The Little Mermaid ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book

The Little Mermaid ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Book is now FREE (normal price is $4.99)!

StoryToys presents a magical new story from its award winning series of interactive fairy tales. Submerge yourself in the Little Mermaid’s underwater world and help her win the Prince’s heart. This beautifully rendered tale is adapted for younger readers from the original (there’s even a happy ending). Filled with wonderful illustrations, 3D pop-up scenes and a variety of fun and engaging activities, The Little Mermaid is sure to become a firm favourite. With potions to mix, music to play, puzzles to solve and dances to attend, there’s never a dull moment for readers sharing the Little Mermaid’s adventures:

• Plant some underwater seeds and watch flowers grow in the little Mermaid’s underwater garden

• Play some beautiful mermaid tunes with magical musical shells

• Help the Little Mermaid prepare for the ball by doing her hair

• Make a magical potion with the sea-witch to give the Little Mermaid legs

• Help our heroine perfect her dance moves to impress the Prince

• and much, much more...

StoryToys specialises in creating 3D pop-up books which look just like real books. Magical interactive pop-up scenes and games bring classic fairy tales into the digital world, seamlessly bridging the gap between books and games and making reading an activity children will love.

• Adapted for younger readers from the original (complete with a happy ending)

• Full 3D experience - it’s just like a real book

• 9 interactive 3D pop-up scenes with simple tasks and games to perform

• Wonderfully illustrated, with beautiful, colorful imagery

• Fully narrated in each language by professional actors

• Read to Me, Read it Myself, and Autoplay modes

• 32 beautifully presented pages of text

• Featuring a beautiful musical score and plenty of amazing sound effects

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

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Jack the Wolf - Interactive Story for Children

Jack the Wolf - Interactive Story for Children is now FREE from $0.99!

A kind interactive story for kids!

What could be more touching than a story of friendship? This is an interactive, animated book about a brave wolf pup’s adventure. This story with bright colorful animated illustrations teaches a kid to be kind and industrious. Find 5 wonderful colorings and 5 funny puzzles inside!

Features:

* BEAUTIFUL colorful illustrations

* AMAZING interactive pictures

* TWO reading modes: “Read to Me”, “Read by Myself”

* PLEASANT music inside

* EDUCATIONAL games: 5 puzzles and 5 colorings

* FRIENDLY navigation

* Optimized for iPad with Retina display

Purchase once and read as many times as you like, also when offline!There is no third-party advertising or in-app purchases in our application.

Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

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Time To Go To Bed

Time To Go To Bed, the first in a series of interactive childrens books, teaches young children about the steps involved in getting ready for bed every night. In Time To Go To Bed, children help little Sadie McKenzie get ready for bedtime, through a series of fun, rewarding steps that will in turn teach them about their own routine.

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

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The Gingerbread Man story + Kids Coloring Activities

The world famous 'The Gingerbread Man' presented in a different way this time with beautiful graphics illustration and a 'Happy Ending'. Kids will enjoy the real sounds of animals, birds, vehicles and nature sounds while listening to stories. Reading stories is so much fun and excitement for the kids with ‘Read it to me’ or ‘I Will Read it’ options.

Activity pages: Activity pages for kids to learn to write alphabets, numbers, match colors, touch and fill colors and draw pictures. Kids can also learn to write their own letters or numbers or even draw their own pictures in the ‘My Page’ sheet. Options to ‘Save’ or ‘Print’ or even ‘Share’ your kids creations with your friends and families.

Quality guarantee: App contents are suitable for all ages of kids.

Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

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The Birth of Baby Jesus

The Birth of Baby Jesus will be FREE (normally, $1.99) until Saturday, June 8, 2013 only!

Have you ever wondered about the origin of Christmas? The Birth of Baby Jesus by BegulaBloo provides you with the best answer! The story introduces how Jesus was born and God’s promise of delivering his people with a Messiah.

Share with everyone God’s present to us all!

EXCITING FEATURES:

Specially tailored for children from 3 to 8 years old

Appealing HD illustrated scenes

Packed with comprehensive interactive games and entertainment

Tells children a simple but clear moral of the story!

Accompanied by professional narration

Tuneful and stimulating background music, and sound effects

Reading modes include “Read to me”, “Read by myself”, and “Autoplay”

User friendly navigation

Universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod

BelugaBloo provides an instructive and engaging platform for parents to educate their children through the means of creative technology; we captivate your child’s interest by brining to life a selective collection of children stories.

