Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The six stories in this series are adapted from Oxford University Press' Potato Pals 1 complete set of books, which are written by Patrick Jackson and illustrated by Rie Kimura. These stories are contained in the Potato Pals app for iPad that is available on Apple App Store.
Search for "Potato Pals" in Apple App Store for this app(https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/potato- pals/id732535780?l=ja&ls=1&mt=8).
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About the App
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Free App
‘Potato Pals’ is a free app that also contains one free story, ‘Meet the Potato Pals’, that introduces the six cute Potato Pals in the series. The other six stories are available through in-app purchase.
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Potato Pal 1 Stories
The six stories in Potato Pals 1 cover a day in the life of the six cute Potato Pals. The stories teach 48 useful phrases that young children can use to tell the story of their own daily lives from when they wake up in the morning to when they go to bed in the evening.
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Learn
The "Learn" section contains over 150 useful daily words presented clearly with appealing images and supported with audio for children to repeat, developing confidence in English.
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Read
The "Read" section offers readers six different Potato Pals stories to enjoy.
They are illustrated, and brought to life with charming animations.
All the words from the "Learn" section appear in the stories in context.
This is a great way for young learners to remember and practice new language.
Each of the stories teaches a useful topic such as colors, numbers or shapes.
These topics are integrated into the illustrations in each story,
helping young learners of English to learn words and phrases in context.
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Tell
The "Tell" section makes the reader the star of the show!
There is no better way to encourage young learners than to make them feel special
and to give them the opportunity to show what they can do.
In this section they make their own version of the stories with their
own face appearing in the story illustrations.
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Sing
The "Sing" section contains a song for each story that contains all the phrases the
children have now learned. They can listen to the song and then record a karaoke
version of themselves singing.
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About the Author
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Patrick Jackson is an author of stories, songs and apps that help children around
the world to learn English. He believes that all learning should be enjoyable,
happy, stimulating and fun.
Patrick is fascinated by the way technology and social media have the power to
transform the world of education.
He is interested in the ways in which children develop creativity and confidence.
Based in Dublin, Ireland, Patrick is the author of Potato Pals,
Stars and Everybody Up, all published by Oxford University Press.
Patrick tweets at @patjack67 and blogs at patjack67.com
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