Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Sesame Joins With MeeGenius on E-Book Deal--And a Deal for You!

 Here is a great deal on apps and ebooks!  Have a look.

MeeGeniusMeeGenius, the digital home for children’s books, today announced an exclusive partnership with Sesame Workshop to bring six Sesame Street e-book titles to the web, iOS and Android platforms.

The first release Celebrate School: First Day is available free of charge until September 19th at www.meegenius.com/coupon, with the coupon code “sesame.”

The additional Sesame Street titles, debuting every Wednesday throughout the month of September, are: Count to 10, Elmo and Abby’s Wacky Weather Day, Get Ready for School: Colors, It’s Check-up Time, Elmo and The ABCs of Cookies. Each title features lively audio narration and text highlighting.

MeeGeniusAn exclusive set of fun questions and activities at the end of each story extends the learning beyond the book and also helps build reading comprehension skills. Each e-book can be downloaded to the user’s MeeGenius library for $3.99-$4.99.

“Bringing Sesame Street e-books to the MeeGenius platform is a significant milestone for us,” said Wandy Hoh, MeeGenius, chief executive officer. “Sesame Street has an unparalleled reputation, reaching almost every young child as their first learning experience. MeeGenius is proud to now offer this great content to our ever-growing user base.”

Hoh, a mother of three young daughters, launched MeeGenius in 2010 as a way to educate and stimulate the imaginations of not only her own children, but also an entire generation of early readers, who are growing up surrounded by technology.

MeeGeniusMeeGenius is geared towards children up to 8-years-old and promotes early reading skills, while preserving family story time.  It offers a selection of childhood favorites – both old and new.  Many of the titles in the bookstore are available for free and the in-app purchase e-books range in price from $1.99 to $6.99.

MeeGenius is also involved in a variety of education initiatives including free products such as MeeGenius for Teachers, as well as partnerships with YouTube EDU and Google’s Chromebook EDU.

If you haven't had the chance to peruse this new digital book world, please do so!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this information, Nancy. Very interesting and timely.

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  2. Hi. Barbara! Thanks for the comment. Before I did the post, I didn't realize how significant Mee Genius had become...

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