Biography App Helps you Take a Journey with History’s most Influential People
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Are you a history buff? Do you like reading overview style biographies of those individuals who helped to shape history? In Biography – A Journey With History’s Most Influential People you can take a visually-guided tour through over 70 of the most familiar faces from the past.
Whether your interest lies with philosophers, scientists, physicians, religious leaders, political leaders, artists or the world’s greatest composers, you will have the opportunity to learn a thing or two from their talents, inventions and discoveries.
A familiar conversation that takes place every semester surrounds the hot topic of textbook costs. The longest lines on campus are at the bookstore where countless students are buying books required for their classes. It’s not uncommon to overhear them declare the unfairness of a $200 textbook for a business class or about the class that requires multiple books.
During Apple’s much-anticipated “
If you are a parent with a child under the age of 8, Bob the Builder is a character you will already be familiar with. This app brings an episode of the familiar television series to life as an interactive book.
Even though The Adventures of Peter Pan is an app designed for children ages 3-10, the story appeals to the child that refuses to grow up in all of us. We are all familiar with the way this one goes. With the help of his fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan takes his new friends, Wendy and John Darling to the magical and imaginary Neverland. The story is rounded out with appearances from the always adorable Lost Boys and the legendary (and frightening) Captain Hook.
It’s not exactly a book, but it’s not exactly a game. Girl with a Heart of is in its own category. This app is a stunning and unique experience for fans of dark adventures full of magic and mystery.
I don’t care how old you are, the story of Beauty and the Beast is one that can promise to enchant and engage. If you are a little girl this story is nothing short of magical, particularly with Disney at the helm.
We’ve all been through it. And if we haven’t, we will. Middle school is probably the hardest time in a young person’s life. You still look like a kid, but feel like you’re growing up. Everything changes, voices, bodies, friends, interests. There is no manual for life and no way to prepare for the years between 10 and 13. Middle School Confidential Graphic Novels aren’t trying to be that manual, but the stories can help preteens realize that they are not alone. Be Confident in Who You Are deals specifically with the voice in your head that tells you there is something wrong with you and ways to overcome insecurities.
World War II Interactive offers WWII enthusiasts the opportunity to relive the biggest conflict in history with an interactive experience that includes photos, videos, audios and text all chosen carefully and displayed beautifully.
Auryn – Van Gogh and the Sunflowers is a lovely app based on the popular book by Laurence Anholt that is intended to be an “inspiring introduction” to the artist, Vincent van Gogh.
Mousey Howsee is the kind of interactive storybook that has the potential to blow your mind. When you first begin they ask you to use location services to determine your location, which will actually serve to customize the book storyline based on the time of day or your current local weather.
The Ogglies are very worried about their dinosaur, Firebottom, and decide to throw him a birthday party to celebrate and cheer him up. All together with their friends Rocky Red, Blinky Blue, and the Chinese girl-dragon Leek-an-Lentil, the oggliest party in history is thrown and they have invited you too!
I don’t think there is a single parent out there that doesn’t somehow reference The Ugly Duckling story at some point in their careers. We all love the message it sends making it a classic for a very good reason. The developers at TabTale have taken this Hans Christian Andersen story and turned it into a very entertaining and engaging app that offers a lovely learning experience for your child that I am pleased to have been able to review.
Once I got over the initial denial that it is that time of year when we start thinking about building snowmen, I really opened my mind to Snowman Joe. This is a lovely bedtime story about a sweet snowman wandering Snowman Street looking to greet the stars above.
I am always excited when I get the opportunity to review an app developed by Disney because they have a commitment to quality that is second to none. In keeping with this tradition, Pooh’s Birthday Surprise doesn’t disappoint.
