Time flies. It is only one week away from Thanksgiving. A good app for the kids is the book app The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks written by Jan and Mike Berenstain, developed by Oceanhouse Media. The key message of the book is thankfulness and family love. The Bear cubs act out the first Thanksgiving, then the family will have a full Thanksgiving feast. But Sister Bear is so attached to the pet turkey. Will the family still have the turkey as… Read more

Little Blue Jackal is a bilingual app.  In addition to an interesting story, it also teaches kids Spanish. The story starts with the little jackal trying to run away from a village after being caught of stealing food.  He fell into a bucket of blue paint and his entire body turned blue.  Looked distinct, he was asked to be the king of the jungle…. till one day the animals found out he was just a jackal. The app is designed… Read more

Country Mouse and City Mouse is another book app by McGraw Hill.  It is FREE for limited time.   It is a very cute book with just about right interactions on each page.  It is designed for kids age 3 to 8.  It is only available on iPAD. Introduction on App Store:  Country Mouse and City Mouse may live in very different worlds, but through the pages in this book, they still become friends.  With this interactive ebook, your child… Read more

Little Red Hen is a re-tell of the classic story from McGraw-Hill.  It teaches kids the value of hard work.  It is FREE for limited time.  It works on iPAD only. Introduction from the App Store:  The classic fable, retold like your child aged 3-8 has never experienced it before. In this retelling, your child not only hears the story of the industrious hen and learns about the value of hard work, but becomes a part of the action. Engaging… Read more

Jazzy 123 is a fun app teaching kids numbers with music instruments.  From the developer of Jazzy Day and Jazzy ABC, Jazzy 123 has the same quality of a good educational app. Kids can learn counting 1 to 10 with music instruments.  For each number, there will be corresponding number of certain instruments shown on the screen.  When kids tap on the instruments, they will hear the sound of the instrument and a child’s voice counting the number of the… Read more

With the season change, being sick is not avoidable some time.  Here are two books hopefully will help kids feel better and get over the sickness quicker. Sick of Being Sick is a book app.  A girl is sick and she is sick of being sick.  While lying in bed taking her temperature, her imagination takes her to all over the world performing in different kinds of occupations…  It is a beautifully illustrated book with peaceful music.  A great app for… Read more

I wanted to review Thomas and Friends Apps for a long time. There are several of them available on App Store, and are well made book apps for toddlers or even elementary school kids. Today I’d like to share Thomas and Friends Hero of the Railways. If you have a Thomas fan at home, I am sure you will like it. After a race with Spencer lands Thomas in the bushes, he discovers Hiro, an abandoned engine from a far-away… Read more

Angelina Ballerina’s New Dance Teacher is a book app from the TV series Angelina Ballerina.  In addition to the book, kids can play games, puzzles, and coloring pages from the book.  It is FREE for limited time. Introduction from the App Store:  Read, watch, play, and twirl alongside the world’s most delightful little dancer as she meets Ms. Mimi on her first day of dance class at her new school. Ms. Mimi is nothing like Angelina expects her to be… Read more

Bizzy Bear Builds a House app is based on the popular board book Bizzy Bear: Let’s Get to Work, featuring the illustrations by Benji Davies.  It is designed by Nosy Crow, who also developed Rounds: Franklin Frog. The story is very simple.  Bizzy Bear helps out at a construction site with different activities.  On each page, there is a main storyline, read by a child.  The character dialogues are triggered by readers’ tap.  There are visual hints to tell the… Read more

Squiggles is a creative app for young children.  It is FREE for limited time. Introduction on App Store:  Pictures come to life with “Squiggles!”, a revolutionary new educational drawing app for young children. A child’s simple hand-drawn squiggle can become a bird’s nest, rocket smoke, cotton candy, sheep’s wool, a curly beard, and more! Simply squiggle away to complete Lazoo’s internationally award-winning art. Then hit the GO button and watch drawings soar, pulsate, move, twirl, and multiply. Save your child’s… Read more

Do you like felt board? Have you used it before? I liked felt board, except that it was hard to find the pieces you wanted many times. Now with Felt Board app, this won’t an issue anymore. All pieces are well organized, and you don’t even have to worry about losing any. In the Felt Board app, you will find pieces in different categories: background; body and figures, such as faces, different hair styles; clothing; animals;  accessories, like hats, wands… Read more

Does your child know your telephone number? Are you having a hard time helping him/her remember your phone number?  Now there is an app for that.  After playing the Number Monkeys game, your child will be able to sing your telephone number. Before letting the kid play the game, you have to put in a correct phone number you want your child to remember. When kids are playing the game, they interact with a group of silly monkeys who encourage… Read more

Do you like Scooby Doo? How about a free Scooby Doo app for kids? Scooby-Doo Who Are You is a book app from Hallmark made for their Interactive Story Buddy line. However, the app stays independent of the Story Buddy. If you have a Scooby-Doo Story Buddy and have it on while reading the book, you will enjoy the interactions between the app and the Story Buddy. If you don’t have the Story Buddy, you can still enjoy the app… Read more

One of the Toca Apps is FREE right now.   All Toca apps I reviewed are good.  I did not review this one, but want to pass on the news.  For Toca Apps I reviewed, please go here and here. Introduction at the App Store:  Have your kids ever played store at home? Now you can turn your iPhone or iPad into a Store Play Set – without any of the cleaning up afterwards! It’s the perfect toy for your… Read more