Fur-ever Reading!

Title: Fur-ever Reading!
Subtitle: Read Beyond the Beaten Path: Summer Reading - Ages 8+
Release Date: 02/01/22
Type: Launchpad Pack
Brand: FarFaria,HOMER,Wikids
Type: Theme-Based
Audience: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade

Launchpad Description: Kids will build confidence all summer long as they master early literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. Summer Reading helps kids to:

- Stay motivated to read
- Maintain reading skills and avoid summer slide
- Get excited about using the library
- Keep discovering and learning all summer long
This Launchpad contains the following apps:

12 Huia Birds (App)
Do you know the story of the majestic vanished huia bird? The largest of the New Zealand forest birds, the huia were very special and their loss is one of the great tragedies of New Zealand conservation history. The story of this sacred bird with the curved beak and white-tipped tail feathers is one we can all learn from as we look to care for our environment today and in the years to come. Learn more about this special bird through the discovery of interactive elements on each page of the richly illustrated story. Through tapping and dragging, you can move the story along by yourself and see what happens with the arrival of strange creatures to the huia’s land of forest green. “12 Huia Birds” is filled with animation, music and sound on every page to bring the magical huia back to life. As told by George Henare, the story can be read in English or te reo M?ori. Or select the option to read the story for yourself. STORY HIGHLIGHTS • Uncover stuff to tap and swipe on every p

Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom of the World (App)
Anansi the spider learns the importance of sharing wisdom with others. Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with stories like this!

Astraware Word Search, Nature Vol. 2 (App)
Astraware Wordsearch (also known as Word Sleuth or Word Finder) is a quick and easy word game with lots of free puzzles for you to play - find all the words hidden in the puzzle! Play against the clock or take your time and just enjoy finding them all! You get free unlimited access to play two new Daily Wordsearch puzzles each day, and you can see how your time compares on the global leaderboard!. There's also a free Weekender puzzle available each week for everyone to play! There are 60 built-in and unlocked puzzles with a range of categories, so you can play offline and have fun right away. With over 20 categories, and more than 100 different word lists, there's lots of variety as you play through the free puzzles each day - and perhaps learn something new too. Many of the puzzles have a different theme, so you might see cute paw-prints on the cat breeds wordsearch, a cascade of leaves on the nature puzzles, a sparkle of stars on the space theme, and much more!

Call of Nature: Jigsaw Puzzle (App)
Immerse into the natural world of mystery and beauty. Watch the paradisiacal places of the Earth, get familiar with the variety of the undersea world and view well-known representatives of flora and fauna with the new game Call of Nature: Free Jigsaw Puzzle.The game helps to train your visual memory and accuracy. Children will be charmed by lovely inhabitants of the Earth and adults will appreciate the HD photos of nature. Touch the beautiful and try to solve hand shaped jigsaw puzzles. Master your logic skills through different game modes including fifteen mode and do your best to gain a gold star! We suggest you download free jigsaw puzzles and try to solve numerous level packs.

Digging Up Adventure - Battling Boredom (App)
Greg spends the summer at his grandmother's house and soon becomes bored. See how a small task of planting a tree in Grandma’s yard turns into all out adventure. Children will learn that there is adventure where ever they are. The Neon Tiki Tribe books use a patented, award-winning font that is almost unnoticeable to the average reader, but was designed to help some children who struggle to read due to dyslexia.

Mahjong Farm Style (App)
Match two tiles to clear them from the deck. You can only match tiles that are on top of a stack.

Team Tortoise and Team Hare at the Summer Games (App)
Team Tortoise and Team Hare are ready for the big race. Will Team Hare's speed help them win the title? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

The Camel's Shadow (App)
Atlas plans to cross the Great Namib Desert in Africa. But, he runs into some trouble. Are Atlas’ adventures at an end? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.

Trash Toss: Paper Flings (App)
Ever found that trash can far enough to flick / fling the trash paper ball? Download Trash Toss Paper Flings and keep the bin always near to you for the next time you need it! Bored with regular office environment? Trash Toss Paper Flings lets you choose and play through different themes like restaurant, classroom, and scenic garden. This paper throw in the trash bin game is oddly satisfying . . . much like tossing a real ball of crumpled paper into a metal trash basket. So realistic, you will think you are stuck in an office killing time. Game Modes: - Kids Mode: Having tough times flicking paper ball into the small can? This mode offers wide mouth trash cans, making it easy shoot! - Crazy mode: A challenging mode where the wind direction keeps on changing. Features: - Different environments to choose from - Varying wind speed to impacts paper flight - Realistic graphics & sound effects Liked the Trash Toss Paper Flings game? Show us some love by leaving us a review!

Wikids: Animals and More (App)
Designed for independent discovery, Wikids gives kids the freedom to “look up” what interests them. Did you know that grasshoppers listen from their bellies? That lightning is hotter than the Sun? Soon your kids may learn these and many more fascinating facts about amazing animals, beautiful places, and intriguing cultures,