Author: Merry

Little Travelers

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Little Travelers is a story that helps cultivate a child’s taste for classical music in this digital age. Told in read-aloud ebook form, in French, English and Chinese, Little Travelers takes us to the city of Amsterdam, where wild dandelions next to the playground soak up talks of adventures from the all-knowing children who come and go. It’s a role reversal of sorts, in which the children, rather than the grown-ups, become the figures of authority.

The enhanced ebook design allows us to take an innovative multimedia approach to storytelling and incorporate classical music from legendary music label, Deutsche Grammophon. With a stunning recording of Bizet’s Petite Suite, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, and original story by Madeleine Editions founder, Eva Lou, Little Travelers weaves a magical tale while helping children develop an appreciation for classical music.

Illustrations, by Korean illustrator, Juyeon Kim-Aizier, are lightly-animated – just enough to keep the children’s attention, but without excessively fast screen changes and distracting games. The result is a calming experience that cultivates a taste for the creative arts.

Available at: Apple Books
For More information on Little Travelers, vist: https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/little-travelers/

Wiggly Tooth

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Wiggly Tooth is a story about beloved traditions on different continents, aimed at modern children who cross cultures. Told in read-aloud ebook form, in French, English and Chinese, Wiggly Tooth tells the story of about how different cultures celebrate the same rite of passage, losing teeth.

At home, in New York City, the tooth fairy would leave José a green bill and a nice note, But in Nicaragua where he’s spending the holidays at “abuela’s” house, José doesn’t know who will take care of his “Wiggly tooth.” Enter, El Raton Perez, a mouse with the full-time job of collecting teeth. Wiggly tooth is a multi-sensory tale that carries the heartwarming message that “wherever you may go, the people who love you will always find you.”

The enhanced ebook design allows us to take an innovative multimedia approach to storytelling that combines music from German composer, Thomas Dorsch, illustrations by French illustrator and animator, Elise Follin and story by Eleni N. Gage, a Harvard and Columbia alumna, author of four books and mother to two “Greekaraguan” (Greek & Nicaraguan) children.

Available at: Apple Books
For more information please visit https://madeleineeditions.com/stories/wiggly-tooth/

Booski Bear by Animal Packers

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Booski Bear is MACHINE washable, and while parents love that, littles love Booski Bear for his big, loveable eyes and his irresistible smile. One look and you can’t help but squeeze him!

Booski comes with a removable name tag that is great for going to school or day-care, but easily comes off when it’s time for travel.

Booski is a lightweight backpack made with the proper dimensions for Littles’ backs. It’s so lightweight, that your Little will forget she or he is carrying it.

Booski comes with a care bag inside and is packaged in a reusable, colorable box!

Available at: www.animalpackers.com and https://www.amazon.com/animal_packers

Chicklet Backpack by Animal Packers

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Chicklet is MACHINE washable and comes in 3 bright colors. Chicklet is the perfect “Little” Backpack for school, travel and fun outings. Your “Little” will feel “Big” when she packs Chicklet herself and carries her own stuff. She won’t even notice that she’s carrying Chicklet, because it’s so lightweight.

Chicklet comes with a wash bag, removable name tag and a colorable box kids can reuse!

Available at: www.animalpackers.com and https://www.amazon.com/animal_packers

ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids

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This extraordinary guidebook offers a refreshing new approach to raising confident, healthy, whole human beings, from toddler to teen. Groundbreaking in both its scope and methodology, ParentShift challenges some popular disciplinary tactics and dismantles the pervasive myths that gave rise to those tactics. In their place, the three authors — an educator, cop and investigative journalist — provide more than a dozen “toolkits” designed to help parents solve virtually any household challenge while strengthening the parent-child relationship and protecting each child’s self-esteem.

Widely available in bookstores and online

The Monk Seal and the Magical Mermaid

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A Magic Spring enables the Green Kids – Victor, Maya, and Tiago – to talk to and help animals with their habitat problems. In this story, the Green Kids are visiting their friend, Moshe, in Israel. Victor and Moshe are preparing for a fishing trip on the Mediterranean Sea. Maya thinks she sees a mermaid, while Tiago gets caught up in some fishing line as he tries to help a monk seal pup. What did Maya see in the ocean? Can Tiago free himself and the monk seal?

Available at: https://www.greenkidsclub.com/store/p/The+Monk+Seal+and+the_Magical+Mermaid+

Leave Some Forest for the Rest of Us!

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Three adventurous siblings, tons of homemade tech at their disposal, and one robotic dog who can actually turn into other animals! Now that’s one wild combination. Takara, Victor and Tiago attend school during the day, but when they race home, they’ll devise and execute a secret plan to save the world. And with an environmental activist mom and a news reporter dad, you can easily guess where they get their mission inspiration from. But the Code Green Team has to keep their eco-efforts undercover so as not to alarm mom and dad, plus they have their own “unique” way of saving the environment.

The Code Green Team; Victor, Takara, and Tiago, are flying to a new adventure in Sumatra where they are helping an orangutan save her home from “The Chopper” and his environmental machine of destruction.

Available at: https://www.greenkidsclub.com/store/p/leave_some_forest

MiaoKids Smart Kit with Wonder Math Application

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The MiaoKids Smart Kit and Wonder Math Application form an ecosystem that assists young learners in developing foundational academic skills through an open-world of play-based learning.

In many settings, early childhood education tends to be treated less holistically and often fails to properly connect the many intelligences a young learner is developing. In other contexts, children are inundated with overstimulation via electronic means without a proper channel to harness the physical world. The MiaoKids ecosystem is designed to serve as a bridge between technology, with the increasingly connected world that it brings, and the many brands of intelligence that technological advancements can neglect.

As such, MiaoKids strives to make screen time more fruitful. Our Smart Kit, the ecosystem’s physical component, contains 31 blocks and the Wonder Pad. Our Application hosts games and connects with the Wonder Pad to enable unique interactions with our blocks. The colorful world and endearing characters pique the attention of learners through challenging questions tailored to individual development. The Wonder Blocks serve as an input to round out our play-based learning platform.

Available at: http://www.miaokids.com – Apple/Android App Store. Search “MiaoKids Math” in the App Store.

MiaoKids Smart Kit

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The MiaoKids Smart Kit (the physical component of the MiaoKids ecosystem) is designed to complement various MiaoKids applications, such as MiaoKids Wonder Math, that assist young learners in developing foundational academic skills through an open world of play-based learning. Unlike many products that are exclusively housed in an application or exclusively in the form of physical toys, the Smart Kit enables engagement between those two (electronic and physical) worlds by providing a bridge between tactile components, such as physical shapes and numbers, and the vibrant on-screen MiaoKids world in which the learner is immersed.

Available at: https://heptagon-violet-4waj.squarespace.com/shop

MiaoKids Smart Kit

Posted on by Merry

The MiaoKids Smart Kit (the physical component of the MiaoKids ecosystem) is designed to complement various MiaoKids applications, such as MiaoKids Wonder Math, that assist young learners in developing foundational academic skills through an open world of play-based learning. Unlike many products that are exclusively housed in an application or exclusively in the form of physical toys, the Smart Kit enables engagement between those two (electronic and physical) worlds by providing a bridge between tactile components, such as physical shapes and numbers, and the vibrant on-screen MiaoKids world in which the learner is immersed.

Available at: https://heptagon-violet-4waj.squarespace.com/shop