Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
The Guard Mouse by Don Freeman (author of Corduroy) is FREE today! Clyde, guard mouse at Buckingham Palace, shows his cousins around London. Get another great story from a well-known author of children’s books.
Like other apps from this developer, the story can be personalized by having your child narrate it – a super option for kids who are learning to become more fluent readers.
Just released and FREE – Water Wonders by Reading is Fundamental. Two little mice, Sydney and Symon Starr, are encouraged by their parents to ask questions and do experiments in order to learn about their world. Kids can choose to read on their own or have the story read to them. The app also included 3 experiments for kids to try at home – all centered around the theme of the water cycle. A great app by a great organization – perfect for young readers with a natural curiosity about their world!
The app is supported by Macy’s and Verizon Foundation 🙂
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
Cyrano the Crow by Don Freeman (author of Corduroy) is FREE today! Cyrano the Crow, a master of bird imitations, is recruited by a TV talent show. Get another great story from a well-known author of children’s books.
Like other apps from this developer, the story can be personalized by having your child narrate it – a super option for kids who are learning to become more fluent readers.
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
FREE today – Love You to the Moon & Back by Sue Shanahan. This app is a beautifully illustrated e-book about a parent’s/grandparent’s unconditional love for a child. Like other apps from this developer, this book can be personalized. Record yourself reading the book and add your child’s name 🙂 Beautiful for bedtime – this app is a must-have!
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
FREE today – Teardrop Baby based on the book by Karen Radler Greenfield. A childless couple tells a ragged wizard woman that they want a child. That night their tears are transformed into a baby but the ragged wizard woman warns that the child’s future will be hers. Download this fairy tale to find out what happens 🙂
Like other apps from this developer, the story can be personalized by having your child narrate it – a super option for kids who are learning to become more fluent readers.
FREE again!! This interactive bedtime app for kids 1 – 4 years old is by the same developer that produced Little Fox Music Box (see review June 28). Like the Little Fox app, the artwork is beautifully done by Heidi Wittlinger, an Oscar nominated artist. Kids click off the lights around the farm to put 7 animals to bed – setting the mood for their own bedtime 🙂 6 additional animals can be added with in-app purchases. The story easily changes to 12 different languages – without going into the general settings of your iPad. This app is really lovely and it has been successful internationally – winning the App of the Year 2011 in the “books category” in Germany & the U.S. It also reached #1 in iPad books in the US, Brazil, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Australia Switzerland and Austria!
This app is the digital version of David Kirk’s beautiful picture book by the same name. It initially sold for $4.99 but is now FREE. There are several nice features: children can watch the story in 3-D animation, they can read along with the narration, or they can read the story on their own. As they read they can touch the illustrations to reveal special surprise effects. Also included are games, puzzles and pictures to paint.
Worth downloading – highly recommended!
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
FREE today – Abby’s Aquarium Adventure. Kids will learn about exotic sea creature and the people who work in aquariums by reading this story written by Heidi de Maine, a marine biologist. Lots of fun facts are presented in language that is easy for kids to comprehend. This e-book would be a great to use before a visit to an aquarium 🙂
Auryn Apps is giving away an interactive book each day in March to support National Reading Month 🙂
Chalk Box Story by Don Freeman (author of Corduroy) is FREE today! Cleverly done – this app encourages kids to participate by using the box of chalk to help create the story’s setting and characters. The bonus section of the app lets kids can tap & drag 8 interactive items into the story’s final scene. Very cute!!
Links to a few FREE Easter apps that I have found – enjoy!!
Bunnyfur’s Easter Eggs – an interactive book for toddlers. Kids help decorate eggs, find hidden eggs, etc. Short but cute!
ClickySticky Easter is a creative app for kids that lets them decorate eggs, fill Easter baskets, hide eggs in the yard, and more!
Jasper in The Great Easter Egg Race is another adventure of Jasper & Smiley. Fluffy the bunny has hidden eggs all over the house for an Easter egg hunt. The first one to find 5 eggs wins!
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