The BEST Free Apps for Kids
Handpicked Price Drops on Educational Apps
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Education Universal Monster Physics
Monster Physics is a unique building app that lets you play with physics! Build and operate your own car, crane, rocket ship, plane, helicopter, tank and more! [Was $1.99] MomsWithApps
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Games Universal Kids Crosswords
Kids Crosswords from Learning Touch gets you 100 words, 10,000 puzzles, 10 levels of increasing difficulty and a million hours of educational fun for your kids! With Kids Crosswords your child can start with beginning speller challenges, then hone their spelling skills as they learn to be master crossword puzzle solvers! [Was $2.99] [The newest app in my 'literacy toolkit'. Highly Recommended! ~ Carisa]
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Education iPad Funny Alphabet - interactive A...
This interactive ABC learning game features original phonetics, animation, and pictures that come to life. This game will keep your child learning and occupied because that is how much fun it is! MomsWithApps
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Education iPad 123Connected
123Connected is a brilliant, fun, entertaining app for iPad that provides an new way of practicing math skills. 123Connected is designed to be a math learning tool that is appropriate for all ages from kindergarten (with simple addition and subtraction problems) to elementary school where learning multiplication and division can be a challenge.
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Education iPhone Learn Chinese with Little Teac...
Come to Alex and Audrey’s bedroom and learn how to speak Chinese as you help Alex and Audrey do their homework, play with toys and prepare for bedtime. You won’t even know you are learning as you play the matching card game or pillow fight game, where you can earn points to decorate your own bedroom! Learn Chinese as you listen to the narrated bedtime story or sing along. Record and playback to see if you can say the words.
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Education Universal Speech with Milo: Therapy Idea...
As an SLP, I spend almost every night preparing for therapy the next day. I have an office full of games and a magical iPad, but I still spend hours trying to find ideas to engage my kids. I created this app so all of us SLP's, teachers and parents can have a central area to get some quick ideas. I post my ideas several times a week, and I am hoping that all of you creative folks out there will post yours on this app as well.
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Education iPad Kids World Maps
This app features 6 differently focused World Maps containing information that the UK Geography National Curriculum requires primary aged kids to know. The maps are designed with kids ages 5-9 in mind, are high resolution, have clear graphics, engaging fonts & a level of information that can be understood by kids of this age.
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Education iPad iTooch MATH Grade 5
iTooch 5th GRADE MATH is, by far, the largest collection of the App Store of educational activities based on US national standards. iTooch was developed by passionate teachers, educational professionals, and video-game designers, many of whom are parents as well. The collaboration of these specialists has resulted in a wonderful learning tool that motivates children to learn. Nice review from www.techinspecialed.com!
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Education iPad Sushi Monster
Meet Sushi Monster! Scholastic’s new game to practice, reinforce, and extend math fact fluency is completely engaging and appropriately challenging. Strengthen reasoning strategies for whole number addition and multiplication by helping monsters make a target sum or product. Common Core Standards, by Scholastic.
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Education iPad Families 2
Families 2 helps develop important cognitive skills such as: categorization, conceptualization, generalization and abstraction, among toddlers aged 3+ years old. It also helps develop visual perception skills and fine motor skills. With parental assistance it can also develop language skills, for example, by naming the families, objects and colors.
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Education iPhone Youtube Videos for Kids
If your children love Youtube but you don't want them to be exposed everything Youtube has to offer, then this app is what you are looking for. This version will allow users to search Youtube videos and add them into the list (all within app).With this, every parent will be able to create their own list of videos that is the most suitable for their kids.
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Lifestyle iPhone Screen Time - Media Time Manag...
With Screen Time, you can: * Assign daily minute allowances for each child. Allowances can be set to repeat each day or accumulate based on your preference. * Empower children to earn screen minutes by doing chores and displaying good behavior. * Encourage your kids to give up those minutes (with a kid-friendly screen) for other activities and rewards. Kids learn valuable skills by saving minutes for delayed gratification. * Customize - Add, change, or remove tasks and rewards to fit yours and your kids' needs. [Was $1.99]
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Lifestyle iPhone PinkPowerful Flowers
A garden of inspiration for mothers. Stroll through the flowers and tap for PinkPowerful Pick-Me-Up™ notes of encouragement to brighten your day. A lovely gift! And, look for our app "Be PinkPowerful!" for girls! MomsWithApps
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Lifestyle iPhone Savored
“If you are not using Savored, you are leaving serious money on the table – maybe hundreds of dollars per meal!” ~ Forbes.com Savored saves you up to 40% off your food and drink at hundreds of great restaurants across the country – your reservations are confirmed instantly, and best of all – they’re free! Use Savored to save with top restaurants in and around Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington DC.
