer of The Jim Gaffigan Show. Both seasons are currently airing on TV Land. She's also a business partner and wife to comedian…
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… up in Milwaukee. I've long admired how she manages five kids and their appointments, activities, school schedule and … because she hadn't put the Easter baskets together for her kids. I regularly have rationalizations like this on a much …
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Does it ever get old??? No, it does not. Animal books are one of the staples of any library kids collection and these two are extra fun. In close up, highly detailed color photos, the reader is asked…
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… not. Animal books are one of the staples of any library kids collection and these two are extra fun. In close up, … a time? Hoots of laughter will accompany these titles as kids contemplate is it a “Butt or a Face”. Rowdy non fiction …
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If you know a young kiddo that loves trains then this is the app for them! Labo Lado actually has several train-adjacent apps, but this one is my favorite because of the option for kids to draw their…
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… but this one is my favorite because of the option for kids to draw their own train cars! Players start the game by … so you don't lose all of your apples. Cute, intuitive and kids can choose which part of the app they want to spend the …
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Daniel Tiger helps parents navigate challenging situations with kids, this app helps parents navigate the shows! Many thanks to the dad who told me about this app in a conversation at the library. If…
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… Tiger helps parents navigate challenging situations with kids, this app helps parents navigate the shows! Many thanks …
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Help a tiny robot navigate three-dimensional mazes, then create some mazes yourself! If you love Monument Valley, there is a good chance you’ll enjoy Mekorama.
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… rare apps that can be equally engaging for both adults and kids and is therefore perfect to play together! In each of … discovered the DIY section. That’s right--you (or your kids) can create your own mazes, buildings and obstacles for …
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Full title: Hell of a Book, or the Altogether Factual, Wholly Bona Fide Story of a Big Dreams, Hard Luck, American-Made Mad Kid
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This is the story of a kind, friendly school bus driver named Nimoshom who has something to say to the children every day on the way to and from school. Nimoshom means grandfather in Cree.…
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… means grandfather in Cree. Sometimes Nimoshom teaches the kids a new word in Cree. He greets the students with tansi … seats, and smiles and says ekosani (thank you) when the kids bring him gifts. Author Penny Thomas is of …
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An American Story, illustrated by Dare Coulter and written by Kwame Alexander, is the winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for outstanding illustrations by an…
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… that his daughter's teacher had a fear of teaching kids about slavery- she had never been taught how. This … the images and words of people showing their strength and kids learning to speak the truth. So how DO you tell this …
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There is something so pure and honest and sweet about Jarrett Krosoczka's young adult graphic memoirs. I expected a lot from this follow up to Hey, Kiddo about Jarrett's complicated home…
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… in a program that sends counselors to a camp for kids with serious illness and their families. What might be … in the way of a full camp experience. Reading about sick kids is tough, I'm not going to lie. But there are moments …
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This book is all about how to help the people you love when they are sad and grieving. The narrator makes a card for their brother when his cactus dies, but it turns out he just wants to hear a joke…
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… together, they figure it out. This is great for teaching kids how to support others, as well as affirming that it is …
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Kids app
Help Pango the Raccoon gather objects by building bridges and ramps! Players can choose “easy” or “hard” mode, then they can choose which scenario they’d like to help Pango with.
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… gathered objects. The game can be challenging for both kids and adults (a great one to play together!) and it’s great that kids can choose whether they want to start with the first …
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… and will include four hands-on sessions where adults and kids can learn to prepare several different kinds of meals. … and will include four hands-on sessions where adults and kids can learn to prepare several different kinds of meals. …
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Try out improv with cartoon characters! In this app, designed to be a way for parents and kids to practice creative conversational skills, players take turns making two silly animals talk together.…
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… In this app, designed to be a way for parents and kids to practice creative conversational skills, players take … played it through several times, you might also give older kids the opportunity to try creating their own scenarios and …
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A new (not macabre!) interpretation of the classic game of HangMan, plus a story studio and the opportunity to illustrate the words yourself -- this app packs in a lot of value!
