Beauty and the Beast is a Disney classic, so it makes sense that this story has joined the ranks of Disney’s Digital Storybook apps. I’ve always loved Belle’s story, and this is a faithful retelling of the movie – even including cut scenes of several songs from the film.

My three-year-old daughter enjoyed this app. It was about the right length for her preschool attention span. Like other Deluxe Storybook apps, this one has two settings – one for younger kids that enables the app to play automatically, and one for kids who are learning to read. In automatic mode the story stops after each cut scene. I had to go to the pages screen to load the next page of the story. Once she saw me do this a couple of times she could do it herself, but it’s not what you’d expect from a digital book.

There are coloring pages from the story included the app, as well as maze and puzzle games.

This app also introduces a sense of interactivity to the story. Throughout the story, readers can search for enchanted roses that bloom in the Beast’s rose garden at the end of the story.

Overall, this is a nice app, although I hope that future updates will fix the cut scene glitch. I’m not sure that I’d pay $8.99 for it. That seems high for what this app delivers.Check out this special offer:
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