This week in apps offers two well-known children's books: Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! gets a digital version, complete with the ability for the player to follow the author through his legendary story; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star comes to tablets with 3D images that can be turned and tilted, with a narration of the classic poem in more than five languages.
Title: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star: The Experience
Publisher: FlyingWord
Release date: June 17, 2011
Price: $0.99
Background: The complete original poem featuring the illustrations of Michael Hague, now with enhanced art for tablet devices, allows players to tilt and turn images in 3D, pop bubbles, cause characters to swing from the moon, and more. Fully interactive and fully synched: players can switch back and forth between reading and listening and keep their place.
Features: Narrations of the classic poem as sung by native speakers in Arabic, Chinese, Welse, Nigerian, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, and Russian. Dynamic sound effects and soundtrack and a 3D physics engine that allows players to twist around pop-up images in 3D.
Title: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! - Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release date: June 21, 2011
Price: $3.99
Background: An interactive storybook app that first sets the stage for each scene, and then gives the child a chance to imagine it themselves, and finally, allows the player to tap the screen to see how Dr. Seuss imagined it. The app progresses with the player following Dr. Seuss along through scenes and images, and allowing the player to think of his or her own things before rejoining Dr. Seuss again. The app is meant to promote reading and creativity in children through a storybook setting.
Features: Animated images and interactive scenes, professional narration and background audio, individual words can be highlighted as the story progresses and words will zoom up when pictures are touched. Includes "Read to Me," "Read it Myself," and "Auto Play."
