Blue Hat, Green Hat
© 2011 Loud Crow Interactive Inc.
Limited in content (for the relatively steep price of $4) but rich in interactive innovation, like Moo Baa Laa (CTR June 2011) Blue Hat, Green Hat is another interactive adaptation of a toddler board book, by author Sandra Boynton. It follows in the tradition of excellence established by previous Loud Crow publications. Each page lets children combine colored hats, shirts, shorts or shoes on fun animal characters, using art directly from the book. There's an "oops" button on several pages, that causes something to go wrong. For example, it might make a rain cloud fill up a page with water, or flip a character upside down. This successfully creates a hidden surprise on each page. We liked how each word and object responds to a child's touch or swipe. The narration and art are all non-cluttered and foster feelings of "I can do this!"
$3.99, iTunes, Nook, Android, iPad
Teaches: classification, word recognition, color and clothing related words
CTR Rating: 98%