Wouldn’t it be great if you could read a story and hear sound effects along the way? Novel Effect does just that. It listens to your voice and adds music, sounds, and character voices related to the story being read. A small selection of free titles are available to download. …
What makes a great children’s book? Is it the catchy phrases, beautiful illustrations, or maybe the meaning behind the words? Here’s a list rated to be the best!
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Travel with a witch and her cat on a fun rhyming adventure and learn about her clever problem-solving skills. Find a copy at your local library. (Grades Pre-K-2)
Looking for something to read for Halloween? Dem Bones by Bob Barner teaches kids (grades K-3) about the bones in our body and how they are all connected. Find a copy at your local library.
Take the “Reading Without Walls” challenge and you may discover new books that you never knew existed. You may even realize how much fun reading can be and even learn a thing or two! Read a book about a character who doesn’t look like you or live like you. Read …
Breen, Derek. Scratch for Kids for Dummies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Print. From the well-known “Dummies” series, this 371-page book teaches kids in grades 5-8 how to program using Scratch, a very popular and free programming language, where kids can create their own interactive stories, games, and …
We’ve found another book to help get kids interested in programming: Liukas, Linda. Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding. New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2015. Print. Kids in grades K-3 will learn the basic concepts of coding when they read this 112-page fiction hardcover book filled with color illustrations. No computer …
Here’s another book to help spark kids’ interest in programming: Bueno, Carlos. Lauren Ipsum: A Story about Computer Science and Other Improbable Things. San Francisco, CA: No Starch Press, 2014. Print. This fiction book will appeal to kids in grades 5-8, who may not feel comfortable diving head-first into computer …
Sometimes kids need to be tricked into liking something. This holds true with education too. We’ve found some books to introduce kids to the concept of programming. Here’s one book to help spark their interest: Yang, Gene Luen., and Mike Holmes. Secret Coders. (Secret Coders, Vol. 1.). New York: First …
