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Seymour Simon Announces New Streaming eBook Program for Children's Library Services
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From: Seymour Simon <seymour.simon_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:43:48 -0400
I am pleased to announce to my librarian friends the creation of StarWalk Kids Media, a new eBook startup co-founded by award-winning children’s science author Seymour Simon and Liz Nealon, the former Creative Director of Sesame Street. We are pleased to be able to provide this important 21stCentury literacy tool for educators and families. We're committed to publishing new and exciting digital books for children by well-known authors. My friends who are ambivalent about using eBooks to get children to read are overlooking something very important — the opportunity to bri ng back well-written, treasured works that have been allowed to go out of print. StarWalk Kids eBooks makes those gems available to today’s digital kids, and we have the opportunity to make timely updates to nonfiction titles, as well.
The StarWalk collection is tightly curated for excellence, showcasing the work of award-winning authors and illustrators that educators know and trust. Familiar and respected names in the StarWalk Kids catalog include not only Seymour Simon, but also David Adler, Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole, Doug Cushman, Diane deGroat, Johanna Hurwitz, Kathryn Lasky, Stan Mack, Doreen Rappaport, Hudson Talbott, Laura Vaccaro Seeger and more. The library is focused on nonfiction, but will also include fiction from name brand authors.
Each eBook in the collection has been lovingly adapted and narrated in preparation for digital streaming via the best-in-class, proprietary StarWalk Reader™, designed to work on any computer, tablet, smartphone or whiteboard with a wireless connection. The entire collection is searchable by grade, subject, Lexile, and Alphabetic levels, and each title is correlated to appropriate Common Core State Standards. All titles are accompanied by a “Teaching Links” document, with suggestions for CCSS-appropriate teaching activities and further inquiry developed by nationally known literacy expert and StarWalk Kids Director of Education Linda Hoyt.
For further information go to www.starwalkkids.com.
Check on my schedule at /. Also take a look at the many teacher/librarian resources available for free on my Webby and ALA award-winning site, www.seymoursimon.com. On my site, please also look at my suggested ways of teaching writing non-fiction to children using Common Core standards.
Seymour Simon
Founder & Partner StarWalk KidsMedia/Seymour Science www.seymoursimon.com www.starwalkkids.com *
Exceptional eBooks for Children
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Received on Tue 31 Jul 2012 01:43:48 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:43:48 -0400
I am pleased to announce to my librarian friends the creation of StarWalk Kids Media, a new eBook startup co-founded by award-winning children’s science author Seymour Simon and Liz Nealon, the former Creative Director of Sesame Street. We are pleased to be able to provide this important 21stCentury literacy tool for educators and families. We're committed to publishing new and exciting digital books for children by well-known authors. My friends who are ambivalent about using eBooks to get children to read are overlooking something very important — the opportunity to bri ng back well-written, treasured works that have been allowed to go out of print. StarWalk Kids eBooks makes those gems available to today’s digital kids, and we have the opportunity to make timely updates to nonfiction titles, as well.
The StarWalk collection is tightly curated for excellence, showcasing the work of award-winning authors and illustrators that educators know and trust. Familiar and respected names in the StarWalk Kids catalog include not only Seymour Simon, but also David Adler, Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole, Doug Cushman, Diane deGroat, Johanna Hurwitz, Kathryn Lasky, Stan Mack, Doreen Rappaport, Hudson Talbott, Laura Vaccaro Seeger and more. The library is focused on nonfiction, but will also include fiction from name brand authors.
Each eBook in the collection has been lovingly adapted and narrated in preparation for digital streaming via the best-in-class, proprietary StarWalk Reader™, designed to work on any computer, tablet, smartphone or whiteboard with a wireless connection. The entire collection is searchable by grade, subject, Lexile, and Alphabetic levels, and each title is correlated to appropriate Common Core State Standards. All titles are accompanied by a “Teaching Links” document, with suggestions for CCSS-appropriate teaching activities and further inquiry developed by nationally known literacy expert and StarWalk Kids Director of Education Linda Hoyt.
For further information go to www.starwalkkids.com.
Check on my schedule at /. Also take a look at the many teacher/librarian resources available for free on my Webby and ALA award-winning site, www.seymoursimon.com. On my site, please also look at my suggested ways of teaching writing non-fiction to children using Common Core standards.
Seymour Simon
Founder & Partner StarWalk KidsMedia/Seymour Science www.seymoursimon.com www.starwalkkids.com *
Exceptional eBooks for Children
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Received on Tue 31 Jul 2012 01:43:48 PM CDT
