Books - Latest Releases

May 17, 2013 - Wanderful, Inc. has received the prestigious Editor's Choice Award from Children's Technology Review for its interactive storybook, Ruff's Bone. Ruff's Bone 1.1 is the eighth title, originally published by Living Books but enhanced and updated for iOS devices by Wanderful, and the third of these titles to receive the coveted Editor's Choice Award. The interactive story tells the tale of Ruff who eagerly awaits his Sunday bone given to him each week by his master, who throws it for Ruff to fetch.

May 15, 2013 - Thandros Media Corp. is pleased to announce the release of its first interactive iBook: Food for the King 2.0, a playfully illustrated, joyfully narrated, interactive story, free in the iBookstore. The king of Ud is sad, really sad, and we know just the right robot to help him. Thandros to the rescue! Thandros, a helpful, full of ideas robot, helps the people of Ud see that by helping the king when he needs it, they find what they were looking for.

May 15, 2013 - Miss Giraffe the Farmers Calf is one of the follow on books from Mr Frog the Neighbours Dog as featured on Best Apps For Kids. Part of the Animoolz series of books its a brilliantly entertaining children's interactive story and activity book. Featuring a funny rhyming story with lots of games and tasks which will keep your kids entertained time and time again. This App provides a great way to promote reading in young children.

May 14, 2013 - Pixy Interactive today introduces The Castle of Nightmares 1.1, their new interactive storybook for iPad devices. The Castle of Nightmares is a new, original story about the eternal struggle between good and evil wrapped in a shiny polished interactive package brimming with mystery. Resembling a traditional storybook, this book is spread over 49 pages, 45 of which are illustrated and interactive, including professional artwork, atmospheric background music, sound effects and more.

May 10, 2013 - AppGeneration is pleased to announce the release of Pinocchio - The Cool Tale 1.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Once upon a time kids wished for a revamp of the traditional tale of Pinocchio and it came true. This classic story of children's literature was revamped to a modern style by adding some innovative details that make the story more appealing and contemporary. This animated book features synchronized text, sound and animated features that will immerse kids in this wonderful story.

May 07, 2013 - 100 Things, a children's app developer, is proud to announce the release of 100 Trucks 1.1 App to their app family. 100 Things makes kid-friendly apps that are free from ads, social networking and personal data collection. 100 Things makes peace-of-mind apps that parents and grandparents can safely share with children.

May 06, 2013 - Author Pamela E. Cash announces that Chausiku: The Gathering Storm Book One is now available on iBooks. It is the first book available in the series. The book tells the story of Chassie Moreau, who woke up the morning of her 16th birthday believing that she would celebrate the day with her best friend John as a normal teenager but she was dead wrong. Instead, Chassie found out that she and John were far from being normal and that she was now in extreme danger.

May 03, 2013 - Patricia Payne announces For The Term of His Natural Life 1.1, an interactive story app for the iPad. Based on the book by Marcus Clarke, this groundbreaking interactive eBook features a 300-page condensed version of the novel interspersed with segments of the highly-acclaimed international TV mini-series. The reader's experience of this classic tale is enriched by over 40 interactive footnotes, 19 video notes, bios, and over 100 photos, maps, bonus, and historical documents.

Apr 29, 2013 - Independent publisher Luigi Savagnone today announces Imagining a tomorrow for iPad. The protagonist suffers from a toothache, try to get distracted thinking about a novel that he has read recently. But he is plagued by a malaise in the society in which he lives and he really wants to escape and abandon everything and everyone. After several misadventures, with his small boat moves away into open sea. Here he meets a siren that makes him an inhabitant of a wonderful underwater world.