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Wubbzy Loves You

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FREE for a limited time – Wubbzy Loves You, a storybook app featuring Wonder Wubbzy and Flower Power Daizy. This educational app was developed by Cupcake Digital in partnership with the producers of the Emmy® Award-winning Nick Jr. TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!®.

 Wubbzy and Daizy spread some Wuzzleburg love as they help the mailman deliver friendship cards and save Friendship Day! The app has 3 modes: read to me, read & play, or just a book. Kids will discover animations & interactivity on every page of the first two modes. The app also has educational games, painting pages, and sing-along music videos. Print-outs and activities to supplement the story are available online at cupcakedigital.com. What is not to love about this educational app? – Cute story packed with interactivity, educational games, sing-along videos, and a supplemental activities. Download it now for Valentine’s Day!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wubbzy-loves-you/id599433395?mt=8&uo=4


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My Story Time

My Story Time

FREE for a limited – My Story Time, an educational app that makes your child the main character in the underwater story  entitled If I Were a Scuba Diver. To begin, you or choose or take 2 photos (faces) to put into the story. The app makes it easy to align and scale them. Time to read! Children can read the story on their own or there is a narration button on each page. The story is told in rhyme, brightly illustrated, and the characters appear to be swimming if you tilt some of the pages. 🙂 The story is cute. But… it’s write-up describes it as a fairy tale and “technically” it is not.  The developers hope to add additional stories but at this time there is only the one. Kids LOVE being the start of a story. It might be fun to create this story before/after a trip to the beach!

MyStoryTime - Personalized Story Books for Kids - Austin Archibald

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PJ’s PJs -Giraffe!

FREE today – PJ’s PJs- Giraffe!, an adorable app from Ink Robin Inc. From England comes the story of Percival Jenkins, a little boy with approximately 329 pairs of pyjamas. Choosing the ones to wear is the most important decision of his day. When he puts them on, his adventures begin. In this interactive tale, he chooses to wear his giraffe pyjamas. Kids learn what it’s like to be a giraffe as they travel to Africa with Percival. Cute illustrations add to the appeal of this educational app – a fun addition to your digital library! Other titles are also available in this series.

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pjs-pjs-giraffes!/id776058142?mt=8&uo=4

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie Storybook

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FREE again for a limited time – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Movie Storybook, a narrated educational app based on the book/movie of the same name. Kids join Flint Lockwood & friends in this educational app. Flint invents a machine that turns water into food to help turn the town into a thriving “food tourism” destination. Eventually the food mutates until a tornado formed of spaghetti and meatballs threatens the town! The app also includes an activity book – available for only $.99 as an in-app purchase. Nicely done!!

Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudy-chance-meatballs-movie/id703020863?mt=8&uo=4

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Prancing Dancing Lily

Prancing Dancing Lily

FREE for a limited time – Prancing Dancing Lily, an interactive story about a cow who doesn’t quite fit into her herd in Wisconsin. Lily loves to dance so she decides to travel the world looking for a dance that fits her perfectly. She eventually returns home and inspires her herd to dance in a conga line. Lily becomes the next lead bell cow – following in the hoofsteps of her Grandmoo and Mamoo. Very cute story!

Prancing Dancing Lily - Fat Red Couch, Inc.

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The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare

The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare

FREE again – The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare, an updated version of the classic fable. This fun rendition of the Tortoise and the Hare is set in modern times and told in rhyme. The app has two modes – Read to Me and Read by Myself. The Read to Me mode is professionally narrated. In either mode, kids will enjoy Christina Forshay’s colorful illustrations which fill the pages of this groovy tale. The story also features animations, sound effects, and background music – very nicely put together!

This book would be great to use in a classroom. You could compare and contrast this modern version to the classic tale. The story is also rich with rhyming words. You could use the book full group and identify rhyming twins (look-alike & sound-alike) and rhyming cousins (sound-alike only). Rich in vocabulary, it also makes a great choice for story time! Download it today. 🙂

The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare - BelugaBloo

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Pillowcapers: A Sleepy Adventure

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FREE for a limited time – Pillowcapers: A Sleepy Adventure, a super-cute book about a super hero. Sam receives a seemingly ordinary, striped pillow case for his birthday. That night his pillow transforms him into a masked, caped hero with special powers. He becomes part of S.H.H.H. (Society of Heroes, Heroines, and Haberdasher) and uses special powers to battle an army of robotic clowns in his town. The action-packed story features fun animations on every page. Additional actions can be triggered by tapping on the screen when the narration for that page is finished. Check out this beautifully illustrated & animated adventure for the little super hero in your life. It is the first in a planned series for kids 3 – 8 years old.
Download link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pillowcapers-sleepy-adventure/id739660071?mt=8&uo=4

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La Luna: The Story Project

FREE for a limited time – La Luna, an educational app based on Pixar’s Oscar-nominated short film. This app was selected as “Innovative Kids App” in the U.S. for the App Store’s Best of 2013! It includes the full theatrical release of the short film.

La Luna is a beautifully told fable of a young boy coming to age. It features the original artwork of Enrico Casarosa, the film’s director. The app includes 3 ways to enjoy the interactive story – as a short film, an interactive video, or a storybook. Also included is a fascinating “Behind the Scenes” section which explores the process of creation from storyboard to screen. Kids will learn about storyboards, turntables, sound design, visual design, and progression reel. They will love getting a glimpse of the process that Pixar uses to create its movies. And, the story is absolutely magical!

Highly recommended – do not miss this extraordinary app!!

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KIDS DISCOVER – Antarctica and Washington D.C.

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As a holiday special, Antarctica by KIDS DISCOVER and Washington D.C. by KIDS DISCOVER are FREE for a limited time! KIDS DISCOVER has been creating award-winning content for kids for over 20 years.The digital versions of these books are just as wonderful as their print books. The educational apps feature: interactive 3-D models, HD video & audio, photographs, cartoons, animations, puzzles, and other fun games. Get these interactive versions for your digital library today. 🙂

Antarctica: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/antarctica-by-kids-discover/id593622751?mt=8&uo=4

Washington D.C.: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/washington-d.c.-by-kids-discover/id593620686?mt=8&uo=4

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My Monster Mayhem

FREE for a limited time – My Monster Mayhem, an interactive e-book for the iPhone/iPad which normally sells for $4.99. It is the story of a little girl and all of the monsters in her house (imagination) that prevent her from doing what her mother asks her to do – turn off lights, not waste dental floss, etc. What her mother doesn’t seem to understand is that she is really a hero!

The storyline is cute and there are animations/interactivity found on almost every page – kids pop bubbles from the bathtub, play tug of war with the Broncus Dentus, etc. Kids also collect hidden monsters on almost every page to unlock puzzles at the end of the story. The “existence” of the monsters is left open for discussion/interpretation – perfect for kids that are a bit older. Thanks for another great story, Digital Leaf!

My Monster Mayhem - Digital Leaf