Disney recently released the classic story of Dumbo as an interactive app for the iPhone and iPad. For children young and old the story of Dumbo is an endearing classic and while this interactive story book to the original story and artwork it also and features such as coloring pages, puzzles and … Read the Full Story →
Skulls by Simon Winchester Review Every now and again apps arrive on my virtual desktop to review that are a little out of the ordinary and Skulls by Simon Winchester certainly falls into that category. Skulls in an interactive book in which the author delves into the life of Alan … Read the Full Story →
On Thursday, Apple announced, at a special education event in New York City that they have updated the iBooks application to iBooks 2 for iPad to accommodate interactive textbooks, something that has remained unchanged for generations. Apple is looking to redefine the usgae and distribution of textbooks and information, and … Read the Full Story →
Rating: Gone Wishing – Interactive Storybook Review: Highly Interactive Storybook for iPad! Gone Wishing is an interactive storybook that is a lot of fun. This book comes packed with tons of great functionality and capabilities that really bring out the capabilities of the iPad. Books like this are what make … Read the Full Story →
Rating: A Snappy Christmas 3D Review: A storybook for kids based on the Snappy Dragons character. While the character is cute, the book is lacking in many areas. The app is a reading book for children and offers options between English and French, and between Read By Myself or Read … Read the Full Story →
Rating: Back in Time Review: There is nothing quite like a large coffee table book brought to popularity by the coffee table books about coffee tables introduced by Kramer in 1994 episode of Seinfeld. These books are big, glossy, encyclopedia like books full of gorgeous pictures and information and Back in … Read the Full Story →
Rating: Woolly Mammoth in Trouble Review: With all the quality you would expect of an app produced with the backing of the Smithsonian Institution, Woolly Mammoth in Trouble is both exceptionally beautiful and exceptionally well designed for it’s purpose. Woolly Mammoth in Trouble is a lovely picture book about a … Read the Full Story →
Rating: The Magic of Reality Review: Most books are made available for electronic formats generally in two forms, PDF or ePub. Both of these formats allow the full document of the book to be published along with illustrations and for the most part do a great job. However, some books … Read the Full Story →
Rating: March of the Dinosaurs Review: March of the Dinosaurs was released earlier this year to pretty good reviews. It tells the story of two dinosaurs and their adventures growing up in the Artic. March of the Dinosaurs for the iPad is the companion which not only tells the story but … Read the Full Story →
Rating: ‘A Boat Message’ for iPad is a storybook-style app for children ages 4 and up. It is a quiet-time adventure about an origami paper boat that sails off to a variety of adventures with the mission of writing a letter. Review A Boat Message is a finite, 16-page storybook. … Read the Full Story →
Rating: OZ is an interactive story book that is based on the original “The Wizard of OZ” by L. Frank Baum. This is an adaptation of that book that varies slightly in the story but the core characters are there and the storyline is much the same. Using current technology, … Read the Full Story →
Rating: Forgotten Colours for iPad is a series of fifteen illustrated short stories that take on an entire series of heart felt topics. This book brings the iPad’s wonderful display and illustrators David Garcia Fores, Desiree Arancibia and Marta Garcia’s skills together to help put beautiful images to great stories. … Read the Full Story →
Amazon’s iOS Kindle app finally has parity with the Kindle hardware after its recent update, thanks to the new addition of real page numbers as reported by MacStories.
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Rapunzel 3D is new iPad book telling the original story of Rapunzel in both a 2D and 3D option. Along with the two viewing flavors you also have two ways to read the book as you can either read it yourself of have it narrated to you. The story is … Read the Full Story →
Peter Rabbit: Buddy Edition Rating: I grew up with the stories of Peter Rabbit and so to see it being released on the iPad is great especially as I have my own children who I can share it with now and enjoy it vicariously through them. The Tale of Peter Rabbit … Read the Full Story →
