Tag Archives: interactive book apps

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Monster’s Socks

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Monster's SocksFREE for the weekend – Monster’s Socks, a darling interactive tale about a little monster who goes in search of his lost socks. Kids join Monster on his journey and help him cross streams, sail across the sea, and blast into outer space to find the lost socks. The story advances in a unique way – as Monster travels page by page through the book, he stops on the yellow dots and the text appears. The animation and interactivity are done in a meaningful way that enhances the story. This educational app is a great example of what an interactive book should be – don’t miss it!!

Monster's Socks - Martin Hughes

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My Story Time

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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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Will & Kate

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Will & Kate

FREE  for a limited time  –  Will & Kate, a royal fairy tale. It is the story of a young prince named William (who lived in England) and a young girl named Kate. They meet, go on adventures together, become best friends, and decide to marry. Sound familiar?? Cutely done!

Will & Kate - Ink Robin, Inc

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Classic Tales: 3 Little Pigs

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Classic Tlaes- 3 Little Pigs

FREE for  limited time – Classic Tales: 3 Little Pigs. From Italian developer, Jekolab Srl, comes a cute & colorful, interactive version of the classic tale  – 3 Little Pigs. Kids can choose to have the story read to them or they can read it one their own. This educational app can easily be switched to 4 different languages: English, French, Italian, or Spanish  – making it great resource for a foreign language class! Nicely done with a happy ending – the pigs all get away!

Classical tales: 3 little pigs - Jekolab Srl

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The Amazing Train

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Amazing Train

FREE for a limited time – The Amazing Train, an interactive adventure story set in India. Rajeev and Lalita have the opportunity to visit the Magnificent Train. Kids travel along with the characters to discover what make this train so special. The 3D illustrations and animations in this app are quite unique – making this story a stand out among e-books. As kids listen to or read the story, they are also introduced to the culture of India. This educational app even includes a recipe for an Indian dessert – yum! This story would be great for a social studies unit on different cultures. I love books that give kids a glimpse of how other cultures live!

The Amazing Train- Where the adventure comes to life-Full story book 3D - PlaneTree Family Productions

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Wild Fables

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Wild Fables

FREE for a limited time – Wild Fables, an interactive version of Aesop’s fables. This educational app comes with 3 FREE fables (The Crow and The Pitcher, The Fox and The Grapes, and The Ant and The Chrysalis) and the option of purchasing 5 additional stories. Kids don’t just read they stories in this app, they play along! They help save a lion, help a fox leap for a grape, etc. as 3 of Aesop’s fables come to life. Designed to be read independently, the stories do not have a read along/aloud option. The music, effects, and accelerometer can be turned of/off in the settings. If you use Aesop’s fables in your classroom, check out this app. It could be used to introduce fables.

Wild Fables - Razeware LLC

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Leo and the Windy Day

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Leo and the Windy Day

FREE for a limited time – Leo and the Windy Day, an interactive story for the iPad. Leo’s wish that his bike could fly comes true. Kids join Leo, his friend Mira, and his hamster Mr. Snibs on a midnight adventure to rescue Leo’s kite from the top of the church tower. Kids can use their fingertips to bring the animations in the scenes to life. Their fingertips also activate musical notes in the same musical key as the soundtrack. The app is professionally narrated by Lyndsay Abbott or it can be read alone. Nicely done!!

Leo and the Windy Day - Lakeland Graphics

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Good Night and Sweet Dreams

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Good Night & Sweet Dreams

FREE for a limited time – Good Night and Sweet Dreams, a bedtime story for 3 – 7 year olds. It’s getting dark and the zoo is closing so it’s time for the animals to be put to bed. The zookeeper is already asleep so kids are asked to help turn off the lights for the bear, elephant, lion, hippo, fish, parrot, zebra and giraffe. This app reminds me of Nighty Night, the 2011 App of the Year in the USA “books”  category. In that app, kids help put farm animals to sleep as they turn off lights in a barn. Both apps are great for bedtime!

Good night and sweet dreams - Beautiful interactive bedtime story for kids - Links der Isar GmbH

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Good Night

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Good Night

Good Night is FREE for a limited time. This interactive bedtime book is most suitable for 2 – 4 year olds. Paul, a little bear, rides a scooter through the pages of the story to say goodnight to his animals friends – one mouse, two sheep, three rabbits, etc. Kids help by find and count the 55 + animals that are hiding in the scenes. Cute story to read to your little one at bedtime!

Good Night - B. & J. Moßmann

 

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AzawhistleKids

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everything has a home

FREE again for a limited time, Everything Has a Home by Azawhistle Kids is the story of two friends who tackle the problem of a very messy room. Narrated by David Dayan Fisher, it is the story of Tejas who wants to clean up his room and surprise his mom. But… he is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the mess that “someone” has created. His best friend, Lollipop, helps him to organize his environment. Kids lend a hand as they place interactive objects in the correct place. Tejas and Lollipop use yoga & meditation as they inspire kids to tidy up.

AzawhistleKids - Leslie Hendry