Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree
© 2011 Oceanhouse Media
Those silly five little monkeys. Now they've moved into your iPad, with this Oceanhouse Media adaptation of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt picture book, by Eileen Christelow. Christerlow serves at the narrator. As with other Oceanhouse Media books, there are three modes -- Read to Me, Read it Myself and Auto Play, and no hidden animations. Instead, the original pictures and words of the story are highlighted, and each story element can be touched to hear it labeled. As a result, this is a very strong early literacy experience that uses the quality of the original story to keep a child's interest. Options include the ability to turn off the rather busy and potentially annoying background music, as well as a "news" slider, that will turn off Oceanhouse Media promotional messages. There is a link to the publisher home page from the main menu, however that crashed the app on our version 1 iPad. If you're looking for a quality adaptation of a quality children's book, look no further than the Five Little Monkeys.
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: reading, counting
CTR Rating: 88%