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Tricky words? Ask Bix

Your child does not have to stop reading to find out what a word means. Bix explains it right on the page, about this very story.

A parent opens Sofía’s book The Great Museum Password Panic, taps the word “cryptic” and asks Bix: the card shows what it means in the story, its everyday meaning, similar and opposite words, and a sentence to try it in, and the speaker says the word. Then they drag across a whole sentence and Bix explains it, and ask about a word in a Did You Know? box.

A word

  1. Open a book on screen and tap the word.
  2. Press Ask Bix.
  • In this story says what the word means right here, in this book.
  • What it means gives its everyday meaning.
  • Similar words, and often Opposite words.
  • Try it yourself is a sentence to use it in.

A whole sentence

Drag across the sentence, then press Ask Bix. Bix says what is really going on and explains the tricky words inside it.

Did You Know? boxes

Ask Bix works on the Did You Know? boxes too, so every fun fact makes sense. Tap outside the card to close it and keep reading.

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