Tag: Reading - Latest Releases

Mar 02, 2013 - Award winning author and illustrator Marcus Pfister has announced the release of his new animated children's book, Rainbow Fish - Good Night, Little Rainbow Fish 1.0. The interactive book is aimed at children who have not yet started reading, as well as those who have only recently began to develop their reading skills. As the narrator reads the book, readers have the option of showing the text on screen with highlighted words, so children can easily follow along.

Feb 28, 2013 - NorthSouth Books announces the upcoming release of its new animated children's book, Little Polar Bear, written and illustrated by Hans de Beer. Little Polar Bear, set for release on March 7, will be available in freemium and full-paid versions on iOS and Amazon Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD from iTunes and the Amazon Marketplace. Little Polar Bear tells the story of Lars, a polar bear who has never known anything other than his natural habitat of snow and ice, who heads off on an adventure.

Feb 28, 2013 - Brush of Truth, an award-winning book app for kids 8-12, will be on sale on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch March 1-8 in honor of National Reading Month and Read Across America Day. This interactive storybook app, geared to third- through sixth-graders, is written in second person and lets the user choose how the action unfolds at critical points in the plot. Recognized for its appeal to reluctant readers, Brush of Truth was created by Story Bayou, a mom's vision to get kids to read.

Feb 28, 2013 - Recently introduced by software developer LinkDotz Inc., NewsPlayer 1.0 lets you not only read the latest news and stories from your favorite blogs, magazines, newspapers and social networks but also listen to them like an mp3 player. Featured as a New and Noteworthy app, NewsPlayer aggregates RSS and social network feeds & makes it easy to add them by providing 11 categories. Users can listen to English in 4 different kinds of voices and choose them depending on the part where he or she speaks.

Feb 27, 2013 - BestGoodMove is proud to announce today the global availability of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1.0. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp presents the legendary story of Aladdin in a highly interactive book-like format. With over 40 pages of easily readable text, interactive elements and original music, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp takes readers through the journey of the magical story. By being completely responsive, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp will instantly grab the attention of the user.

Feb 24, 2013 - Blue Wolf has introduced "A grandfather and village," a moral, touching and new picture novel for children in iBooks for iPad. Developed for both children and adults like, "A grandfather and village" is a fantastic iBook compatible picture storybook that is fully illustrated with hand made drawings. In this free picture storybook, Children will learn to respect others from reading these meaningful stories of grand pa who has a wicked personality.

Feb 22, 2013 - Award winning author and illustrator Marcus Pfister is delighted to announce the release of his new animated children's book, Rainbow Fish - Good Night, Little Rainbow Fish 1.0. The interactive book is aimed at children who have not yet started reading, as well as those who have only recently began to develop their reading skills. As the narrator reads the book, readers have the option of showing the text on screen with highlighted words, so children can easily follow along.

Feb 22, 2013 - Blue Wolf today announces "BOOM! - Music Edition", a moral, touching and new graphic novel for man in iBooks. Douchebag! Ugly from head to toe. Here is his funny overnight story. Meet the unique display, sophisticated pen-line, glamorous sensiblity illustration! Here, you can have a special experience you never had. Funny romance overnight story that is impressive enough to shake your emotion. BOOM! features a unique display with sophisticated pen-line illustrations.

Feb 22, 2013 - iStoryTime and Fox Consumer Products announced that they have combined the entire Ice Age Storybook Collection into one lower price, a 44 percent savings over buying separately. The Ice Age Storybook App Collection features character audio narration and vivid imagery from the motion picture franchise. To sweeten the deal for Valentine's Day, there is an introductory 90 percent savings over buying separately for the entire collection until February 18, 2013 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.