Clinton-Macomb Public Library
Another Monster at the End of This Book...Starring Grover & Elmo!
A fun and interactive read from the makers of Sesame Street.
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Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
One of the best interactive books for preschoolers. In addition to highlighting words as you read, there are fun elements to touch and play with.
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Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Another great Boynton book that deals with colors and getting dressed in a silly and fun way.
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Run this App! by Mo Willems
With this app, kids can listen to randomly generated Pigeon stories or create their own. As with anytime the Pigeon is involved, hilarity ensues.
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
In this fun retelling of a favorite kids’ rhyme, the five little monkeys keep jumping on the bed.
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Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
This storybook app is perfect for children who are learning their colors and shapes. As various shapes/colors appear, a monster face is formed. Don’t worry-you get to make him go away.
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Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Another soothing bedtime story as you help the little bunny say good night to all of the things around its bedroom in the book. Interactive elements, such as helping the cow jump over the moon, add some fun.
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How Rocket Learned to Read
Based on the popular New York Times Bestselling picture book, this story is now available in an interactive app! In addition to the story, there are two early literacy games to play.
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International Childrens Digital Library
This app brings a collection of stories from over 60 countries together in one free collection for you to read. Recommended for ages 3-13.
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Little Red Riding Hood by Nosy Crow
What would you do if you could choose which path Little Red Riding Hood would take to Grandma’s House? Collect objects along the way as you choose your path to decide how Little Red Riding Hood defeats the Big Bad Wolf and saves Grandma.
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Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton
Who doesn’t love animal noises? Your child can explore various farm animals and the noises that they make in this fun Boynton app.
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Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? By Dr. Seuss
In this fun and noisy app, Mr. Brown makes a bunch of noises, from a hippo chewing bubblegum to a fishes kiss. Your child will be making their own noises by the end of the story if they can make it past the giggles.
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Pigeon Presents…Mo on the Go!
Mo Willems’ popular characters are back in this fantastic creative app. Draw, take pictures, create monsters, or drive the bus as you play with Knuffle Bunny, The Pigeon, Leonardo, or Elephant & Piggie.
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PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit
In this magical retelling, you can follow along with the story of Peter Rabbit while playing with the interactive parts.
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The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
A soothing bedtime app story that still retains some of Boynton’s silliness.
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The Three Little Pigs by Nosy Crow
A kid-friendly retelling of a classic tale. The 3-D feel and the interactive elements are worth checking out.
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Trains by Byron Barton
With colorful animations and simple words, this app is perfect for any train enthusiast.
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Abby’s Basic Skills Preschool
With 14 different games, your child will explore the concepts that they will need to be successful in preschool.
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Fish School HD by Duck Duck Moose
A fun underwater experience where kids learn letters, numbers, shapes, colors and more.
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Funky Fruitilicious by ONCE
An interactive app that works on numbers and counting for preschoolers. Recommended for ages 3-6.
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Interactive Telling Time
Learn this important skill through a variety of clocks and games in this visually appealing app. A variety of activities and levels make this an app that will stick around. Recommended for ages 3-12.
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Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
A collection of seven educational games for preschoolers about colors, numbers, letters, and more!
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TeachMe: Kindergarten
For those kids working at a kindergarten level in math, language, and spelling. Also available from the same publisher include are apps for toddler, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. The kindergarten level app is recommended for ages 4-7.
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Fingerpaint with Sound
Explore color and sound with this mess-free fingerpainting app. We recommend using this app to practice writing your ABC’s, as well as drawing fun pictures.
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Make a Scene Farmyard by Innivo
Using “stickers”, kids can decorate their farmyard.
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Peekaboo Barn by Night & Day Studios
In this peekaboo app that is perfect for toddlers, your child will try to guess the animal as they appear. Animal names are written out as the animal appears to promote early literacy skills.
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Toca Train
Think of this as a virtual train set for train enthusiasts. Your child will be able to conduct the train, pick up passengers, and more virtual fun.
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Trucks HD by Duck Duck Moose
With five different activities and many different trucks, your young truck fan will have a lot of fun exploring this app.
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Bunny Fun: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Follow the bunnies as they sing and act out this popular children’s song. There is also a foreign language aspect as you can change the song from English to French, Spanish, or Japanese.
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Itsy Bitsy Spider by Duck Duck Moose
Sing this favorite children’s song as you interact with the brightly colored app to find surprises in each scene.
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Little Fox Music Box by Fox & Sheep
Follow along with three different children’s songs, as well as more than 100 interactive elements. For extra fun, you can play your own songs and record them or set the app to karaoke version.
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Musical Me! By Duck Duck Moose
Learn the basics of music education as your child explores tone, rhythm, and pitch through various mini-games.
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Old MacDonald by Duck Duck Moose
Follow along this fun version of Old MacDonald and play with the silly interactive parts on the screen.
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Sago Mini Sound Box by Sago Sago
Each tap on the screen produces a new sound and picture. The user can choose the pace and rhythm of the songs.
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The Wheels on the Bus by Duck Duck Moose
In addition to hearing this song sung in five different languages, kids can participate in the actions on the screen.
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Toca Band
Focus on rhythms and sounds as your child learns the basics of music education in an engaging format.
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ABC Alphabet Phonics by GrasshopperApps.com
Your child can learn their ABC’s using light, touch, and sound. For extra fun, this app can be personalized with your voice.
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Elmo Loves ABCs by Sesame Workshop
In this fun Sesame Street app, you child will hear letter sounds, be able to trace the letters, and see words that begin with that letter. For added fun, you can add in pictures of people and things that your child recognizes.
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Endless Alphabet by Originator
Learn your ABC’s with the fun monsters of Endless Alphabet. Interactive word puzzles and short animations are great for building early literacy.
