Happy Easter, Little Critter

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Developer: Oceanhouse Media

Review:

(by Admin Christie)

To help celebrate this Easter, Oceanhouse Media has published another Little Critter omBook called Happy Easter, Little Critter. For those unfamiliar, Little Critter is a series of stories written by Mercer Mayer about Little Critter’s childhood. Little Critter is a hamster character who is full of imagination, love, and of course mischief! Little Critter is a great series as children can easily identify with his adventures and emotions and also helps teachers, parents, and kids themselves be aware of emotions and how to deal with those situations.

As the title suggests, this book has Little Critter  and his family celebrating Easter, beginning with the kids finding the goodies that the Easter Bunny has left for them. After breakfast, they are off to church, even though Litter Critter does not like getting dressed up. (I’m sure that many of you parents out there have children in the same boat!) After church, there is a picnic lunch where the kids get to dye Easter eggs. Little Critter believes his are the best! The eggs are then hidden for the kids to go on an Easter egg hunt. After the hunt, the family returns home to enjoy the treats from the Easter Bunny.

A cute mini-game is found within the app where you find mice and also Easter eggs throughout the story. At the end of the book, the story calculates the total number of mice and Easter eggs the reader found within the book. Oceanhouse Media does a great job at combining the original text and artwork of Mercer Mayer, yet providing extras, such as touching a picture to hear and see what that picture is of. You also can replay an entire paragraph if interested. The highlighted words feature is great for early readers.

Just like Oceanhouse Media’s other omBooks, you have the options to “Read to Me” (reader turns the pages, sees the words highlighted as they are read by a professional narrator) “Read it Myself,” (like a book where you turn the pages and read on your own with sound effects in the background,) or “Auto Play” (like a movie especially good for the younger audience.) And now Oceanhouse Media has even added the special feature “Record your own voice” to their omBooks, as another option to listening to the omBooks with the great narrator.

Description:

It’s Easter and Little Critter is ready to celebrate! Join Little Critter and his family as they enjoy traditional Easter activities. Plus, go on your very own Easter egg hunt to find 100 eggs hidden throughout this charming story. Can you find all 100?

Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter stories, which address all the major issues of growing up, are perennial favorites of parents and children.

New features only available in this interactive omBook include professional narration, background audio and enlarged artwork for each scene.

To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched. By combining the original text and artwork of author Mercer Mayer with features that entertain and promote reading, this omBook appeals to readers of all ages.

Recommended Ages: 2 – 5

SPECIAL FEATURES:
★ Record your own voice
★ Share voice tracks with others that own this app
★ Page selector
★ Retina main menu
★ New options for sound effects, hot spots and alerts

Three ways to read this omBook (Oceanhouse Media digital book):
★ “Read to Me” — listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read
★ “Read it Myself” — read the book in its traditional form
★ “Auto Play” — plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages. Great for younger children!

Additional Features:
★ Picture / Word association — words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched
★ Individual words highlight and are read aloud when tapped
★ Easter Egg Hunt mini-game
★ Professional audio narration
★ Custom background audio for each scene
★ Pages pan & zoom to accentuate the beautiful, original art of Mercer Mayer
★ This ‘Universal App’ is optimized for Retina displays and the iPad

Specifications:

Category: Books
Released: March 11, 2013
Version: 2.1
Language: English
Requirements:  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

Links:

Website: Oceanhouse Media
Facebook Page: Oceanhouse Media
Twitter: @OceanhouseMedia
Pinterest: Oceanhouse Media
You Tube: Oceanhouse Media
App: Happy Easter, Little Critter
Cost: 99c (currently on special)

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