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Photo & Video Universal Woven Photo Viewer
Enjoy all your treasured pictures together with Woven, a delightfully simple photo viewing app. Woven gathers your photos from online sharing services - Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and many others - and brings them together on your iPhone or iPad for a fun viewing experience. MomsWithApps
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Lifestyle iPhone Weelicious
Included in the Weelicious app are thousands of recipes and hundreds of videos, all exclusive to Weelicious, and curated based on this food philosophy: balanced meals, healthy family, sound living. The app features direct connectivity to Facebook, Twitter, and a private grocery list, accessible via any device.
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Lifestyle iPad Manic Mommies® Sanity for iPa...
Are you a mom (or dad) trying to manage the madness? Let the Manic Mommies bring a little sanity to your life (and your iPhone or iPod Touch). The Manic Mommies, Kristin Brandt and Erin Kane, are crazy-busy moms who believe all moms deserve support, validation, and lots of laughs! Our FREE application features: latest podcast, recent blog posts, videos, photos
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Education iPad Khan Academy
Complete library of over 2,700 videos, covering a massive number of topics, including K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even the humanities with playlists on finance and history.
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Travel Universal Fotopedia National Parks
Discover first the diversity of the National Parks through a selected set of 1,500 photos at the top, then dive in specific parks to find even more photos. Let your fingers do the hiking and explore every single one of the 58 National Parks in the USA, from Acadia to Zion, including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Glacier National Park - a journey that would require several years.
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Education iPhone Family Cart
Family Cart app is a grocery shopping app that helps children learn about the benefits of different food items while shopping at the grocery store with their parents. It helps children learn the benefits of the foods they eat, and therefore make better choices in the grocery store. Work together with your children while grocery shopping!
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Reference Universal AppStar Picks
AppStar Picks is a collection of over 250 top picks apps for kids reviewed and tested by well-established independent review sites. It offers a large selection of curated apps for kids of all ages - from toddlers to teenagers. Includes reviews from: Fun Educational Apps, Digital Storytime, Applicable2U & Teachers With Apps
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Games iPad Toca Tea Party
Invite your friends to a tea party around your iPad! Set the table, choose your favorite cookies and cakes, serve the tea and you’re good to go! Simply eat and drink with your finger! With Toca Tea Party, you can play together with your kids in a way that stimulates their imagination. Get some toys or dolls and set them up around the iPad. A tea party anywhere you go! [Was $2.99]
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Games iPad UNO™ HD
Gather up to 4 of your friends around the table and play using a single iPad with the new “One Device Multiplayer” mode. Of course, you can also connect with your friends’ iPad or iPhone devices for local Wi-Fi multiplayer. UNO™ has never been so fun and easy for everyone to play. [Was $3.99]
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Games iPad CLUE: Secrets & Spies - A Hidd...
Find hidden objects in 7 exciting episodes PLUS access 7 additional episodes available for purchase on demand. Now stop the evil forces of C.L.U.E. (Criminal League for Ultimate Espionage) from sowing destruction across the globe in up to 14 total clue-seeking capers! IMMERSE YOURSELF IN 7 EXOTIC HIDDEN OBJECT EPISODES From Europe to Asia to Africa. (Was $4.99)
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Games iPad Feed Me Oil HD
When hunger strikes, strike oil! Welcome to a weird and wonderful place where the land is literally alive — and it’s starving! Your job is to get the oil from the broken pipe to the mouths of the strange creatures. It won’t be easy though, as you’ll need to use all sorts of fun tools, as well as your brains, to solve the puzzles. iPhone version also available.
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Games Universal Qvoid
Control a white cube tumbling around a board, picking and carrying colors in its sides. Mix and match them to solve the puzzles. And then, try to do it in less steps to collect all the stars!
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Games iPad The Lorax HD
Help Pip the Bar-ba-loot get the precious marshmallows in The Lorax's 'Marshmallow Munch' puzzle game by Miniclip! Tap to remove objects from the pile so the marshmallows drop down to the ground where Pip can reach them. Physics based puzzle game for all ages.
