May: Simbi News & Updates
🌷 May AAPI Gear Picks, FREE Author Visit, and NEW Features 💌
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week 🎉🧡
Anyone else? ✋ One of our educators saw this in a neighbourhood school window, and we just had to share the laugh. 🤣
Whether in school or through the screen, teachers deserve so much appreciation for the many hats they wear, this year more than any other! We at Simbi strive to make teachers’ lives a little easier, so check out our book lists, new features, and free author visit below! 👇
May Simbi Gear Picks 🌷
Spring is starting to…well…spring! Reading expert Adrienne Gear has picked some great reads for May, including a few stories for Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month!
- The Very Wiggly Tooth by Reshma Thapa Gurung — Grade 1 (AAPI)
- The Wish Fisher by Holly Harper — Grade 2 (AAPI)
- A Blanket Weaved of Differences by Amy Pearl — Grade 3 (AAPI)
- One Too Many by Linda Grace Smith — Grade 3 (Hear Linda read her book at our FREE author visit on May 25 — details below)
- Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour — Grade 3
- The Visible Girls by 12 year old Tyronah Sioni — Grade 5 (AAPI)
- Impact Series: Amelia Earhart by Stephanie vanKampen — Grade 5
- Team X by Tony Bradman — Grade 5
Author Visit with Linda Grace Smith 🤗
Join us May 25 at 9:30am PST for a gentle introduction into social justice and action with Linda’s book One Too Many.
New Features 📚🌟
👉 Read in Silent Mode!
We know you love reading along and narrating, but now you have the option to leave the headphones behind with Silent Read!
👉 More reading = new awesome avatars!
The more you read for good, the more characters you unlock, and there are even more exciting avatars to strive for! Click on the the avatar circle on the top right in Simbi to pick your favourite!
Check out these new features!
New Book Releases 💫
👉 Simbi Original Impact Series: New Stories!
Your child can achieve anything! Check out these inspirational stories to empower your little ones to change the world.
👉 Read more en français with les éditions 400 coups!
Reading along and narrating are proven to benefit language learning. We’ve added many new French stories to the library, and can’t wait to hear your voice!
Simbi Reading Coach: 1-on-1 tutoring! 🌟
Simbi Reading Coach provides your child with their own personal reading coach and an engaging reading journey, empowering them to learn with confidence while increasing reading fluency and comprehension skills.
👉 Now with 1-on-1 live tutoring! 🎧 👩🏫
Try 1 week free!
Happy Reading! 📚 🧡
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