Bible Series

-We have carefully sieved through the Old and New Testaments, selecting only the most telling biblical stories for you children, while being mindful to bring them knowledge and valuable lessons from the words of the gospel.

-Each story features bible verses and a moral of the story that helps children remember and live what they learn.

Spread the words of God!

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The Pig's Day

The Pig's Day will be FREE from June 7 to 8th, 2013 only.

An award winning children's book - In a little village east of Rome, Italy, a tradition passed down for generations continues to be celebrated. One day Sante does to visit his relatives to take part in the traditional winter feast on their farm. Yet after learning more about the ritual and hearing from his animal friends that Pig will become the main course, Sante wants to make some changes. What changes occur with the old tradition? Would you help Sante save the Pig, even if it meant breaking tradition?

Features:

-Specially tailored for children from 4 to 8 years old

-Appealing energetic illustrations by illustrator Francesca Assurelli

-Accompanied by Carolina D'Angelo's rhythmic writing style

-Packed with hours of comprehensive interactive fun and entertainment

-Professional voice narration

-Tuneful and stimulating background music, and sound effects

-Universal app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

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Alma and the Doll in the Park

“Alma and the doll in the park” is the first app in the “Alma's powers” series, a novel collection of interactive stories and games aimed at maximising the human potential of pre-school children.

Children will discover the importance of basic values such as honesty, respect and trust through familiar and fun experiences that are easy to understand.

FEATURES:

- An original, contemporary, everyday story for young children.
- Beautiful, originally hand-drawn illustrations.
- Just the right length for a small child's attention span.
- A delightful soundtrack.
- Choose between reading it yourself or listening to the narration.
- Professional, rhyming narration. Easy to learn!
- Available in three languages: Spanish, English and German.
- Three great games that stimulate concentration, imagination and curiosity.

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

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The Legend of Momotaro for iPad

Join Japan’s favorite hero Momotaro on his quest to defeat the evil ogres of Onigashima!

The famous legend of Momotaro is brought to life with beautiful handcrafted illustrations, animations and narration. Ten panoramic scenes tell the classic Japanese story of an old man and an old woman who’s only wish is to have a child. The gods grant their wish in a most surprising way!

As the story of Momotaro unfolds find the hidden interactive elements in each scene to learn about the Japanese culture and language. Watch and listen as subtle animations, authentic narration and sound tell a story of bravery and friendship.

Your children will spend hours being entertained while learning about the mysteries of ancient Japan!

Great for the iPad mini.

Features:

-Beautiful Panoramic Scenes

-Hundreds of Original Illustrations

-Animations and Sounds That Bring The Story to Life

-Professionally Narrated

-Read-to-Me or Read-to-Myself

-Hidden Interactive Elements in Each Scene

-120 Animated Origami Pop-Ups Reveal Rich Interactive Details

-Interactive Language Modules with Native Pronunciation

-Draw Kanji Characters with Your Finger

-Interactive History and Cultural Modules

-Presented as a Traditional Japanese Picture Scroll – Emakimono

-Zoom In to See the Handcrafted Illustrations

-Zoom Out to See the Panoramic Scene in All of It’s Beauty

Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

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A Little Lamb's Big Adventures

“I have BIG dreams of exploring beyond the fence. I want to climb a mountain. I want to be more than another gentle sheep in the flock. It is time for me, Ivan Lamb, to become a bold sheep.”

Written by Hannah Bachman and illustrated by Maria Ambrosoni, this lovely storybook app paints the picture of a curious little lamb named Ivan, who has big dreams of traveling and exploring the world. One day, he decides to do just that and leaves his farm and the security of his flock to start a new adventure. After many twists and turns he soon realizes that while the big wide world might be great, what he really needed was waiting for him back home.

Designed and written for the young readers in your home, A Little Lamb’s Big Adventures will be sure to engage and entertain children time and time again.

Suggested Age Range: 0 to 4 (read aloud), 5 to 8. 

Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later.

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Frankenweenie: An Electrifying Book

Go behind the scenes of Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated film, “Frankenweenie” with this exclusive interactive book. Delve into the details of the concept, creation and execution of the film with beautiful photos, art, interviews, music, 3D model characters, and much more! Created with Apple's unique iBooks Author app, the book will immerse you within Tim Burton's process from sketch to screen.

This book can only be viewed using iBooks 3.0 or later on an iPad. iOS 5.1 or later is required.

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Just Me and My Mom - Little Critter

The full version of "Just Me and My Mom" is now FREE!

