Below is a sampling of Literary Safari’s IP. These are selected projects that we have we conceptualized, developed, and launched over the past ten years.
The Story Seeds Podcast
Our Webby Award-nominated podcast matches kids and their story ideas with the imaginations of diverse, beloved storytellers who grow their “story seeds” into original short stories! Hosted by Besty Bird, our show is a Common Sense Media Selection which has been featured in Wired, New York Times, Book Riot, and Parents magazine. Visit our website and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or your favorite listening app.
Buy our Wirecutter-recommended companion activity book
The Imagination Lab: Experiments
in Creativity
#PSA: 6-Feet Apart
We all have a job to do to stop the spread of COVID-19. #1 on the list is social distancing. It means keeping 6 feet of distance from others when you are out taking a walk, waiting in a line at the grocery store, or riding your bike. But, what does 6 FEET really look like?
Watch the 6-Feet Apart PSA on YouTube
#PSA: The New Bad Guy in Town
There’s a new bad guy in town and his name is COVID-19, aka Coronavirus. In a special PSA for The Story Seeds Podcast, Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, gives kids (and grownups!) eight everyday tips for fighting germs and staying healthy, plus an example of a recipe for homemade hand sanitizer.
Listen to the PSA on your favorite podcast listening app or on the Story Seeds website
Grandma’s Great Gourd
Our interactive storybook app brought alive the award-winning picture book Grandma and the Great Gourd by best-selling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. It was featured in USA Today’s report on children’s apps that highlight diversity. Common Sense Media "Best Book App for Kids" pick and winner of Tech with Kids "Best Pick App" Award.
(This app has aged out of the AppStore and Google Play and is unfortunately yes longer available for download.)
HangArt
An award-winning literacy game which connects sight word learning, art making, and storytelling. Recognized as one of 20 Best EdTech Tools of 2016 by Common Sense Media and featured in the New York Times “10 Children’s Apps for Summer Road Trips.”
Download from AppStore
Download from Google Play Store
Dentist Bird: A West African Folktale
Literary Safari’s first interactive book app based on a Liberian folktale and a picture book retelling of How Plover Bird Came to Clean Crocodile's Teeth by Michael Richards. Explore the sights and sounds of Liberia’s rainforest while helping one clever bird cure a crocodile of his terrible toothache!A Parents' Choice Foundation Recommended App.
(This app has aged out of the AppStore and Google Play and is unfortunately yes longer available for download.)
#ArmMeWithGames List
Leading game designers, researchers, and educators recommend 20 empathy and social-emotional learning games for young people growing up in the shadow of lockdown drills and school shootings.
#ArmMeWithBooks List
What is a must-read for young people growing up in these times of lockdown drills and school shootings? 50 award-winning authors share their recommendations.
Find the recommended books on Amazon
Read more at School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly
William H.G. Butler Middle School
A graphic novella created for Instagram. Inspired by news & research, the story examines the Orwellian realities that could face schools in an America without gun reform. "The format of the narrative feels very connected to our techno-cultural moment."–Josh Neufeld, Eisner Award nominated comics journalist.
Download the Story + Discussion Guide
Read on Instagram
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