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You know how they always say the older you get the faster time flies? Well I must be something like 103 because I find that I am (was) missing out on some of the things I always liked to do for lack of time. Like reading the newspaper or my favorite magazines! Who has TIME anymore to sit down and leisurely flip through them?
Well now I do! With the help of the new PressReader app for my iDevices! I find that I normally like to unwind and read late at night, however I certainly cannot take a full newspaper to [...]
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Read 2100+ Publications on ONE iPad App!
May 10th, 2012 
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Put 10 Little Critter Stories on YOUR iPad! *GIVEAWAY*
May 9th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell
Mercer Mayer‘s beloved tales of little critters have been delighting children since 1975. Now they have been updated, enhanced with wonderful narration and just the right amount of background sound effects and brought to the iPad for a whole new generation of readers!
Oceanhouse Media has brought the Little Critter books to life for your children and NOW you can get a whole collection of them!
The Little Critter Collection #1 Includes:
All By Myself – Little Critter doesn’t always do everything perfectly, but he always does the best he can.
I Just Forgot - On rainy days he remembers his raincoat but forgets his [...]
Draw Along with Stella and Sam in Their New iPad App!
May 3rd, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell … on all your iOS iDevices!
Everyone loves Stella and Sam! We’ve reviewed a number of their books that always include fun activities. Now they have a whole iPad app that is devoted just to activity! Come see Draw Along with Stella and Sam by zinc Roe in action!
SAM: “Is the sailboat going around the whole world, Stella?”
STELLA: “Yes. Or maybe it’s the bathtub of a baby whale, so he has a new toy to play with!”
As you can see on the one screen there are a number of shapes to select from in this app. Everything from frogs to rocket [...]
The HULK and The Avengers Take to the iPad!
April 30th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell Disney Publishing Worldwide and Marvel Comics have brought two lifelong favorites, The Hulk and The Avengers to a new generation with new iPad apps! Both are narrated by none other than Stan “The Man” Lee himself!
“Because Tony Stark and Bruce Banner are two of my favorite characters, it’s exciting to see their stories as Super Heroes come to life in digital storybook form just a few weeks before the release of ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ movie,” said Stan Lee. “They are a great prologue for kids, taking them back to the beginning—revealing how Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assembled to fight foes so powerful [...]
Alien Buddies Invade iPads!
April 20th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell …to teach your children to READ!
Once in a while a really cool game comes along that not only teaches young children basics like A-B-C’s and 1-2- 3′s but is so much fun that kids just never want to stop playing with it! Well that app for iPads and iPhones is called Alien Buddies, by artgig apps, and our “tiny testers” absolutely LOVE it!
Who can possibly resist such cute aliens? This app geared towards kids from 3 to 7 is terribly addictive and wildly fun for the younger set!
Alien Buddies Features 4 Games:
Matching: color, shape, letter and number recognition (audio and visual [...]
Introducing Ruckus Reader iPad Apps
April 19th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell Ruckus Media Group just announced the release of their new program called Ruckus Reader. This is truly a breakthrough learning program, a unique series of digital storybooks designed to help your child practice important reading skills AND keep you up to date on your child’s progress. All of the stories and interactive activities are developed by educational experts to adhere to national educational standards for preschool through second grade.
Ruckus Media Group, well known for their children’s apps, has developed this series with your child in mind. Digital books are available on three levels of skill and each ebook is filled with activities and fun! Best [...]
Make Your Kids Cuddly as a Bunny
April 2nd, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell In the past we’ve brought you the Christmas and spring versions of the Picture Me! books. Now Oceanhouse Media has brought us the Easter edition! Cuddly as a Bunny is a cute iPad storybook that allows you to make all your kids the characters. Every other page is going to feature one of the children you have check-marked as starring in the book that time.
The alternating pages feature the storyline with the professional photographs of the children illustrating the story.
Cuddly as a Bunny is recommended for children ages: 6 months through 5 years. Young children really love seeing the characters [...]
Children TV iPad App for Child-Friendly Videos
March 22nd, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell 5 Fantastic Dr. Seuss books all in one iPad app!
No one wants their children randomly trolling through YouTube. There is way too much on there that young eyes should not see. So how do you allow your child to watch videos that are age appropriate? There are several apps for iPads on the market that do that and today we are taking a look at one called Children TV by CyberWalkAbout.com.
The Children TV app collects and presents videos for children 2+ through 8+ years of age and plays them all right within the app. That way your child, while he/she [...]
Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #2 Review!
March 21st, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell A brand new Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection by Oceanhouse Media just hit the App Store! While we loved the first collection we love this one even more! Why you say? Because it contains some of my family’s absolutely favorite Dr. Seuss titles!
Each title is true to the original Dr. Seuss book in color and content. The addition of professional narration, background music and interactivity make the books all the more irresistible to a new generation!
While this short video includes some titles not included within this particular collection you can see firsthand for yourself just how authentic the illustrations and presentation of the [...]
Cars in Sandbox – Because Kids Love Them!
March 20th, 2012 Marge "MaggieB" Burkell …an Apps for iPads Review
Children are fascinated by big construction equipment. I know we can’t go through a construction zone without a million and one questions! After all, they are usually big, bright yellow and making all sorts of noise as they scoop, shovel, dig and move dirt! It’s no wonder the fascination follows boys through adulthood!
Do you have a little one that loves to play with trucks? Watch construction equipment at work? Then they are going to absolutely love Cars in Sandbox app for iPads by Thematica!
Kids love that the vehicles are so realistic! Look at how the doors [...]
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