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Category Archives: Digital Books
Toy Story Showtime! App Review
Toy Story Showtime! is an interactive storybook app designed to help early readers pick-up on essential reading concepts. The story begins with all of your favorite Toy Story characters preparing for a Talent Show. Buzz is on a mission to impress Jessie. On each ‘page’ of the story, Buzz is coming up with a new act that ends up in a mis-hap. Will he ever figure out how to impress Jessie? The entire story takes about 10-15 minutes to complete, depending on how long your child plays with the interactive features within the story.
My 4-year-old daughter loves this app! She took to it right away. In fact, I let her try it out first and watched her explore it before trying it out myself. She was able to discover a majority of the interactive features on her own! As the narrator reads, each word is highlighted so that your child can follow along. My daughters eyes were tracking each word, from left-to-right.
The Jungle Book app for iPad and iPod Touch
The classic tale of The Jungle Book gets a modern twist with Disney Publishing’s newest Disney Classics app – “The Jungle Book”! A new generation of Disney fans, along with parents, can experience the story of the 1967 animated film in this fresh new app combining engaging storytelling with unique interactive elements, rich illustrations, music, and other surprises.
“The Jungle Book” app, available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, tells the story of a boy named Mowgli and his jungle friends as they face the dangerous tiger Shere Khan and the unknown world of the humans. Features include: reading modes for all ages, coloring pages and interactive puzzles, memory games, “The Bare Necessities” sing-along, and much more!
Geared towards kids ages 3-7, “The Jungle Book” is available for $3.99 on the App Store.
-Disney Diva
The Disney Diva writes Tips from the Disney Diva, a blog designed to help people planning their Walt Disney World, Disneyland, or other Disney destination vacation and making them the best they can be.
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Ridley Pearson Hosts Exclusive Facebook Chat to Promote New Book Kingdom Keepers 5: Shell Game
In conjunction with week-long Disney Reads-hosted “Never Land Week” celebration on Facebook and Twitter
Here are the details:
WHO: Ridley Pearson, author of the bestselling Kingdom Keepers series
WHAT: Exclusive Facebook event in support of the release of Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game, the latest installment in the New York Times best-selling middle grade series.
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, April 6, 3:00 pm EST, on Disney Reads Facebook page
ABOUT DISNEY READS NEVER LAND WEEK:
Join the week-long Peter Pan Facebook and Twitter celebration on Disney Reads.
Monday, April 2: Test you pixie power with Peter Pan trivia
Tuesday, April 3: Get transported to Never Land with Mary Blair’s iconic illustrations in Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter Pan picture book
Wednesday, April 4: See the new Peter Pan app and enter to win a free download
Thursday, April 5: Find out more about Peter in the bestselling Starcatchers series by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Friday, April 6: Exclusive live Facebook chat with Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game author Ridley Pearson, and win a signed copy of his latest book.
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Disney Classic Peter Pan Re-imagined on iPad and iPhone
“Peter Pan”, the first in a series of Disney Classics storybook apps available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, launched today. Featuring original illustrations by Disney Legends John Hench and Al Dempster, readers can relive the magical story of the classic film Peter Pan through word-for-word narration, multiple reading modes and interactive surprises.
“Disney Publishing has access to a vast library of stories and characters that we are now able to bring to a new generation of readers through mobile devices,” said Lyle Underkoffler, vice president, Digital Media. “We are particularly excited to add this app to our collection of Peter Pan-inspired books, including Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling Peter and the Starcatchers series, which will debut on Broadway this spring.”
The Peter Pan App invites readers to join Wendy, John, and Michael on their adventures with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, Captain Hook and his swashbuckling crew of pirates. Built into the story are interactive puzzles, coloring pages, a leveled-memory matching game and musical instrument, as well as tap-and-play interactivity.
Over the next few months, Peter Pan will be followed by several other Disney Classics tales, including Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Bambi.
The Peter Pan App is available for $3.99 from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, or at http://www.itunes.com/
For more information, visit http://disneybookapps.
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Stan Lee Narrates Two New Marvel Origin Storybook Apps
Disney Publishing Worldwide recently announced that two more storybook app titles based on the original Marvel Origins series will join “The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story” app, which launched last month. The new titles, both narrated by comic book legend Stan Lee, include “Avengers Origins: Hulk” and “Avengers Origins: Assemble!” which will be available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch in February 2012.
The “Avengers Origins: Hulk” action-packed app tells the story of how Dr. Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk and the pursuit of the U.S. armed forces against Banner/Hulk. Through thrilling tap-and-play animation and interactive games, readers are able to experience Banner’s transformation first-hand. The “Avengers Origins: Assemble!” app brings to life the team of Super Heroes we’ve all come to know and love with Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and Captain America. In both apps, Lee lends his iconic voice in “Read to Me” mode, which is one of four reading modes that cater to a variety of reading levels. The two new interactive storybook apps narrated by comic book legend Stan Lee join “The Amazing Spider-Man: An Origin Story” app, which was rated one of the “10 Favorite Apps of 2011” by Entertainment Weekly.
“Avengers Origins: Hulk” and “Avengers Origins: Assemble!” will launch in February 2012 in the App Store on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.
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