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Education Universal Animals in the World
How can your kid play intelligently on an iPad or iPhone? Download Animals in the world and you’ll discover how! Animals in the wold is an ideal educational game for the younger ones. Learn all about the animals : their spoken names, their sounds and their written names. Make a puzzle and discover the animal.
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Education Universal Sell Lemonade
"Sell Lemonade" is a fun game that involves managing money by selling lemonade. It's sure to be a great challenge for anyone young or old! CHALLENGE: You'll experience 3 exciting days of selling in different types of simulated weather. Learn important terms like INCOME, EXPENSE, REVENUE, MARKETING and ADVERTISING! Based on the book "It's A Charmed Life" to teach children about financial literacy.
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Games iPhone Happy Planet - Environmental E...
Welcome to the happiest planet of the universe! This planet is full of green trees, wonderful rivers and amazing living creatures. This is our planet, earth! In order to keep earth happy, you need to face the evil sources of pollution.
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Education Universal Toca Kitchen Monsters
Ever wanted to play with your food? Now you can! In this Monster edition of the super-hit Toca Kitchen you can cook and play with food for two hungry monsters. Pick any ingredient and prepare it in your own way! Slice, boil, fry, cook, microwave or mix? And wait for the response from the hungry monster...
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Education iPad Wood Puzzle Maze World Flags
Wood Puzzle Maze World Flags Another innovative app from the creators of the classic "Wood Puzzle" ! Wood Puzzle Maze World Flags is a great tool for young school aged kids. It helps develop visual tracking, spatial visualization, fine motor skills, problem solving and long term concentration.
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Book Universal The Berenstain Bears and the B...
Special Introductory Price! When it's Spelling Bee time at Bear Country School, the pressure builds up and it's hard to keep cool! Join Sister Bear (and Papa Bear) as they practice . . . and practice . . . and practice for the big day. But will all of this p-r-a-c-t-i-c-e take the fun out of spelling? New features only available in this interactive omBook include professional narration, background audio and enlarged artwork for each scene. MomsWithApps
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Book iPad Bats! Furry Fliers of the Nigh...
Bats! lets kids aged six to 11 search jungles, deserts, woods and other vivid 3-D environments; flap their “wings” and fly like a bat; “see” how sound waves help bats find food; and much more. Written by Mary Kay Carson and created for the iPad by other experts in nonfiction for children, Bats! is a true innovation in children’s publishing. It’s is a wonderful original nonfiction book and a new kind of reading adventure for children. [Was $4.99]
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Book Universal Ann Can't Sleep
An animated book about companionship, friends, and a little girl who just can’t fall asleep. Which of her toys will help her get to slumberland? Have fun reading this book, at playtime or bedtime. Tap on the sentences to hear them read out loud, and then enjoy the colorful and funny animations. [Was $2.99] MomsWithApps
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Book iPad Eggscapade - Free Storybook & ...
Eggscapade is a story with an integrated game. Mr. Bunny's Easter egg factory has been sabotaged and the reader is asked to save Easter by repainting the eggs. The interactive story about the Easter Bunny is charming but the integrated gameplay makes this Easter adventure unique. Your kids will keep returning to this app. Long after they’ve read the storybook they will remain hooked on the wonderful left-brain thinking game. MomsWithApps
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Games iPad Luna Kettlebottom and the Magi...
FREE for a limited time (normally $2.99) -- so get Luna Kettlebottom for your family now! The best storybooks you and your child will ever play! Turn your iPad into a magic cauldron and jump into adventure! You and your family will LOVE this interactive story experience that turns classic fairy tales into new adventures.
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Book iPad Dinosaurs HD
BIG STUFF™ DINOSAURS by Robert Gould PicPocket Books Ages: 2-6 Synopsis: BIG STUFF™ DINOSAURS Kids introduce the awesome dinosaurs in this BIG GUY book. Colorful high interest digital graphics have a visceral appeal for kids who are fascinated by giant, fast dinosaurs. Young children will love the bright photo-portraits of the teeth, horns and claws on these creatures, and parents will appreciate the subtle humor and outrageous expressions of the BIG STUFF™ kids. MomsWithApps
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Book Universal Cassandra the Cow
This hilarious ebook app tells the story of Cassandra the Cow, traveling in the farmer's truck, on the way to the County Fair. After gobbling-up all the strawberries that are sharing her space in the truck, Cassandra provides the children at the county fair, a delightful surprise - that even she did not foresee. Animalations ebook/app series for children develops language and makes learning-to-read a fun experience.
