<br clear="all"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#050505">I
am pleased to announce to my Oregon 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 21<sup>st</sup> Century 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 bring 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.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">For further information go to
<a href="http://www.starwalkkids.com" target="_blank">www.starwalkkids.com</a>. </span>
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<span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Check on my schedule at<a href="http://goog_1637041591" target="_blank">
</a></span><a href="http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.php/about_seymour_simon/speaking_schedule/" target="_blank">http://www.seymoursimon.com/index.php/about_seymour_simon/speaking_schedule</a>/. Also take a look at the many teacher/librarian resources available
for free on my Webby and ALA award-winning site, <a href="http://www.seymoursimon.com" target="_blank">
www.seymoursimon.com</a>. <br>-- <br><font><font><font><font style="font-size:large" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><font color="#000066">Seymour Simon</font><br><font color="#000099"><a href="http://www.seymoursimon.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb480/Liz_Nealon/Seymour_Science_Stacked.jpg" height="38" width="96"></a></font><br>
</font></font></font></font><font><font><font><font style="font-size:large" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><font color="#000066">Founder & Partner<br>StarWalk KidsMedia/Seymour Science</font></font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,153)" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><br>
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