Smart Apps For Kids

King Laurin and His Rose Garden — Review

 

 

Bottom line: This interactive ebook app is a quaint retelling of the legend of King Laurin and his rose garden. For kids ages 4 and up.

Longlegs and the Pirate with No Nose: Review

 

 

Bottom line: A story you want to like because of the great art and well, pirates. The amount of cartoon violence and a plot that has seemingly been plundered and pillaged make it a questionable choice for younger readers.

Luca Lashes Learns to Brush His Teeth

 

 

Bottom Line: A gentle book with an adorable hero that teaches children the steps and importance of brushing teeth—even if it feels a little scary at first. Also available for Android.

House that Jack built – multilingual interactive book: Review

 

 

 

Bottom Line: An interactive storybook app with an old-fashioned paper book feel and beautiful illustrations. Provides narration in several languages which may appeal to children in multilingual households. Text may be too complex for toddlers.

Baby Learns Colors

 

 

Bottom Line: There's a lot here if you're looking for extra support for learning colors. Definitely give at least the free lite version a try.

Wheel On The Bus

 

 

Bottom Line: Is it a good or bad sign for an app when the gibberish is the best part?

 

Wombi's Picture Book of Animals

 

 

Wombi's Picture Book of Animals ($2.99 for iPad and iPhone) presents preschoolers and toddlers with four different scenes (farm, jungle, woods and savannah) filled with animals that can be pressed to hear (and see) the name and a sound from each. There is also an almanac page, so to speak, with all of the animals on one page.