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… “queen” = Cleopatra, “farmer” = Cesar Chavez), but if kids would rather create their own illustrations, once … original illustration--it doesn’t get lost). And because kids learn words best in the context of a sentence or story, …
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Get off your devices. That’s right, just set them aside, grab this book and open to the title page spread where you will see the cutest!!, most adorable, awwww- inspiring photograph of a mama three-…
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… the paragraphs with detail, this is a great book for kids about how to use informational books to get the most out of them. Thank you, National Geographic Kids, and thank you Ms. Donohue! Ages 3 & up. … Rain Forest …
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Invite kids to take a journey with an old man in this beautiful, calming app. Follow along with this wordless story and help the old man move through his journey by raising and lowering hills. As the…
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… Invite kids to take a journey with an old man in this beautiful, … from the perspective of the old man might just give your kids a little more empathy or might spark some interesting …
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I read a lot of picture books. Sometimes I love a book for the book itself and other times I love a book for the way children react to it. The first time I read "Dragons Love Tacos" I was…
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… reading it with individual children and at storytimes with kids from ages 3-8, and seeing how much they loved the book, … potential for fun. I will have to try reading it with kids and see how it goes. Try reading it with your children …
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Unicorns, human bats, and two-legged beavers have been discovered on the moon!! Really? Well no… but I made you look? Sorry, librarians are supposed to be dispellers of fake news, not shouting…
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… despair! Elise Gravel’s hilarious new graphic novel for kids breaks it down into bite size, understandable concepts: … kid-friendly, witty examples and illustrations will have kids and adults laughing all the way through, yet all the …
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Kids app
Design your own creeptacular monsters, then choose whether you’d like to feed them, photograph them or make them sing into a microphone.
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… sing into a microphone. There are many monster apps for kids, but this one is set in the most beautifully spooky … monster-making apps for younger or more easily-spooked kids try: DNA Play , Creaturizer , Sago Mini Monsters. For …
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Most letter-writing apps encourage kids to trace letter shapes but no matter how squiggly their finger traces the pre-determined line, the app creates a perfect-looking letter. Not the case…
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… Most letter-writing apps encourage kids to trace letter shapes but no matter how squiggly their … all its shaky, scratchy, not-quite-right glory. This gives kids a better sense of their progress and a greater sense of …
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This wordless, animated graphic novel book app takes us on an adventure with a boy and his robot.
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… to make one of the most appealing book apps for older kids that I’ve ever seen. Especially impressive is how all … This element of requiring input from the user engages kids more deeply than passively watching a movie. It’s also …
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Basically a Netflix for children's books, this subscription service gives subscribers access to tons of the same kids books that you'll find in our libraries plus some high quality original content.…
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… service gives subscribers access to tons of the same kids books that you'll find in our libraries plus some high …
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Madison Public Library hosts multiple LEGO clubs throughout the year - find the right club for you! We provide the LEGOs, you provide the creativity.
Central Library
Calling all LEGO…
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… month to flex your engineering muscles and to meet other kids. We've got lots of LEGOS, all you need to bring is your …
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If you ask anyone they'd probably tell you that 2020 wasn't their best year. I won't get into all the ways in which it was not good and really it was probably not good for each of you in different…
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… books are also funny? You can do that. History books for kids? That's here. Mysteries and thrillers centered on women? … explore great lists and categories of books for adults, kids and teens, though I haven't figured out how to combine …
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Have you ever wondered about all the stories a library book holds? Not the stories inside the book, but stories of the physical book itself. Who else has read it? Where has it been? What kinds of…
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… and checked out over and over again by lots of different kids. The book is read alone and with friends and family, … borrowed by slip at the end has the signatures of all the kids mentioned in the story. By the final pages, this book …
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Comics, puppets, and green screens oh my! Who says that teachers take their summers off? 2018 was a summer of educator learning as the Bubbler team supported professional development at educator…
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… the love for maker centered learning experiences for kids. In the last five years, the Bubbler has become a hub … teaching coding through building mazes, or how to engage kids in after school in creative storytelling through puppet …
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This book is written as an advice letter from comedian and Hollywood star Ali Wong to her daughters to read one day, presumably after they are grown, because holy smokes, it is explicit. This is…
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… with regular stand-up gigs work while raising two little kids is important and eye-opening. A comedy life is not an …
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… rather than the Stones. Available to download: Audio Just Kids Patti Smith Smith’s memoir of her romance and friendship … Not just a portrait of their relationship, Just Kids showcases NYC in the late sixties and seventies from the …
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Kids app
Have you ever thought about which letters of the alphabet are the skinniest? Roundest? Most likely to tip to the left or right if they tried to balance on a line?