Little Critter enjoys a special day in the city with his mother. He means well, but gets himself in trouble all along the way. His mother is oh so patient when Critter loses the train tickets, picks up a dinosaur egg in the natural history museum, and misbehaves at lunch. In spite of his difficulties, Little Critter happily falls asleep on the train going home, exhausted from the big outing with his mother.

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter stories, which address all the major issues of growing up, are perennial favorites of parents and children.

Recommended Ages: 2-5

Features:

- New! Record your own voice

- New! Share voice tracks with others that own this app

- New! Page selector

- New! Options for sound effects, hot spots and alerts

- Three ways to read: "Read to Me," "Read it Myself," and "Auto Play"

- Picture / Word association — words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched

- Individual words highlight and are read aloud when tapped

- Find the creature mini-game

- Professional audio narration

- Custom background audio for each scene

- Pages pan & zoom to accentuate the beautiful, original art of Mercer Mayer

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Beauty and the Beast - Interactive Bedtime Storybook

Beauty and the Beast - Interactive Bedtime Storybook is now FREE, saves you $3.99!

Beauty and the Beast - Interactive Bedtime Storybook brings to life Walter Cranes sensational original illustrations, combining them with tilt and touch controlled physics elements, touch animations, drag-able character cutouts and a whole array of fantastic sound effects.

A fairytale picture book that stays true to its gritty origin, complete with soothing music, antique visual style and beautiful art work presents a truly gorgeous addition to your digital book collection.

Features:

★ Beautifully rendered illustrations

★ Lute performed by Jon Sayles

★ Music performed by Roxana Pavel Goldstein & Elias Goldstein.

★ Fun and enchanting interactive compositions

★ Art work reproduce from high resolution archival scans

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Tongue Twisters for Kids

Level: Grades P-6

A tongue twister is a phrase that is supposed to be difficult to articulate properly. Often times they take practice to say correctly. Tongue twisters are good practice for children as they learn to form words, phrases, and vowels. It's hard to say a tongue twister without a smile on your face. Each tongue twister in this book has it's own silly illustration. Kids will be entertained with these tongue twisters for hours.

Featuring 50 pages filled with fun tongue twisters and fancy illustrations!

This book can only be viewed using iBooks 2.0 or later on an iPad. iOS 5.0 or later is required.

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Needles and Thread - An Animated Storypanda Book Read

A heart warming tale about a needle and a spool of thread working together to make their village a happier place. Needles and Threads is based on an award winning short film by acclaimed Dutch animator Femma Sijtsma.

Download Needles and Thread - An Animated Storypanda Book - Storypanda Inc.

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Grimm's Bookshelf ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Books

Grimm's Bookshelf ~ 3D Interactive Pop-up Books - StoryToys Entertainment Limited

Grimm’s Bookshelf is a convenient one-stop destination where you can sample the StoryToys experience, with FREE games from our award-winning series of 3D interactive pop-up books! Never miss a new release!

StoryToys specialises in bringing fairy tales into the digital world while retaining the substance and tactility of real books. Grimm’s Bookshelf enables you to experience a taste of StoryToys’ magic for free!

• Browse all our apps in one convenient location.

• Dip into all the StoryToys titles and give them a whirl without having to buy first!

• Never miss a new release! Be the first to hear about promotions, discounts and new and upcoming products.

• View all the StoryToys apps you currently own on one convenient bookshelf

• Launch your apps directly from Grimm’s Bookshelf

• Includes a free sample game from each of our Grimm’s Fairy Tales series

• Available in English, French, German and Spanish

The free 3D pop-up games include:

• The Jungle Book: Search the undergrowth with the help of a variety of jungle animals to find baby Mowgli.

• Beauty and the Beast: Play a game of ping-pong against the Beast

• The Little Mermaid: Help the Little Mermaid rescue the prince from a sinking ship

• Grimm’s Puss in Boots: catch butterflies with Puss in Boots.

• Grimm’s Snow White: Help the seven dwarves dig for gems

• Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty: solve a magical music puzzle to help Sleeping Beauty pass through the secret door

• And more from Grimm’s Rapunzel, Grimm’s Red Riding Hood and Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel

Each book in the StoryToys collection comprises a full 3D experience, just like a real book. They are wonderfully illustrated with beautiful, colourful imagery, and fully narrated in a variety of languages by professional actors. Choose from Read to Me, Read it Myself and Autoplay modes. Each book contains at least 6 interactive pop-up scenes with simple, fun tasks and games to perform, and features a beautiful musical score.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhon

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REQUIRES ANDROID: 2.2 and up

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The Prisoner of Carrot Castle

FREE for the first time! To celebrate the release of the print book of The Prisoner of Carrot Castle, Purple Carrot Books (www.purplecarrotbooks.com) has set the app version FREE for a limited time, from May 16-19, 2013 only!

