Playaway: For Literacy And Beyond

Playaway

For Literacy and Beyond Introducing Launchpad Academy

New to Wonderbook: Chapter Books

New Adult & YA Titles on Playaway

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Digital learning solutions for kids.

Launchpad Academy offers structured digital learning solutions that help kids develop skills, one step at a time. Every Academy tablet combines apps, videos, and storybooks for a multimodal learning approach that gives kids the tools to learn the way they learn best.

Multisensory learning tools.

By bringing together a combination of sight, sound, and interactive play, Launchpad Academy gives kids the tools to learn the way they learn best.

Apps

Storybooks

Videos

Gamified learning tools reward kids for practicing and mastering critical skills.

Seeing and hearing words at the same time increases retention, comprehension, and vocabulary.

By adding a contextual element to the learning process, videos can help kids make a deeper connection with subject matter.

Educational content you can trust.

The Launchpad Academy experience has been curated by educational app experts and includes well-loved and award-winning brands that will keep kids engaged and excited to learn.

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Digital learning solutions for kids.

Pre-K Ac ademy Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using this Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence.

Teal Pack - Path A: Motor & Cognitive

Violet Pack - Path B: Math & Science

Lime Pack - Path D: Social & Emotional

Indigo Pack - Path C: Language & Literacy

Tangerine Pack - Path E: Music & Creativity

Learn more about the 5 Paths of Pre-K Academy here

Reading Ac ademy The 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills — starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn.

Star Pack - Level 1: Pre-Emerging

Flight Pack - Level 2: Emerging

Radar Pack - Level 4: Developing

Flare Pack - Level 3: Early Developing

Atomic Pack - Level 5: Independent

Learn more about the 5 Levels of Reading Academy here

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The only tablet designed for circulation.

Launchpads are curated with collections of learning apps, videos, and comics grouped by age and ready to play right off the shelf. With a one-touch reset feature and universal accessibility, they are the easiest way for libraries to circulate digital media.

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Fe at u re d Co lle c t io n

Summer Reading This collection helps students prevent learning loss over the summer months. This collection also includes summer reading selections that align with both the Collaborative Summer Library Programs and the iRead annual themes. Kids will read, learn, and explore between school years.

Inside Stories!

Reading Colors Your World: Summer Reading - Ages 8+

Wild About Stories!

Tails & Tales: Summer Reading - Ages 3+

Book Bound!

Tails & Tales: Summer Reading - Ages 5+

Fluffy Tales!

Tails & Tales: Summer Reading - Ages 5+

Story Zoo! Tails & Tales: Summer Reading - Ages 3+

Wild Wild Words!

Reading Colors Your World: Summer Reading - Ages 3+

Word Life!

Reading Colors Your World: Summer Reading - Ages 3+

Purrrfect Tales!

Reading Colors Your World: Summer Reading - Ages 5+

Story Lands!

Tails & Tales: Summer Reading - Ages 8+

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More Launchpad Kids Collections It’s easy to discover, build and maintain a digital content collection with Launchpad.

Our purpose-driven Launchpad collections are unified by a specific theme, goal or interest and expertly curated to advance your organization’s goals and mission.

ST E M /ST EA M

E arly Literacy

Award Win n e r s

Launchpads to support STEM/STEAM learning and grow creativity.

Reading and literacy tools for kids ages 3+.

Apps recognized for excellence by academics, industry experts, teachers, and parents.

Su p e rPa ck s

Math for K-6th

Super fun Launchpads with 2x more apps.

Tools for learning early education math concepts.

English Lan gu age Arts for K- 6 th

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English Language Arts for kids in Grades K-6.

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Language Learning

Interactive eBooks for early readers.

Multi-sensory learning tools for multiple languages.

S u m me r S l i d e

Life Skills

Activities and reading to help boost summer learning.

Storybooks, activities, and games to nurture growth and awareness.

B ra i n Pl ay

Learning with Favorite Charac ters

Activities, games, and puzzles to challenge or relax the brain.

Kind e rgar te n Re adin e ss Fun learning tools to prepare kids for kindergarten.

Lear n in g Explo re r s Launchpads filled with fun, adventure, exploration, and learning.

Kids love to learn with their favorite characters.

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Bold. Bright.

Audiobooks.

Our biggest and best children’s audiobook collection on a ready-to-play device built for circulation. Kids will enjoy hours of distraction-free listening on a vibrant Playaway created just for them.

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Kids are listening. Here's why.

Playaway is relevant in a digital world.

Audiobooks level the playing field.

Kids have less access to CD players, and personal devices have become the preferred way to consume digital content.

