Three Little Pigs and the Secret of a Popup Book
© 2011 GameCollage LLC
Interactive versions of the Three Little Pigs abound, but you'll never find one as innovative as this one. Like other ebooks, pages have features that are marked with sliders, spinning wheels, strings and so on. About half of the pages have an "xray" icon, that reveals the inner mechanics of each page. So you can see the things work, testing the mechanics while the xray mode is turned on. Missing are text highlighting or other scaffolding techniques. Options are available for turning on or off the background music. You can also turn the swipe mode on or off. The book is a bit hard to get started with, and you can't easily jump to a select page. All in all, this is one of the most innovative ebooks we've reviewed. Illustrations are by L. Leslie Brooke. Made using Cocos2D and Chipmonk Frameworks by Game Collage LLC.
$4, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: reading, mechanical engineering, mechanics, physics, gears
CTR Rating: 92%