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I treated my daughter and granddaughter to the theater Friday night. We saw the Dr. Seuss musical “Seussical!” Since Alexis is only 3-1/2 I made sure to have front row seats and right next to the stage stairs the characters used to interact with the audience. It was an amazing experience for Alexis! A grand night was had by all!
Seussical is a combination of a few of Dr. Seuss’s wonderful stories; The Cat in the Hat, Horton Hears a Who AND the focus of this article, Horton Hatches the Egg. Now that story is available on your iPad via Oceanhouse [...]
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Horton Hatches the EGG on Your iPad
May 16th, 2012 
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Polar Bear Horizon Smithsonian Approved App
February 29th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell Reviewed and given a stamp of approval by the Smithsonian Institution, Polar Bear Horizon by Oceanhouse Media brings the story of the polar bear to your iPad and children.
It’s finally, after months of total darkness, spring at the top of the world and the mother polar bears, along with their new cubs, awake to meet the day. This app takes you through a year’s cycle of a polar bears life, as you see and learn along with those new cubs what their life is all about.
We like that the words are highlighted as the narrator reads the book. We would have [...]
Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?
February 29th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell Everyone loves the Cat in the Hat! So what can he do to get better than that? Oops, sorry, occupational hazard of listening to too many Dr. Seuss rhymes! LOL, but is there ever such a thing as too many? Especially when coupled with great educational apps? Dr. Seuss educational apps? Sure! Didn’t you read our review of “There’s No Place Like Space?” If you did you would already know that Oceanhouse Media has managed to take the best of Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat and meld it with a great leaning tool that kids love to use!
This time [...]
Treat Your Kids to TWO Big Truck Stories!
February 15th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell We have found two PicPocket ebooks that are sure to be a hit with kids that love big trucks and equipment! Both feature trucks that rumble when your child taps on them along with a great moral for the story.
Each ebook is beatifully, if sparingly illustrated to keep the focus on the story and not distractions. We do like that the words highlight as the narrator reads the story to your child. This helps kids learn to associate the written with the spoken word and helps them get ready to read. However both the audio and highlighting of words can [...]
5 Little Monkeys Bake a Bday Cake in an iPad App?
January 23rd, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell …an Apps for iPads Review!
Those pesky little monkeys, five in all, have gone from jumping on their famous bed to baking birthday cakes for their mom. What? Monkeys can bake cakes? LOL, well sorta. Watch as one little monkey reads off the recipe while the others scatter about the kitchen collecting baking dishes and ingredients…. you and your kids will love this story of five clumsy but always ready to please monkeys who don’t always get things exactly right, but always have a good time every step of the way!
Stay with us after the break as we look at these silly [...]
There’s NO Place Like Space with Cat in the Hat!
December 5th, 2011 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell …an Apps for iPads Review!
Oceanhouse Media Group, long synonymous with apps that teach kids while having fun, has just released the very first book in a new series. That new, animated storybook series is called The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library. Aimed at children ages five to eight, this is a nonfiction series that appeals to children’s natural curiosity and engages them in the process of scientific exploration and discovery. The titles your child will explore include a wide range of subjects, including dinosaurs, pets, marine life, trees and outer space and feature classic characters from the original The Cat in the Hat — [...]
It’s Not What You’ve Got; Even if it Is an iPad
August 27th, 2011 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell … an Apps for iPads Review! We don’t normally publish articles on weekends, but then this isn’t your “normal” iPad app. This is an ebook app for iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch that stresses the values associated with money and abundance. Not something we think of every day, but this is a good book for [...]
A Quest for Good Manners in an iPad App
August 25th, 2011 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell … an Apps for iPads Review! Have you ever tried to teach a five-year old manners? Little boys and girls seem not to care but we want them to behave while dining out. How to get them interested? How about introducing them to Princess Rosalind and her pet dragon Sparkler? You see, Rosalind is not your [...]
Scott’s Submarine iPad App Treading Water?
June 24th, 2011 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell … or a cut above the competition? Scott’s Submarine, an iPad app by Square Igloo puts together fresh new graphics, an original storyline and just enough interactivity to impress us. But it’s all the built in options that set it above the competition. The multi-level reading options coupled with the variety of languages sets it [...]
Middle School Graphic Novel iPad App
June 13th, 2011 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell Tweet
Remember middle school? With all the insecurities, self doubt and feelings associated with 6th, 7th and 8th grade? Rather not? We have all been, and lived through it… but when you are smack in the middle of it life seems bleak.
Free Spirit Publishing is delighted to announce the release of a new iPad app, Be Confident in Who You Are: A Middle School Confidential™ Graphic Novel, developed by Electric Eggplant. This graphic novel is sure to hit the right chord with tweens! It incorporatates their music, dance and of course, problems unique to [...]
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