Fur-ever Reading!

Read Beyond the Beaten Path: Summer Reading - Ages 8+

Kids will build confidence all summer long as they master early literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. Summer Reading helps kids to:

- Stay motivated to read
- Maintain reading skills and avoid summer slide
- Get excited about using the library
- Keep discovering and learning all summer long

This Launchpad contains the following apps:

12 Huia Birds
Do you know the story of the majestic vanished huia bird? This is the story of the sacred bird with the white-tipped tail feathers that disappeared. Filled with animation, music and sound to bring this beautiful bird back to life for children while teaching the lesson to take care of the environment.

Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom of the World
Anansi the spider learns the importance of sharing wisdom with others. Speakaboos’ parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with stories like this!

Astraware Word Search, Nature Vol. 2
Find all of the words in the jumbled grid! Classic WordSearch game, including helpful hints - tap and hold a letter to highlight that letter everywhere in the grid!

Call of Nature: Jigsaw Puzzle
For children and adults alike to explore a world of mystery and beauty in this HD jigsaw puzzle!

Digging Up Adventure - Battling Boredom
Through this series, children will learn that there is “adventure” where ever they are. They just have to “open” their minds up to the adventure in their own backyards or neighborhoods.

Mahjong Farm Style
Match two tiles to clear them from the deck. You can only match tiles that are on top of a stack.

Team Tortoise and Team Hare at the Summer Games
Team Tortoise and Team Hare are ready for the big race. Will Team Hare's speed help them win the title? 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.

The Camel's Shadow
Atlas plans to cross the Great Namib Desert in Africa. But, he runs into some trouble. Are Atlas’ adventures at an end? 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.

Trash Toss: Paper Flings
Toss the trash into the bin and never get bored! Set up your own challenge by choosing the environment and and check the wind direction and speed and then-toss!

Wikids: Animals and More
Designed for independent discovery, WiKids Encyclopedia encourages children to discover and learn all about what fascinates them!