Dora and Friends is a picture storybook line tying in to the popular educational children's cartoon series
Dora the Explorer (
Wikipedia), out of which we are being offered a half-dozen titles in both English and Spanish translation, free courtesy of Nickelodeon Publishing.
This is technically a repeat, since these were free previously in the B&N store as part of their Free Fridays promotion, but they never got mentioned here at MR and are newly free @ Amazon (not available to Canadians, but have accompanying Spanish translations) and Kobo (available to Canadians), so I'm just going to consider this as a new freebie for the purposes of the daily thread-count, unless something really compelling pops up in the next few hours.
NB: These are specially-formatted e-books which will need a compatible device or app to read.
If any kids you plan to show these to happen to like them and have access to a compatible device or app, Nickelodeon Publishing books happen to be couponable @
Kobo (at least in Canada).
And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat, kind of) free ebook thread of the day.
Because multilingual multicultural books teaching kids things about having fun while co-operating, while also happening to tie in to a popular cartoon series (disclaimer: I have never seen this because I grew up with mostly no cable television and I'm not sure it ever aired on a Canadian channel included in a basic package anyway) increasing the likelihood that the kids might actually read them in the first place, are A Good Thing™ if you don't want to end up with an
A Clockwork Orange-style dystopian future filled with roving gangs of disaffected undereducated xenophobic youth with poor impulse control and thrill-seeking behaviour due to poorly-attuned stimulation mechanisms.
Especially when we get them for free.
Enjoy!
Dora's Big Buddy Race @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
El Gran Concurso de Amigos) &
Kobo
Dora and her new friends enter the big city race as a team to raise money to rebuild the playground.
Dora y sus nuevos amigos participan como equipo en el gran concurso de la ciudad para conseguir dinero y reconstruir el parque de juegos.
Meet Alana! @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
¡Conoce a Alana!) &
Kobo
Dora and her friend Alana travel to a magical kingdom and get some very special help with their royal ball!
Dora y su amiga Alana viajan a un reino mágico y consiguen una ayuda muy especial para su baile real.
Meet Emma! @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
¡Conoce a Emma!) &
Kobo
Dora and her friend Emma save the music for everyone in Opera Land… and give Emma's grandma a birthday to remember!
Dora y su amiga Emma salvan la música para todos en el País de la Opera….¡celebrando con la abuela de Emma un cumpleaños inolvidable!
Meet Kate! @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
¡Conoce a Kate!) &
Kobo
Dora and her friend Kate journey to a fairytale world where all the puppets for Kate's puppet show have magically come to life!
Dora y su amiga Kate viajan hasta un mundo de cuento de hadas donde todos los títeres del espectáculo de Kate están mágicamente vivos.
Meet Naiya! @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
¡Conoce a Naiya!) &
Kobo
Dora and Naiya need to help their friend Pablo. An enchanted ring has made him shrink, and now it's up to them to break the spell!
Dora y Naiya necesitan ayudar a su amigo Pablo. ¡Un anillo encantado le encogió y ahora deben romper el hechizo!
Meet Pablo! @
Amazon (also in Spanish as
¡Conoce a Pablo!) &
Kobo
Dora and her friend Pablo are putting on a magic show, but first they need to travel to Magic Land and stop a mean magician!
Dora y su amigo Pablo están preparando un espectáculo de magia. ¡Pero primero tienen que viajar al País de la Magia para detener a un mago malvado!