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Four Little Critter interactive childrens books hit iOS

by David Winograd (Dec 30th, 2010)

Mercer Mayer has been writing Little Critter books since the grown-up children were sleeping in cribs. My kids loved the series and had me read it to them hundreds of times. Little Critter is a hedgehog-looking animal that very small children can easily relate to as he goes about his simple ...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks

by David Winograd (Nov 22nd, 2010)

Although the print book has been out for more than a year, The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks by Jan and Mike Berenstain (US$2.99) has just hit the App store in time for Thanksgiving. This is the tenth in the series of Bear books released by Oceanhouse Media, and it employs the same excellent engine ...

Two new interactive eBooks for Halloween

by David Winograd (Oct 21st, 2010)

Just in time for Halloween, Oceanhouse Media introduces two more of their excellent interactive children's storybooks. Both of them are spooky, but certainly not scary, being targeted to the four year old and up crowd. Both are about acceptance and teach a gentle lesson about not judging a book, ...

Holiday apps that'll make your Grinchmas merry

by Josh Carr (Dec 12th, 2009)

My wife is probably one of the biggest Grinch fans out there. Yes, we have Grinch holiday decorations and end up watching the movies several times throughout the holiday season. We're sitting at 3 times already... I'm praying we don't pass 5. It's not that I don't like The Grinch -- the animated or ...