Tour the Smithsonian through their Magazine on your iPad
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The Smithsonian Magazine app offers you the chance to “explore history and archaeology from the Sphinx to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.”
Coming out of the Smithsonian Institution known as the world’s largest center of knowledge with 19 museums, its zoo, and its nine research centers facilities, the magazine promises to expand your knowledge and understanding of several core areas, including: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe, Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet, World Cultures and the American Experience.
It’s been an unseasonably warm winter for most of us, so getting into a book about sledding and mittens and earmuffs and snow days might be a bit tough, but luckily, the cute polar bears in The Snow Ball are fun to read about at any time of the year.
Bill the Fish is a cute little interactive children’s book for the iPad that is beautifully illustrated and fun to read. Little ones will get a kick out of the funny sounds and dressed up fishes. Have a swim around the block with Bill the Fish.
Unique children’s stories are becoming more prevalent in the app store as the popularity of the iPad grows. A Recipe For a Perfect Day With Dad is unique, not only because of the interesting interactivity that each page offers, but also because of the subject matter. Spend an imaginative day with a “rock star, ninja fighter, crime buster, Jedi master” and his dad as they create a recipe for the perfect day.
I knew from the moment I loaded Kyoung Kook Lee’s new book, Guess Who? for the iPad, that I would love it fully and completely. Designed for the often-neglected-by-developers younger audiences, you will appreciate the simplicity of the story and the vibrancy and interest in the illustrations.
The phrase TiVo guilt might strike a chord with some readers, but what about New Yorker Guilt? If you have stacks of magazines that you never find the time to read, or dropped subscriptions because you never read the magazine (and grew tired of being pestered to renew as soon as you subscribed), then 
Promising to teach your child about beauty, sacrifice and courage, Rainbow Crow is a lovely Native American story about a brave crow who does what he needs to in order to save the creatures of the earth. As your child may learn, sometimes the best intentions aren’t enough. Sometimes there are consequences.
This comprehensive and interactive dinosaur encyclopedia book blew me away with its fully animated dinosaurs, photo realistic pictures, and narration from Stephen Fry, who does a wonderful job telling eager listeners all about dinosaurs who lived in the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods.
In NFL Kicker HD you can try your hand at becoming an NFL kicker, working on landing accurate and point-scoring field goals! Think you can do as well as the pros? See if you can’t manage to hit the uprights while battling the wind and then we’ll talk.
Vampireville is yet another hidden object puzzle solving game that was originally designed for the PC. Like many others in this genre, it’s the perfect game to port to the iPad, with great graphics and puzzle-oriented gameplay that fans of hidden object games can’t get enough of.
Word find puzzles can be extremely therapeutic for those with a hectic lifestyle. Focusing all of one’s attention on a grid of seemingly random letters in an effort to find the words hidden in front of you helps block out all the busy noise of the world around.
Have you always dreamed of working for a South American drug lord? With Narco Sub, you can experience what it’s like to be a part of a lucrative narcotics submarine smuggling ring. You will build up your fleet and complete contracts in order to earn the right to ship drugs to more lucrative companies.
