Wild About Books
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
* - #1 Paid Book iPad App - January 2011
* Named a NEW YORK TIMES Best Children’s Book on the iPad
* - Featured in USA TODAY--”iPad book apps make reading with kids magical”. Rated 4 stars (out of 4)
The award-winning picture book roars to interactive life as your kids tilt, swipe, and tap their way through this rollicking rhymed story that’s filled with a safari of surprises!
Whether you’re making monkeys flip, beach balls bounce, animals stampede, or bears burp, you and your kids are sure to laugh, learn, and get wild about books.
This new offering from Random House Children’s Books, the trusted publisher of beloved children’s classics, is the perfect app for storytime or anytime.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Explore 16 animated and interactive scenes
-Tilt the iPad to explore the unique 3-D environment
-Tap and swipe animals and other illustrations throughout the story to bring them to life.
-Use the intuitive navigation wheel to easily revisit your favorite pages.
TWO WAYS TO READ:
-Watch and listen as words are highlighted while the story is read aloud.
-Turn off the narration and read at your own pace.
ABOUT THE STORY:
“It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.”
Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading, finding the perfect book for each animal—tall books for giraffes, small books for crickets, joke books for hyenas. In no time, Molly has all of the animals going “wild, simply wild, about wonderful books.”
Judy Sierra’s funny animal tale coupled with Marc Brown’s lush, fanciful artwork will have the same effect on young Homo sapiens.
AWARDS:
The print edition of Wild About Books received the following awards:
-Mom’s Choice Platinum Award
-ALA Notable Children’s Book
-E.B. White Read Aloud Award
-Book Sense Book of the Year
* Named a NEW YORK TIMES Best Children’s Book on the iPad
* - Featured in USA TODAY--”iPad book apps make reading with kids magical”. Rated 4 stars (out of 4)
The award-winning picture book roars to interactive life as your kids tilt, swipe, and tap their way through this rollicking rhymed story that’s filled with a safari of surprises!
Whether you’re making monkeys flip, beach balls bounce, animals stampede, or bears burp, you and your kids are sure to laugh, learn, and get wild about books.
This new offering from Random House Children’s Books, the trusted publisher of beloved children’s classics, is the perfect app for storytime or anytime.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Explore 16 animated and interactive scenes
-Tilt the iPad to explore the unique 3-D environment
-Tap and swipe animals and other illustrations throughout the story to bring them to life.
-Use the intuitive navigation wheel to easily revisit your favorite pages.
TWO WAYS TO READ:
-Watch and listen as words are highlighted while the story is read aloud.
-Turn off the narration and read at your own pace.
ABOUT THE STORY:
“It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo.”
Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading, finding the perfect book for each animal—tall books for giraffes, small books for crickets, joke books for hyenas. In no time, Molly has all of the animals going “wild, simply wild, about wonderful books.”
Judy Sierra’s funny animal tale coupled with Marc Brown’s lush, fanciful artwork will have the same effect on young Homo sapiens.
AWARDS:
The print edition of Wild About Books received the following awards:
-Mom’s Choice Platinum Award
-ALA Notable Children’s Book
-E.B. White Read Aloud Award
-Book Sense Book of the Year
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 88.11 MB of space to download and install Wild About Books app. Wild About Books was updated to a new version. Purchase this version for $4.99
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Random House Digital, Inc. at http://www.rhkidsapps.com/wildaboutbooks.
Copyright This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf Text copyright © 2004 by Judy Sierra Illustrations copyright © 2004 by Marc Brown Applications © 2010 Random House, Inc.