Narrated by the author, Chris Pedersen, this interactive book for the iPad includes reader involvement in moving the story forward (tapping, sliding, tilting), animation, sound effects, stunning illustrations, music and games.

The "Prisoner of Carrot Castle" is an original story written and illustrated for the iPad. Targeted for kids 3 to 8-years-old, the story’s interaction and games help them develop fine motor skills.

Enjoy the book with:

•“Read to Me On”—to have the story narrated.

•“Read to Me Off”—to read the story to myself.

•“Music On/Off”

Additional Features:

•Find hidden sounds and animations in the pictures

•Animation and sounds triggered by the story

•Games (one using the accelerometer) help Aiden along in his adventure

•Original artwork by Kate Jeong

Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.

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Miss Spider's Bedtime Story for the iPad

Read, watch, listen, and play with Miss Spider and her buggy bunch as they earn special sleepy-time rewards in this interactive story that is really five apps in one. With multi-touch animation, painting, puzzles, and games, Miss Spider’s Bedtime Story reinvents the reading experience for the entire family. Make bedtime fun time with Miss Spider and her friendly bug pack. If you’re not completely amazed by Miss Spider’s app, Callaway Digital Arts will refund your money, guaranteed.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Watch story in lush 3-D CGI animation
• Touch images for multimedia surprises
• Read or follow along with spoken narration
• Play games, solve puzzles, and paint pictures
• Listen to original music and sound effects

Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

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Another Monster at the End of This Book...Starring Grover & Elmo!

There’s something waiting at the end of this book. Could it be…a monster?!? Loveable, furry old Grover is about to find out—and he’s bringing his equally loveable and furry friend Elmo with him!

In this sequel to the best-selling, chart-topping Monster at the End of This Book app, Grover invents giggle-worthy ways to prevent readers from getting closer to another monster hiding at the end of this story. But an ever-curious Elmo asks for your help to slip past Grover every time.

Young readers will delight in the very funny push-and-pull dynamic of this interactive story. And parents will know that their little monsters are reading, laughing, and learning with trusted, beloved Sesame Street characters.

Built with groundbreaking technology and bursting with innovative activities woven right into the story, Another Monster at the End of This Book will provide hours of tap-happy fun for kids (and grown-ups!) of all ages.

This app’s many features include:

- All-new animation featuring the voices of Grover and Elmo

- Engaging activities that build vocabulary and spatial-relations skills

- Word highlighting for beginning readers

- Intuitive finger-tapping, so little ones can play independently

- Bookplate personalization so you can add your child’s name!

- Parents’ tab to help you and your child get even more from the app experience

This app is being brought to you for free by a trusted Sesame Street sponsor. There is a brief message from the sponsor in the app. This message is intended for parents and designed so that children can easily close it, skipping right to the story. If you'd like to make this a message-free experience all the time, choose the "Purchase Sponsorship-Free Version" offer inside the app.

Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.

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AvatarBook Fairy Tales for iPad

AvatarBook Fairy Tales for iPad by JDF is FREE for a LIMITED TIME only. Grab this cool app now before it ends on May 12, 2013.

With a photo, AvatarBook makes your children stars in animated fairy tales. By being the main character in a fairy tale, Children can easily learn lessons from the story. Each page of the story provides interactive actions and elements to help your children enjoy reading the story. Have your children play with AvatarBook: listen to, read, and touch the AvatarBook app. Your children will enjoy learning.

Give your children interactive fairy tale AvatarBooks where you own children are main characters in fairy tales. Enjoy watching it with your family and make it a memorable moment for your children.

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Free App Friday - Fairy Tale Books

It's Free App Friday! Check out these awesome fairy tales for your kids to enjoy:

The Ugly Duckling - a Fairy Tale

Hansel and Gretel - Grimm's Fairy Tales 
 
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen 

The Princess and the Pea - A Fairy Tale
 
Thumbelina - A Fairy Tale

Sleeping Beauty - A Fairy Story

The Tale of Cinderella

The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood

The Emperor's New Clothes

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