Audiobooks give all kids access to literacy tools and great stories anytime, anywhere.

Listening is reading too.

By listening, kids connect with books and knowledge in distinct, complementary ways.

Technology parents love.

Our biggest kids’ audiobook collection ever. And more releases every month.

• A great way to reduce screen time • Secure and easy-to-use • Focused and distraction free Award Winning Authors

Kindness Collection

Diversity Collection

Best Sellers

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Featured collections that will fly off your shelves.

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Award Win n in g Ti tl e s

A Wish in the Dark Christina Soontornvat

Christina Soontornvat

All Thirteen

Anya and the Nightingale

Efrén Divided

Fighting Words

King and the Dragonflies

Lifting as We Climb

No Vacancy

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Kacen Callender

Sofiya Pasternack

Evette Dionne

Ernesto Cisneros

Tziporah Cohen

Be st Se lle r s

Ava and Pip

Center of Gravity Shaunta Grimes

Uri Shulevitz

Chance

Class Act

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End

The Anne Collection: Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea

The First Conspiracy (Young Reader’s Edition)

The Scary States of America

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Genesis Begins Again

Mañanaland

Once Upon an Eid

Carol Weston

Jeff Kinney

Jerry Craft

Michael Teitelbaum

Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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D ive r s it y Co lle c t i o n

Becoming Muhammad Ali

James Patterson, Kwame Alexander

Clean Getaway Nic Stone

Alicia D. Williams

Janae Marks

Loretta Little Looks Back Andrea Davis Pinkney

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Walter Dean Myers

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Aisha Saeed, S.K. Ali

Audio + print bound together for literacy and fun.

Playaway-inspired pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book Circulates like a print book, self-contained and shelf-ready Engaging and easy-to-use literacy tool for library and school patrons ages 3-13 New releases every month starting at 34.99

Order Once. Order Twice.

90% of customers have come back for more.

Hundreds of read-alongs from the world’s best children’s book publishers

Wonderbook Creations you won’t find anywhere else

Treasure Isalnd

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The Secret Garden

Dr. Dolittle and Friends

The Call of the Wild

The Prince and the Pea

High quality external speaker One-touch reset function Power Play / Pause Volume controls Indicator lights Read-Along Mode / Learning Mode Micro USB charging port Universal headphone jack

Rewind / Fast forward

First-of-its-kind Learning Mode brings more to every story

“What did you like most about this book?”

“Do you want to write a book one day? What would it be about?”

· F un, narrator-led question and answer session ·O pen-ended, educator-vetted questions about each story ·B rings a story-time feel to the read-along experience ·A powerful way to teach parents how to dialogue with their children about books

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Chapter Books Higher word count. More complex sentences. Plots that require comprehension and understanding.

These books open up a world of storytelling to readers typically in grades 3-6.

Big Nate Blasts Off

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Dog Diaries: Curse of the Mystery Mutt

Kid Athletes

Middle School: Born to Rock

Early Chapter Books Books with short chapters, slightly more advanced plots, and light illustration will help kids ages 7-10 improve independent reading skills.

They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School!

Toy Academy: Some Assembly Required

Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13, The

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School

Junie B Jones #2: JBJ & a Little Monkey Business

Nonfiction Books filled with information about animals, science, people, and more will help kids fulfill their sense of wonder about the world around them.

Moon! Earth’s Best Friend

Box

Malala

Superheroes Are Everywhere

Saving The Manatee

Leveled Readers

Help kids ages 5-7 advance through different levels of reading with repetition, vocabulary, and simple plots.

Nat Geo Readers: Meteors

Days with Frog and Toad

Pinkalicious: School Rules!

Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise

Super Fly Guy

Picture Books

Encourage a love of reading with these illustrated books for children ages 3-5.

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Overground Railroad

The Proudest Blue

Pig the Stinker

The Ugly Duckling

Spanish Language

This collection of picture books with bilingual and Spanish narration are great for ESL and Spanish language learning.

Quizás algo hermoso

Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet, The / El gallo que no se callaba

Gracias • Thanks - Spanish

Mango, Abuela Y Yo

El Perro Con Sombrero

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Wonderful Read-Alongs Click here to see more award winning titles.

Editor’s Picks

Top picks from our children’s book expert

This is MY Fort!

Author: Drew Daywalt Illustrator: Olivier Tallec

“When Cake decides to build an exclusive fort, Monkey feels left out. But before long, Cake discovers that being alone in a fort is no fun. New from The New York Times best-selling author Drew Daywalt (The Day the Crayons Quit) , This is MY Fort! is the second entry the hilarious new Monkey & Cake series, just right for beginning readers.”

