Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole
© 2012 Oceanhouse Media
This previously unpublished title was written in 1960 by Stan and Jan Berenstain, of Berenstain Bears fame. Judging from the illustrations and the confusing storyline, you can understand why it was shelved. Consider the following line of copy: "A snowball that went round and round, and smashed some baddies to the ground." (To go with an illustration of some wolves being hit by a large snowball). The 24-screen story is about a young penguin who is searching for adventure. As with the other Oceanhouse Media apps, there are three modes: Read to Me — listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read; Read it Myself — read the book in its traditional form; and Auto Play — plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages. Other features include Picture/Word association with words that zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched; and individual word highlighting. All of these are standard features for Oceanhouse Media products which make them excellent early reading experiences. Note that a printed copy of the book is being released along with this app (August 2012). See also Dr. Suess' first published book, To Think that I Saw it on Mulburry Street.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android
Teaches: language, reading, word recogntion
CTR Rating: 78%