Pinocchio Story App(Pink Paw Books)-There are a lot of apps like these but the one I've read through had some interesting visuals. The strange and deceitful Fox and Cat looked creepy and realistic which is good fit for their personality. Pinocchio is basically made to come to life and must behave like a good boy in order to become a real boy. Pinocchio fails to follow the 6th Commandment of "Honour Thy Mother and Father" by disobeying his parents(Gepetto and Blue Fairy) by committing truancy.
He sold his bag and books for a puppet show ticket where Pinocchio would be a performing puppet himself. He was given five coins and fell for the Fox and Cat's of planting gold in the ground to make gold grow from trees hook, line and sinker. These two thieves tie Pinocchio to a tree and steal his gold coins. Pinocchio lies to the Blue Fairy and his nose grows, just like the story.
Pinocchio makes another foolish decision in trusting an even shadier yet more appealing stranger by getting in a Wagon to Toyland. Pinocchio enjoys himself with other kids but everyone is turned into donkeys. A place where people could just magically forsake responsibilities sounds too good to be true. Pinocchio was lucky enough to escape into the sea but was swallowed by a giant whale only to find Gepetto was swallowed up trying to find Pinocchio. Gepetto and Pinocchio reunite and Pinocchio sets a fire with his longed nose to make smoke come from out of the whale's blowhole so it would sneeze both Gepetto and Pinocchio out. Pinocchio was rewarded by the Blue Fairy and became a real boy.
This storybook app teaches the moral of obeying your parents and not wandering off with stranger because Gepetto was Pinocchio's father while the Cat, Fox, and Toylanders were complete strangers who actually hurt children. As for the sound effects, I didn't hear too much of them but I did hear a narrator speaking clearly.
Jo In Paris app-Here you can see Jo & Me Around the World see Paris. This app will show you the major sights of Paris in cartoon form but when you click on a quotation you can see a photograph of 1-5 pictures of the real life counterpart. This app has over two dozen places of interest to click on and look at. You can even take the quiz to test your knowledge. I'm not too interested in the cartoon visuals myself but I do like the information given of how you can see what Paris would have to offer, even though I'd prefer the internet.
Roxy The Star- This app explores the USA as there are 5 modes to play from such as naming rivers, states, capitals, landmarks, and even an alien mode that works somewhat like Tetris but with trivia that is imperative to pass. Every mode except Alien mode works the same as you basically slide the correct answer to the correct point. Alien mode has you answering trivia blocks correctly on pain of death as you must touch the ground by eliminating blocks and make sure not to fall into the lake of fire. I enjoyed playing this app and felt that it provides a fun casual gaming experience.
Ken Burns app- This app is a timeline of selected clips from Ken Burns documentary films and will pin-point where the historical event is, showing you the clip and referencing the documentary film the clip is in. I really like how the timeline was put together and I enjoyed the science and technology part the most.
I Love My Dad- A Storybook app that is short but tells the point about a sock-puppet looking fellow who loves his dad and why he has every reason in doing so. You can click on some things and they will move.
Little Red Riding Hood- From Amanuta Editorial, Little Red Riding Hood tells the story of the little girl who was to visit her ill grandmother. Her grandmother is swallowed by a giant wolf while the unsuspecting girl believes the wolf is her grandmother. The girl gradually suspects something as she notices huge ears, huge teeth, wide eyes, and that she was larger than imagined. It turns out that once the girl was swallowed, she found her grandma and a man with an axe cut open the belly of the wolf and the wolf died.
I find the illustrations looking weird but with a creative thought that reminds you of Tim Burton.
BeBop Blox- BeBop Blox has you putting blocks from a conveyor belt together to form the selected shape. It's toddler's play really as the blocks will come in a certain order and you just slide them to the highlighted shade. Effects such as animations and sound are very interesting as you can clearly see and hear the animations and sounds coming from the blocks themselves. There are 12 different shapes to choose from and each have several different animations
Where's My Monster- A storybook that has a mother looking for her son. She looks in several different places but to no avail until she finds her monster son behind a big red ball. I like the animations and detail of the story book itself. The story is rather very short but i does remind you of Monsters INC.
Flappy Jack- A rip-off of Flappy Bird that features the same gameplay as Flappy Bird but in stead of stars you get cherries and the pipes are now logs. The game can feel hard to control at times as getting it at the right time is important as not to flop down by hitting a log or falling to the floor.
Anatomy- A children's app teaching you about the human body. I like the variety of information here since children can learn so much about the human body in respective areas such as digestive, circulatory, respiratory, muscular, and nervous systems. I found this app interesting as it also has some neat slides to look at as well as I came across an activity where you select different food options to choose from which relate to nutrition. This is very important for children as nutrition is important for staying healthy. See things about growth, body parts, and others.
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