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Book iPad Beauty and the Beast - Interac...
Beauty and the Beast HD brings to life Walter Cranes sensational original illustrations, combining them with tilt and touch controlled physics elements, touch animations, drag-able character cutouts and a whole array of fantastic sound effects.
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Education iPad The world of Victor: the game ...
In the jungle, along fields of ice, in the mountains or under the sea, set forth to discover nature and animals. With grand sights to admire and more than a hundred images to find, enjoy exploring the world of Victor. An iPad App especially conceived for young children so that they can engage, at their very fingertips, a book full of color, excitement, and learning, while tagging along with Victor in his journey through nature and its animal world.
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Book iPhone Book Puzzle Emma in Africa
“Emma in Africa” is the first of a series of Book Puzzles, brought to you by the creators of the award winning and best selling Wood Puzzle apps. It’s a simulated short children’s book that combines amazing images, sounds, music and puzzles, keeping kids entertained and encouraging them to read with its multimedia approach to learning.
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Book Universal Tails
"Kids would have fun hanging high in the air, laughing and playing, giving grown-ups a scare!" One of the best ways to encourage children to read is through humor. This interactive rhyming story will surely provide readers with a few giggles as they see what their world would look like "If people had tails."
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Education Universal DialSafe Pro
Small but Kinda Mighty's #1 FREE Autism App - Good for: Life skills support. Read full review here. It’s wonderful to be able to let children practice using the telephone, help them learn both important telephone numbers and how to dial emergency services, but the added benefit of this app is with respect to role playing. Oliver and I have played with the recorded versions of phone conversations, enabling him to practice how to talk on the phone and what kinds of things to say.
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Education Universal Little Writer - Tracing Letter...
Small but Kinda Mighty's #2 FREE Autism App - Good for: Fine motor, tracing and handwriting skills. I just recently downloaded this app so the boys haven’t had a chance to use it very much yet but I couldn’t leave it off the list because honestly, it’s amazing. I know Oliver will love this app once I’ve had a chance to customize it for him. The app teaches your child how to trace upper and lowercase letters, numbers from 1 to 9 and shapes and words, but the beauty of it is how customizable it is. Hide the content you don’t think your child is yet ready for, add words you want them to practice, add your own pictures and record your own voice on the app. You can add pictures of friends and family members so your child can practice writing their names. Awesome.
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Book Universal Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim
Small but Kinda Mighty's #3 FREE Autism App Good for: Life skills. Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for both autistic children and adults. I’m hoping I can get Owen into reading this book because he’s fearless around water. I especially like the water safety song as both my children respond well to music and it’s a great way for them to learn basic water safety principles that could one day save their lives.
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Games Universal Preschool Games - Little Puzzl...
Small but Kinda Mighty's #4 FREE Autism App - Good for: Fine motor as well as critical thinking, matching and reasoning. This app is another one from Grasshopper/Alligator apps, the same folks that developed Little Writer. They produce a lot of apps, many of which free and in my experience they are always customizable, so their entire catalogue is worth checking out. With respect to this app you can choose the number of puzzle pieces (from 4 to 36), select the level of difficulty, record your own sounds and best of all – add your own images.
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Education Universal Using I and Me
Small but Kinda Mighty's #5 FREE Autism App - Good for: Teaching and reinforcing the correct use of these two personal pronouns. I’ve used this with Oliver a little since I downloaded it – he found it funny but it’s a bit above his developmental level at the moment so we’ll save it to use later. I like that this app is simple and intuitive and that you don’t have to be verbal to use it. The app supports multiple users, scores automatically and results can be emailed.
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Games Universal LEGO® App4+
Small but Kinda Mighty's #6 FREE Autism App - Good for: Fine motor, visual-spatial reasoning and promoting pretend play. I could never get Oliver interested in building blocks. He has always liked things that he can lie on the ground with and move, like trains and trucks. He was seldom interested in stacking or building things up. This app got him really interested in building blocks. The fact that he could easily build a vehicle and then drive it through various landscapes proved captivating to him. Now he is copying and building duplo models of vehicles and animals and incorporating them into pretend play activities. I’m not saying that’s all down to this app, but it certainly helped spark an interest that I didn’t see before.