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… progress through the levels, so this is a great one for kids and parents to work on together. Many of them could have …
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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and in a time where everything looks a little different, Madison Public Library is getting some help sharing a virtual message from local Girl Scout Libby Scanlon.
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… that I got specialized help in the classroom and other kids didn’t.” Libby told us, “I chose to do the 7th grade … people!” “I really hope that my video informs people that kids who need extra help in the classroom aren’t weird - they … learn differently,” Libby told us. “I would have other kids ask me ‘why do you get pulled out of the class’ and I …
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… six siblings! They're noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own …
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Middle Grade Titles | Middle Grade Series | Middle Grade Graphic Novels
YA Titles | YA Series
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… which everyone is told is an elite science school. Kudo Kids Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani and Michelle Schuster … just became a whole lot more interesting when five curious kids accept a mysterious project: work together as a team to …
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The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults, including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards at its…
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It's fun to see trends in what books are being published, and recently I've noticed a bunch of new and forthcoming children's books about and inspired by bookish people! Authors, illustrators,…
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… Planting Stories or Pura's Cuentos . Authors of books for kids: Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia …
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Recently, a quiet yet significant change aimed at streamlining the organization and accessibility of the children's and teens' world language book collections has occurred: relabeling and…
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… language collection includes a variety of materials for kids, teens, and adults to check out. The collection contains … which we were able to use, as well. Spanish language kids books at Pinney Library Beginning Phases This paved the …
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This spring the Bubbler team joined the 8th grade crew at Akira Toki Middle School for Toki's annual Power & Legacy Project.
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… with the whole school. The topic is entirely up the the kids - everything from protecting our environment, to keeping …
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My favorite character from The Office is Oscar Martinez. Also, they are all my favorite character. I've watched all nine seasons twice (more about that later) and could talk about The Office all day…
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… Garner watched all the seasons of The Office with her kids during pandemic times and talks about what that meant …
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While a Bubbler Artist Residency is only for two months, the bond we make with our artists lasts much longer. Each of our artists is presented with a coveted Team Bubbler Forever pin at the close of…
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… Stories that Stay With You? Eric: I loved having the kids come in and ask me about my work. The piece that was in … they couldn’t go swimming as they had planned with the kids. I spontaneously offered to teach paper-making for the …
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Author Chloe Benjamin read from her new book The Immortalists to a packed house at the first Wisconsin Book Festival event of 2018. It was a cold night but spirits were high at Cooper's Tavern as the…
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… behave and how they expect to live their lives. The kids are accountable to their mother in New York City and I … far off. She might have been reading the characters of the kids and predicting the date of their death was just a …
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Madison Public Library provides a recap of 2022 told through library data.
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… community events, and in our libraries reconnecting with kids, families, and all who visit the library. As you scroll, … out for up to a week. Each backpack contains an adult and kids' pair of binoculars, field guides, and a local guide to …
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Lots of things have changed in the current COVID world, but a helpful librarian seeking to connect you to a book you’ll love is still a service you can count on in Madison.
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… library card and have them request books for all of the kids in their care.” It's not an inconvenience or a … be a little intimidating. “We mostly receive requests for kids, but I do the adult ones as well. Our adults’ tastes can …
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2024 Year in Review: Madison Public Library shares data and fun facts from its libraries over the past year
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… books, attending programs, voting or bringing your kids in to play, the library is a community hub where … lists curated by library staffers and featuring titles for kids, teens, and adults on tons of different topics, you're … and providing engaging art and making activities for kids of all ages. This past year, you may have spotted our …
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The Bubbler team broadens their skill sets to explore new sound recording projects with new age groups.
