Title: Solstice Pack, 2nd ed.
Subtitle: Level 4: Developing
Release Date: 04/15/25
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights,StoryToys,eKidz.eu
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 2nd Grade
Launchpad Description: This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.
Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:
- Can recount a story with descriptive detail
- Asks for clarification when needed
- Starting to decode unknown long vowel words
- Reads text with accuracy
- Writes using a topic
- Will spell more complex, long vowel words
This Launchpad contains the following apps:
Beatrix Potter, Scientist (app)
Beatrix Potter was a writer, an artist, and a scientist too, and she strove to find a place in the world for her talents.
Cinderella (Speakaboos) (App)
In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella, dressed in rags and treated poorly by her stepmother and stepsisters, is transformed into a beautiful princess by her fairy godmother. Cinderella goes to the ball and wins the heart of the prince. But at midnight, she runs off before the magic ends, leaving only her shoe behind. When it is revealed that the shoe belongs to Cinderella, she and the prince are married. The stepsisters beg Cinderella's forgiveness, and showing the true kindness and compassion of a princess, Cinderella invites her stepsisters to live in the castle.
Han and the Golden Bowl (App)
Han and her grandmother lived together in a small village. Although they were poor, they loved each other very much. A golden bowl in their house changes their lives forever. In this short story, you will learn about the people they meet and choices they make together.
Rapunzel (App)
Based on the classic Grimm’s book, Rapunzel comes to life like never before in this award winning app from StoryToys. Princess Rapunzel was kidnapped as a baby and imprisoned in a tall tower. She longs to explore the outside world, but can she ever escape, marry her prince and live happily ever after in their palace? Experience this magical story in an all new way in this interactive popup book from StoryToys. This wonderfully illustrated book comes alive through interactive popup games that let you play along and take part in the story yourself. When you finish the story, enjoy a collection of Rapunzel jigsaw puzzles and then create your very own stories in the Rapunzel 3D sticker book. FEATURES • Full 3D experience - it’s just like a real book • Wonderfully illustrated, with beautiful, colorful characters • Fully narrated in each language by professional actors • Read to Me, Read it Myself, and Autoplay modes • 29 beautifully presented pages of text • 8 interactive 3
Snow White-Touch Press (App)
Can Snow White escape the wicked Queen with the help of the seven dwarfs? Will she grow up to become the fairest of them all? A fun filled adventure featuring magic mirrors, disguises, poison apples and hidden treasure. Experience this magical story in an all new way in this interactive popup book from StoryToys. This wonderfully illustrated book comes alive through interactive popup games that let you play along and take part in the story yourself. When you finish the story, enjoy a collection of Snow White jigsaw puzzles and then create your very own stories in the Snow White 3D sticker book. GAMES • In the frozen winter wonderland, build and dress up a snowman • Find the seven dwarfs hiding in the forest • Guide Snow White to safety through a spooky maze • Play with a magic mirror • Dig for gems with the seven dwarfs • Tidy the seven dwarfs’ messy bedroom • Dress the wicked queen in an ugly disguise • Mix a magical exploding potion • Compose a wedding tun
Story of Thunder and Lightning, The (App)
Young Ram has a very bad temper. Find out what kind of trouble he gets into in this folk tale from Nigeria. 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.
Storybook Animations: Bert & Beth & the Muffin Party(App)
Bert and Beth had an argument and ignored each other all day until Grandpa asked them to bake muffins with him. Then he declared it a muffin party and Bert and Beth forgot about their argument.
Storybook Animations: Helping Hands (App)
Two sisters enjoy the outdoor and indoor activities on a snowy day.
Storybook Animations: Traveling through the City (App)
Juan Toucan and Bebo Bear travel by subway, bus, and ferry to reach the Statue of Liberty.
The Legend of Maui and the Enchanted Fishhook (app)
Independent; fiction, legend and fable relating how the north and south islands of New Zealand were formed. Uses past tense and historical present tense along with progressive and simple tenses, compound and complex sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Rhetorical question. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, colons, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.
The Lie (app)
Independent reading. Fiction with the moral that "honesty is the best policy". Uses past tense as well as progressive and perfect tense. Incorporates a full range of sentence structures from simple to complex, sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.
The Tortoise and the Hare (Speakaboos) (App)
The hare is sure she's the speediest animal in the forest, so imagine her surprise when a tortoise challenges her to a race. She's so sure that it's going to be easy to win the race that she stops to take a nap. The tortoise perseveres and keeps plodding along even as the hare naps. The animals cheer him on while the birds in the trees provide a birds-eye view of the race. This comedic retelling of the classic fable shows, once again, that "slow and steady wins the race."
Subtitle: Level 4: Developing
Release Date: 04/15/25
Type: Reading Academy Pack
Brand: Albert Whitman,FarFaria,HOMER,Highlights,StoryToys,eKidz.eu
Type: Subject-Based
Audience: 2nd Grade
Launchpad Description: This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.
Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones:
- Can recount a story with descriptive detail
- Asks for clarification when needed
- Starting to decode unknown long vowel words
- Reads text with accuracy
- Writes using a topic
- Will spell more complex, long vowel words
This Launchpad contains the following apps:
Beatrix Potter, Scientist (app)
Beatrix Potter was a writer, an artist, and a scientist too, and she strove to find a place in the world for her talents.
Cinderella (Speakaboos) (App)
In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, Cinderella, dressed in rags and treated poorly by her stepmother and stepsisters, is transformed into a beautiful princess by her fairy godmother. Cinderella goes to the ball and wins the heart of the prince. But at midnight, she runs off before the magic ends, leaving only her shoe behind. When it is revealed that the shoe belongs to Cinderella, she and the prince are married. The stepsisters beg Cinderella's forgiveness, and showing the true kindness and compassion of a princess, Cinderella invites her stepsisters to live in the castle.
Han and the Golden Bowl (App)
Han and her grandmother lived together in a small village. Although they were poor, they loved each other very much. A golden bowl in their house changes their lives forever. In this short story, you will learn about the people they meet and choices they make together.
Rapunzel (App)
Based on the classic Grimm’s book, Rapunzel comes to life like never before in this award winning app from StoryToys. Princess Rapunzel was kidnapped as a baby and imprisoned in a tall tower. She longs to explore the outside world, but can she ever escape, marry her prince and live happily ever after in their palace? Experience this magical story in an all new way in this interactive popup book from StoryToys. This wonderfully illustrated book comes alive through interactive popup games that let you play along and take part in the story yourself. When you finish the story, enjoy a collection of Rapunzel jigsaw puzzles and then create your very own stories in the Rapunzel 3D sticker book. FEATURES • Full 3D experience - it’s just like a real book • Wonderfully illustrated, with beautiful, colorful characters • Fully narrated in each language by professional actors • Read to Me, Read it Myself, and Autoplay modes • 29 beautifully presented pages of text • 8 interactive 3
Snow White-Touch Press (App)
Can Snow White escape the wicked Queen with the help of the seven dwarfs? Will she grow up to become the fairest of them all? A fun filled adventure featuring magic mirrors, disguises, poison apples and hidden treasure. Experience this magical story in an all new way in this interactive popup book from StoryToys. This wonderfully illustrated book comes alive through interactive popup games that let you play along and take part in the story yourself. When you finish the story, enjoy a collection of Snow White jigsaw puzzles and then create your very own stories in the Snow White 3D sticker book. GAMES • In the frozen winter wonderland, build and dress up a snowman • Find the seven dwarfs hiding in the forest • Guide Snow White to safety through a spooky maze • Play with a magic mirror • Dig for gems with the seven dwarfs • Tidy the seven dwarfs’ messy bedroom • Dress the wicked queen in an ugly disguise • Mix a magical exploding potion • Compose a wedding tun
Story of Thunder and Lightning, The (App)
Young Ram has a very bad temper. Find out what kind of trouble he gets into in this folk tale from Nigeria. 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.
Storybook Animations: Bert & Beth & the Muffin Party(App)
Bert and Beth had an argument and ignored each other all day until Grandpa asked them to bake muffins with him. Then he declared it a muffin party and Bert and Beth forgot about their argument.
Storybook Animations: Helping Hands (App)
Two sisters enjoy the outdoor and indoor activities on a snowy day.
Storybook Animations: Traveling through the City (App)
Juan Toucan and Bebo Bear travel by subway, bus, and ferry to reach the Statue of Liberty.
The Legend of Maui and the Enchanted Fishhook (app)
Independent; fiction, legend and fable relating how the north and south islands of New Zealand were formed. Uses past tense and historical present tense along with progressive and simple tenses, compound and complex sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Rhetorical question. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, colons, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.
The Lie (app)
Independent reading. Fiction with the moral that "honesty is the best policy". Uses past tense as well as progressive and perfect tense. Incorporates a full range of sentence structures from simple to complex, sentences as well as adverbial phrases. Uses complex vowel sounds and polysyllabic words. Punctuation incorporates the full range of direct speech, apostrophes of possession and compression, question and exclamation marks, parenthetic commas and of course full stops.
The Tortoise and the Hare (Speakaboos) (App)
The hare is sure she's the speediest animal in the forest, so imagine her surprise when a tortoise challenges her to a race. She's so sure that it's going to be easy to win the race that she stops to take a nap. The tortoise perseveres and keeps plodding along even as the hare naps. The animals cheer him on while the birds in the trees provide a birds-eye view of the race. This comedic retelling of the classic fable shows, once again, that "slow and steady wins the race."
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