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Book iPad Toy Story Read-Along
Small but Kinda Mighty's #7 FREE Autism App - Good for: Developing early reading skills and receptive language. If Owen found out I’d prepared a list of apps that didn’t have an ebook on it, he would disown me as his mother. Owen loves books but he usually takes some time to warm up to new ones and ebooks are no exception. In this case, he took to the app immediately. It doesn’t hurt that he likes the characters and the music in the film, but the movie itself has always proved to be a little too much for him. This ebook is packed with extras but for Owen, the book is enough.
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Education Universal Rocket Speller
Small but Kinda Mighty's #8 FREE Autism App - Good for: Language and literacy with the benefit of some fine motor and visual-spacial skills thrown in. The artwork in this app is lovely and Oliver enjoys being able to build a rocket ship through spelling. Owen enjoys spelling apps like the First Words series but hasn’t latched onto this one… yet. With four levels of difficulty this app has the capacity to engage and challenge for some time.
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Education iPad PLAY123
Small but Kinda Mighty's #9 FREE Autism App - Good for fine motor and early learning. I wish I’d discovered this app a year ago. The boys have played with it but at their age and skill level, itdoesn’t quite engage them as much as I believe it would have if they had discovered it earlier. I’ve included it however because it really is a great app for learning colours, shapes and numbers in a fun and interactive way.
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Education iPad iLuv Drawing Santa HD
Small but Kinda Mighty's #10 FREE Autism App - Good for: fine motor and art. You can read my Smart Apps for Kids review of I Luv Drawing Animals to see in detail why I love this series of apps. Owen, who has never shown any interest in art whatsoever, has used these apps because they break things down for him into simple geometric shapes that he can both understand and easily colour in. For children with fine motor challenges this is a huge confidence booster. Added bonus – these apps are fun for adults too!
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The Sun and the Moon
This beautifully hand illustrated book is designed especially for the unique relationship that twins have. This is the story of two celestial bodies who are the best of friends even though they have never met. Through words and images we learn how the two send messages and gifts to each other until one day a magical moment happens.
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Emmett's Imagination
Follow along on an illustrated adventure that tells the fun story of little Emmett and what he imagines. Each hand drawn scene takes you into his creative mind, giving you a window into what he sees when he pretends. Easy to read, fun to follow, each child is encouraged to participate pretending along with Emmett.
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In the Garden With the LittleW...
Join the LittleWeeds for a counting adventure. In this audio edition of the LittleWeeds counting adventure, you can choose to read along, be read to, or just read to yourself. This children's picture book takes place in a magical garden, where the weeds and seeds rhyme their way from one to ten. Read along with your little gardener, or just see how many garden critters you can discover.
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Mr Wolf and the Ginger Cupcake...
From the creators of the worldwide loved App Mr Wolf and the Ginger Cupcakes including gorgeous HD illustrations by award winning artist, whimsical interactivity, professional narration and translation in 7 languages and soothing jazz music, now the free iBook version of the story to enjoy with your kids.
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Edwin the Super Duper Otter
Follow Edwin the Otter as he discovers what makes him truly special. Featuring some of your favorite creatures from the Seattle Aquarium, including an octopus, a pair of puffins, spiky lumpsuckers and a playful harbor seal.
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The Emperor's New Clothes - Re...
'The Emperor's New Clothes' is presented in it's original form as a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen about two weavers who promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" A children's novel with read aloud feature expressing by highlighting the each text word.
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Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have th...
David doesn't know how he ends up in such situations. At the time, it just seems like a great idea. His teacher, Mrs. Gorski, has had about enough; he can tell by the way her voice changes when she speaks to him. This time, he believes that he has come up with the best idea yet. The perfect plan to make everything better.
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Izzy's Ukulele Adventure
While picking flowers for her teacher, Izzy is surprised by a musician playing the ukulele. Learning a new instrument isn't the easiest task for Izzy, but she discovers (through some tears and sore fingers) that practice & patience can unlock an entire world! Ages 4-8. Not narrated.
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123 Count the World With Me!
Help your toddler learn to count through vivid, unique photography of children around the world. Each page shows a different child from a different country counting objects that exist in their world. From camels to tomatoes, your child will discover what kids everywhere are learning to count.
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Long Shot
Another myrockandrollbook by Sigmund Brouwer, this one in The Watch Out For Joel series. Joel knows he, Ricky, and Lisa are bound for trouble when they build the world’s biggest slingshot. No one listens when Joel tells them trying it out might not be a bright idea! Chapter Book
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