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… initial bumps - 4th graders are wiggly and LOVE buttons - kids were layering drums, basses, and guitar loops into their … by the impact the traditions they have carried for their kids. We were astounded by these young voices too and you can …
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Middle Grade Titles
Middle Grade Graphic Novels
YA Titles
YA Graphic Novels
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… When the World Tips Over Jandy Nelson Years ago, the Fall kids' father mysteriously disappeared, cracking the family … Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids. Soon, they become new friends on a mission - to track …
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So much of our family history is often shared through photographs that are passed down through generations, but in the current digital age, many families don’t have those tangible memories on their…
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… - it was a fun and exciting challenge to engage with the kids as they got into position for the photos. The kids would all typically begin shy, but opened up quickly …
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In 2022, resident leaders, Neighborhood Resource Teams (NRTs), and the city hosted 31 events and saw over 3000 people throughout the summer. Madison Public Library and the Dream Bus were delighted to…
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… my children,” local mom DeCarla Moore told us, “My three kids, they love it. My two boys especially because they’re … with a fun mural on the outside. It was great to help kids and their families create some crafts and have a good …
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Earth Day is coming up on Monday, April 22, and there are several ways to celebrate the wonders of nature at Madison Public Library! We've got events, activities and even a volunteer opportunity…
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… bed gardens, like the pizza garden, that is popular with kids. Vegetable Gardening 101: Dream Big -- Start Small April … pair of binoculars for adults, 1 pair of binoculars for kids, 1 Sibley's field guide for adults, 1 youth field guide …
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… 2020 Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon Mary Fan Page Street Kids 2019 As a warrior who protects her village from shadow … go on a forbidden adventure - and disappear. Finding the kids in the huge city of Zimbabwe in the year 2194 is no easy …
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July - September 2014 Issue
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… Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids . Itzkoff, Dave. Mad As Hell: The Making of “Network” …
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Madison Public Library provides a recap of 2023 told through library data.
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… books , attending programs , voting , or bringing your kids in to play , the library is a community hub where … libraries over the summer to create weekly programs for kids and families. The Bubbler also went through an amazing …
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We all felt it, the dramatic shift in early March, 2020, when all of the sudden the world halted for COVID-19. But for so many community groups and leaders things did not stop, in fact their quick…
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… including the “design teams” in their own homes -Their kids painted the alphabet that was used in the lettering for all of the images. “Our kids were included - just a little bit of child labor,” Draw …
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The Wisconsin Book Festival’s fall celebration kicks off with Emma Straub’s discussion of her new book, All Adults Here at 4 pm tomorrow.
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… perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family–as the kids become parents, grandchildren become teenagers, and a …
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If you love Sandra Boynton’s board books, try the apps for even more to love!
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… studies have shown that too much interaction can distract kids so much that they lose track of the storyline, it’s a …
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Some books I read and think, "I cannot wait to rave about this book to anyone and everyone." And the next thought is, "how will I do it justice?" The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley had me thinking…
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Kids app
Seek by iNaturalist (Free!)
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… make 3D paper toys) Pinna by Pinna (subscription app for kids' podcasts) … Top 5 Apps for Off-Screen Play …
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It seems like a perfect meet cute: wide-eyed debutante Eve Ojukwu, fresh from the hinterlands of Kepler, bumps into wealthy bachelor Esteban Mendez-Yuki of megacorp MYCorps on a half-gravity…
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Just like a real geoboard, but without the fear of getting snapped by a rubberband! Geoboard's simple, clean design is intuitive to use and easy to learn. In addition to creating the outline of…
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… preschoolers to play with, but also useful for school-age kids who might be using geoboards in their classrooms. …
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It's important to talk about tough topics and Raina Telgemeier's latest graphic novel transforms discussion about gastrointestinal troubles. The Telgemeier household is plagued by stomach flu for…
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… in a sincere and funny way while de-stigmatizing therapy. Kids and adults will gain much from Raina's story, dedicated …
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Colorful, geometric animal-esque figures build with virtual building blocks to reach the goal and move to the next level of the game.
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… game is equally challenging and engaging for adults and kids and is safe for all audiences. If you and your child …
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