Books - Latest Releases

Sep 20, 2012 - Budge Studios and Nickelodeon have teamed up again to create Dora the Explorer: Where is Boots?, an exciting storybook app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Dora the Explorer: Where is Boots? is a hide-and-seek adventure based on the classic lift-the-flap book, incorporating its own twist through interactive features such as slidable buttons that uncover clues, tapable animations that introduce characters and gestures to reveal hidden objects.

Sep 20, 2012 - Illustrated book publisher Thames & Hudson announces On the High Line for iPhone 1.0, a dynamic, insider's guide to the High Line combining photographs, videos, maps, informative texts, and interactive social media features. This beautiful app gives you the High Line park at your fingertips. "On The High Line" is the perfect resource for visitors planning a trip to New York City and for residents who want to get the most out of an afternoon in the park.

Sep 19, 2012 - Dr. Mark Van Stone, the author of the new book for the iPad, 2012: Science & Prophecy of the Ancient Maya, offers information helpful for talking to children who have heard things on TV or read junk science on the Internet about the 2012 Meme and Maya predictions. Dr. Van Stone says lots of speculative predictions have been cast upon the Maya, but they do not include current world events, nor facts.

Sep 19, 2012 - JustKidsApps has announced that 'Heidi on the alp', the first part in the Heidi app series, is Free until September 21st to celebrate the recent update of the three Heidi apps as well as the release of the new 3 in 1 Heidi story collection. The Heidi apps are fun interactive storybooks true to the original by Johanna Spyri, with lots of educational and just-for-fun Bits and Bobs. The app includes many elements designed specifically to enchant, engage and educate young readers.

Sep 14, 2012 - Polka Dots Publishing and PicPocket Books will be offering award-winning and Top 25 iTunes Book App Penelope the Purple Pirate at a discount in support of Talk Like a Pirate Day from September 15th to September 19th. Come along on her journey as her bedroom opens up into world of pirates, the open sea, buried treasure and trusted friends. Penelope the Purple Pirate is a Global eBook Award Winner and a Readers Favorite Bronze Award Winner.

Sep 14, 2012 - GameDigits today introduces Jack's Secret Monster 1.0 for iPad, their interactive book for kids, which allows them to alter the direction of the story by controlling the choices made by the characters at key points through the narrative. More than a way of enhancing the app's reusability, the book's structure is itself an example of the linkage between actions and consequences. Faced with a series of choices with moral implications, kids can learn about the effects of truthfulness and lying.

Sep 13, 2012 - Bay Area kid's book app developer LalooLLC today introduces Laloo the Red Panda, an animated interactive book for iPad. Twenty percent of each app install is donated to Red Panda Network, a non-profit committed to the conservation of the red panda. Laloo the Red Panda is a whimsical tale about a red panda cub's adventures in India.s to create a business model that stands out as an altruistic alternative.

Sep 13, 2012 - Swipea today announces The Seed 1.1.8 for iOS, the interactive storybook app from its World Explorer series. A tale about a girl named Faye Jing and her flowers, The Seed lets children discover the Chinese culture through a moral story on courage and honesty, educational games and and over 140 entertaining fun facts in a single interactive app suitable for kids aged between 3 to 9. Throughout this educational app for kids, children are taught the values of courage, honesty and much more.

Sep 11, 2012 - Just in time to answer one of the most pressing questions of the year, Dallas publisher Claxton Creative, LLC has released Dr. Mark Van Stone's digital version of his book "2012: Science & Prophecy of the Ancient Maya" for the iPad, which includes 15 Maya scholars who discuss the ancient Maya and they hype around their Dec. 21, 2012 prophecies in more than two hours of videos, four 3-D animations, hundreds of interactive maps/charts/drawings, and even an interactive puzzle.