Websites and Apps

Websites

BookFlix – BookFlix provides fun fiction and nonfiction book pairings for kids to watch on a computer, phone, or tablet. Anyone with a Pennsylvania Public Library card has access to the book videos and activities on the BookFlix website. Ask your local library for more information. These particular pairings are fun additions to My Cousin Momo.

  • Scaredy Squirrel and Squirrels: Read a fictional and factual book to compare with the squirrels in My Cousin Momo.
  • A Sick Day for Amon McGee and Animals in the Zoo. Amos is so kind to all of the animals in the zoo. When he is too sick to make it to the zoo, the animals repay his kindness.
  • Red Riding Hood and Forests. Many squirrels live in forests. Read this book to learn more about that habitat.
  • Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners and We Are Citizens. Sometimes all it takes to be kind it to treat others well. A simple “please” and “thank you” can go a long way.
  • Each Kindness and Kindness and Generosity: It Starts with Me. When a new girl comes to school, Chloe and her friends need to learn to show kindness to a potential new friend.
  • Fletcher and the Falling Leaves and How Do You Know It’s Fall?: A squirrel in Fletcher wants leaves for its nest.

Nat Geo Wild – The Cutest Flying Rodent: Super Squirrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR4JYGUdbWE – This 3-minute video shows flying squirrels soaring above a football field. A scientist explains more about how they can glide through the air.

Nat Geo Wild – World’s Weirdest: Flying Squirrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-FHzf4xnWw – This 2-minute video talks about flying squirrels while showing fantastic footage of them gliding through the sky.

Zachariah OHora: http://www.zohora.com/ Information about the author and illustrator of My Cousin Momo.

The Pennsylvania State Park system: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/
Check with your local parks to see if they do any nighttime tours to find nocturnal animals.

Apps

Animals! Life Sciences Educational Games for Kids in Preschool and Kindergarten
By iLearn With
Free/$1.99
iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
Play hide-and-seek while learning about habitats and animal traits on three levels of difficulty.

Baa Baa Black Sheep
By Duck Duck Moose
Free
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Rated for ages three and up, this is a hidden object game based on the nursery rhyme. Play this to go along with Momo’s version of hide-and-seek.

Cookie Doodle
By Shoe the Goose LLC
$0.99
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
“Bake” cookies and decorate them with this easy to use app. To go along with Momo’s version of Acorn-Pong, there is an acorn cookie cutter under the Holiday section. There is also a squirrel in the Animals section if you want to make cookies for the characters.

PopOut! The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
By Loud Crow Interactive Inc.
$2.99
iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire
An interactive retelling of the Beatrix Potter story.

Superhero Comic Book Maker
By Duck Duck Moose
Free
iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Rated for ages 5 and up, kids can choose from different backgrounds, characters, and sound effects to create stories. Perhaps they can make up their own “Pastry Power” story.