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners Author: Joanna Ho Illustrator: Dung Ho

“This tale of self-acceptance and respect for one’s roots is breathtaking.” -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review. “Expertly paired, the text and illustrations amplify each other superbly, in an important addition to every library serving young children and their families.” — School Library Journal, starred review.

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants Author / Illustrator: Dav Pilkey

This series has been around in print for a long time—but the audio version is fairly recent. We are thrilled to have George Beard and Harold Hutchins on Wonderbook format, and know this hilarious, illustrated early chapter book series will fly off your shelves!

¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market Author/Illustrator: Raúl The Third

Pura Belpré Honor Book

As Lobo and his dog, Bernabe, make deliveries, he stops to visit his friends who sell candy, comic books, puppets, and more. Each illustration is its own world and kids will discover something new with each read. ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market is a lively adventure that offers young readers a great introduction to simple Spanish words and phrases. 2020 Pura Belpré Honor Book.

Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit Author: Lilliam Rivera Illustrator: Elle Power

Move over, Nancy Drew--there’s a new sleuth in town! Inspired by the beloved comic series, Goldie Vance is ready to sleuth her way through never-before-seen mysteries in this original novel series by Lilliam Rivera featuring 16 full-color comic pages!

“Goldie’s endless optimism and belief in herself inspire while creating amusing moments in this satisfying gumshoe mystery.

Comic book inserts by animator Power further enliven action-packed segments.” ―Publishers Weekly

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A s t ec hnology c o n t i n ue s t o ch an ge , P l a y aw a y is a nd w i l l rema in t he o n l y p h ysic a l a u di o book format.

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BU I LT FOR LISTENING More audiobooks on Playaway than ever before!

• New York Times bestsellers and simultaneous releases • Literacy and learning content • In demand genres: Suspense, Historical Fiction, Own Voices, and more

The only audiobook format accessible to everyone.

• Durable, all-in-one format is easy to circulate • Brings people into the library, boosting overall circulation • No other device, technology, or WiFi connection needed • Powered by AAA battery, offering 30+ listening hours

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American Traitor Brad Taylor

Four Hundred Souls

Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain

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Anything But Easy Susie Tate

Mateo Askaripour

Black Buck

Don’t Go Stealing My Heart

Jane Eyre

Prodigal Son

Southern Horrors

Charlotte Bronte

Gregg Hurwitz

Kelly Siskind

Ida B. Wells

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Lost Boys Faye Kellerman

The Museum of Desire

The Paris Library

The Russian

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Jonathan Kellerman

Janet Skeslien Charles

Brit Bennett

The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue

The Return

Nicholas Sparks

James O. Born, James Patterson

Emmanuel Acho

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Young ADULt

All the Tides of Fate Adalyn Grace

Jennifer Niven

Breathless

Concrete Rose

Elatsoe

Instant Karma

Midnight Sun

Darcie Little Badger

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Marissa Meyer

Angie Thomas

Stephenie Meyer

Dear Justyce Nic Stone

Muted

Tami Charles

Ordinary Hazards Nikki Grimes

Skyhunter Marie Lu

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Amy Rose Capetta, Cori McCarthy

Sword in the Stars

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

Lauren Myracle

Jason Reynolds

The Arrow of Apollo Philip Womack

The Project

Courtney Summers

This Boy

Wai Chim

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Steller nonfiction for Young Adults, this audiobook received 2021 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production! Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points - protestor, Guardsman, townie, student - Deborah Wiles’s Kent State gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio...an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.

If you haven’t yet read The Vanishing Half, do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobook. Even after reading the novel, I enjoyed the audio version immensely. “Bennett’s gorgeously written second novel, an ambitious meditation on race and identity, considers the divergent fates of twin sisters, born in the Jim Crow South, after one decides to pass for white.”

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Named an Alex Award Winner, this is part thriller, part horror, and just right for teens as well as adults. “This novel works both as a terrifying chiller and as biting commentary on the existential crisis of indigenous peoples adapting to a culture that is bent on eradicating theirs.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

“Benjamin revisits the Children’s Blizzard that killed 235 people in January 1888 in this sprawling, well-told story. . . . There’s great suspense inherent to the events.

Benjamin achieves a balance of grand drama and devastatingly intimate moments.”— Publishers Weekly

A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight. Three huge awards for this middle grade nonfiction title: 2021 Newbery Honor Book; Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist

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H O W TO BUY We’ve made it easier-than-ever to discover, build, and maintain a digital collection of audiobooks, apps, videos, eBooks, and read-alongs on pre-loaded products built for you.

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