Tag: Reading - Latest Releases

Mar 21, 2013 - Mercer Mayer's beloved character stars in The Trip - Little Critter Reading Adventure 1.0 and Gamepak apps, available from Silver Dolphin Books. The interactive apps provide hours of entertainment and impart early reading, math and creative problem-solving skills. The Trip - Little Critter Reading Adventure app is based on Mercer Mayer's classic book of the same name and features his incredible original artwork. The complementary Gamepack app includes over 50 fun and engaging activities.

Mar 21, 2013 - Leading children's app developer, Duck Duck Moose wins a 2013 Parents' Choice Gold Award for their new 'Duck Duck Moose Reading' app. Duck Duck Moose is the only publisher that has received fifteen Parents' Choice Awards for their mobile apps. Duck Duck Moose Reading teaches phonics with 9 different word and letter activities and more. The Gold Award is the top honor awarded by Parents Choice Foundation, which has been reviewing children's media since 1978.

Mar 20, 2013 - Preschool University has introduced ABC SPELLING MAGIC 1 Short Vowel Words Deluxe for iOS, which provides practice in building and "spelling" 3-letter words. Designed to enhance phonological awareness, the app employs interactive sounds, pictures, and letters. Each letter and picture has its corresponding sound. In the Word Building mode kids are provided with only the required letters to build words, while in the Movable Alphabet mode, they must select from the entire alphabet to build words.

Mar 19, 2013 - Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, award-winning developer of apps for today's digital kids, has released its latest interactive story, Ruff's Bone 1.0 for iOS. For a limited time this app in both English and Spanish is Free on the App Store. Originally published by Living Books, Ruff's Bone has been updated with new interactive features and is the latest storybook app released by Wanderful. Ruff's Bone is an offbeat and out-of-this-world adventure of a dog's far-ranging hunt to find his bone.

Mar 19, 2013 - In honor of Holi Fest, three top app developers discount India-themed Story Book Apps from March 27th-29th. The developers of Laloo the Red Panda (Laloo LLC), Little Blue Jackal (Niyaa LLC), and The Magnificent Travelling Palace (Plane Tree Family Productions) have joined forces to cross-promote this unique sale opportunity. Sharing a common love of the country of India, all three developers are women who founded their own story app companies.

Mar 16, 2013 - Perdrix Apps today introduces Perdrix TXT 1.0, their first app released exclusively for iOS devices. Perdrix TXT is a plain text e-book reader, offering an experience close to the real book. Perdrix TXT offers the spatial context found in real books, with the search, dictionary and copy tools of e-books. Readers can turn pages in a realistic fashion, use the intuitive "book edgeways" indicator to see where they are or skip to a different place, and use a personalized bookmark like a real one.

Mar 16, 2013 - Kid's Academy Company has introduced Montessori ABC for Kids HD, the ultimate Alphabet Workbook that allows kids to learn and trace the letters of the alphabet at their own pace. Based on the proven Montessori learning method, the app introduces young iPad users to the exciting world of letters and words. The app helps teach letters, phonics and words via beautifully designed animations as well as takes children step-by-step through letter formation.

Mar 15, 2013 - Kidonkadonk is proud to announce the availability of Say It Sight Words 2.0 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, a learning tool for early readers that uses Siri-like speech recognition technology to provides an independent learning opportunity for students developing sight word (high frequency word) mastery. The app comes with the common word lists used by teachers in the classroom, making it convenient to use for parents at home and teachers in the classroom.

Mar 12, 2013 - Preschool University today introduces ABC SPELLING MAGIC 1 Short Vowel Words Deluxe for iOS, which provides practice in building and "spelling" 3-letter words. Designed to enhance phonological awareness, the app employs interactive sounds, pictures, and letters. Each letter and picture has its corresponding sound. In the Word Building mode kids are provided with only the required letters to build words, while in the Movable Alphabet mode, they must select from the entire alphabet to build words.