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LetterSchool by Boreaal
One of the best apps for your child to learn how to write their letters. LetterSchool includes letter recognition, tracing, and writing.
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Montessori Crosswords
This app helps kids with their literacy skills, from working on phonics with the younger users to larger vocabulary for older users. Recommended for ages 3-10.
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Wee Sing & Learn ABC by zuuka incorporated
Follow along with an alphabet story, sing your ABC’s, or explore animals that start with various letters in this early literacy app.
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International Childrens Digital Library
This app brings a collection of stories from over 60 countries together in one free coll ection for you to read. Recommended for ages 3-13.
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Overdrive Media Console
Use this app to access all the eBooks that Clinton-Macomb Public Library has purchased for patrons to check out and enjoy.
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore by Moonbot Studios
While it looks like a picture book, this interactive book is perfect for older readers due to the pure imagination of the story. For added fun, there are puzzles and games included. Recommended for ages 6+.
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The Numberlys
From the studio that brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore, The Numberlys is a new epic storytelling adventure. Pulling in elements from the Golden Age of movies (a.k.a. the 1930’s), Friends 1,2,3,4, and 5 work to bring the alphabet and color to their world.
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Van Gogh and the Sunflowers by Auryn Inc.
In addition to this being an interactive picture book with illustrations in the style of Van Gogh’s artwork, there are links to an art gallery where kids can see the original work and learn more information. Puzzle games and a painting activity are included as a part of the app. Recommended for ages 4-8.
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Drawing Pad
For anyone who likes to use their tablet to draw or paint, Drawing Pad is a great app! In addition to colors, you can choose your mediums, from colored pencils to crayons to stickers. It is almost as if you have a full art kit at your fingertips.
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Garage Band
In addition to being able to play a variety of instruments, kids can play with music editing tools and share their works through social media. Recommended for ages 9+.
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Hopscotch
In addition to being free, Hopscotch is one of the premier computer coding apps on the Internet. Beginners are encouraged to create their own games and animations as they move blocks around on the screen.
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MoMA Art Lab
Kids can create works in the styles of famous artists, such as Matisse. Other art styles are also explored, including mobiles, shape poems, and collages. Recommended for ages 7-12.
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Sock Puppets
This app lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube.
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Story Kit by ICDL Foundation:
Create an electronic story with text, sound, and illustrations. Recommended for ages 7-12.
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StoryBuddy
Another fun story creating app. In addition to being able to write your own story, you can draw your own illustrations with your finger or import your own pictures. Recommended for ages 4-12.
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Strip Designer by Vivid Apps
Kids can create digital stories or comic strips using your own photos. Recommended for ages 7-12.
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Superhero Comic Book Maker by Duck Duck Moose
Create your own comic stories using a variety of superheroes. Recommended for ages 4-12.
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BrainPOP Featured Movie
Watch a movie and take a quiz as you learn something new every day. This is a fun way to learn for older elementary kids. Recommended for ages 8-12.
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Inventioneers
Create Rube Goldberg-like machines in different puzzles. This is a great app for kids who like physics and engineering. Recommended for ages 6-12.
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Montessori Crosswords:
This app helps kids with their literacy skills, from working on phonics with the younger users to larger vocabulary for older users. Recommended for ages 3-10.
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Motion Math: Hungry Fish
Children use basic math and number skills to feed hungry fish. There are 18 different levels which include basic addition, number matching, bigger numbers, and challenging. Recommended for ages 4-12.
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Piano Dust Buster by JoyTunes
Learn to play the piano by swatting dust particles as they are about to hit the keys or the musical staff in this fun and addictive musical app. Recommended for ages 8-12.
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Toca Hair Salon 2
Using a variety of characters, kids can cut, style, and color hair. This is a great app for working on imagination and creative play. Recommended for ages 4-12.
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Bedtime Math
Check out the math problem of the day or explore over 400 other math problems. Recommended for ages 4+.
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Endless Reader
In this sequel to Endless Alphabet, the user can spell simple words. Building on those sight word skills, kids can then recreate sentences that the monsters have scattered. Recommended for ages 4-8.
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Interactive Telling Time
Learn this important skill through a variety of clocks and games in this visually appealing app. A variety of activities and levels make this an app that will stick around. Recommended for ages 3-12.
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Khan Academy
Learn just about anything through this app which includes over 3000 videos on a variety of subjects. Recommended for ages 6+.
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Operation Math
Become a spy and save the world in 1 of 105 missions while practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Recommended for ages 5-12.
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ScratchJr
Kids learn to program their own stories and games. Recommended for ages 5-7.
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Stack the States
A fun geography app where kids learn state information, capitals, and shapes through a variety of mini-games. Recommended for ages 8+.
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Star Walk Kids
Learn about stars, constellations, and planets in the sky above. Recommended for ages 4+.
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TeachMe: Kindergarten
For those kids working at a kindergarten level in math, language, and spelling. Also available from the same publisher include are apps for toddler, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. The kindergarten level app is recommended for ages 4-7.
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Tutor.com Mobile App
Get Live Homework Help throughout the school year from 4-11 p.m. through this app. Recommended for ages 6+.
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Ultimate Dinopedia
For those dino lovers, this app from National Geographic is an interactive encyclopedia that includes hundreds of dinosaurs. Popular ones, such as the stegosaurus, included even more information and illustrations. Be warned, some of these dinosaurs are scary. Recommended for ages 8+.
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Weird But True
In this fascinating app from National Geographic, kids can learn a bunch of bizarre and fascinating facts. With each fact, kids can rate it on the Weird-o-Meter or share it with their friends through social media. Recommended for ages 7-12.
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