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When I was a brand-new librarian, a publisher took a chance on me and signed my first book contract. That publisher was Ron Maas at Libraries Unlimited, a generous and thoughtful editorial boss. He’s now working with non-fiction (err, informational text) author Seymour Simon on the StarWalk Kids Media eBook platform. So on his behalf, I’m posting this excerpt from their announcement about free eBook access throughout the month of July:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ron Maas
(203) 257-4077
ron.maas@starwalkkids.comStarWalk Kids Media Supports Summer Reading with Free, Worldwide Access to its Entire eBook Collection throughout the Month of July
Great Neck, NY, July 11, 2013: StarWalk Kids Media announced that it has made all 160+ eBooks in its collection available free of charge for anyone with Internet access—children, families and educators—during the entire month of July.
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“We celebrated our first year of existence at the American Library Association national conference in Chicago,” said founder and author Seymour Simon. “It has been a very successful launch year for the company, and we all felt that it was time to give back. Opening our streaming collection for everyone to sample and share with kids via summer reading programs felt like the right way to say ‘thanks’ for a great year.”Anyone who visits www.StarWalkKids.com/popup can immediately read any eBook in the collection, which School Library Journal described as “…gorgeously designed pre-K through grade 8 eBooks…Tightly curated for exceptional quality, the collection is about 60 percent highly illustrated nonfiction, and all titles are simultaneous-access licensed, making a subscription to StarWalk Kids a solid way to support Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for reading and writing.” Most of the company’s eBooks also offer a “Read to Me” option for kids, with high quality, professional narration. Readers can also enter through the publisher’s website, www.StarWalkKids.com, where they will find a button that reads: “Click to Start Reading.”
StarWalk Kids Media Publisher Liz Nealon notes, “More schools and libraries are acquiring the latest educational technologies, supported by broadband Internet connectivity,” said Nealon. “But as every educator knows, the hardware is only as relevant as the software available to use with it. There has been a severe shortage of quality literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that is available and affordable in digital form. We formed StarWalk Kids Media to fill that void.”
Open access to all eBooks in the StarWalk Kids collection will continue throughout the month of July.
To learn more, visit www.StarWalkKids.com.
Not only was Ron one of my favorite publishing bosses, but Seymour Simon is one of my favorite examples when it comes to challenging yet interesting info text for kids. Enjoy!