Don't Open Before Christmas
© 2012 Crab Hill Press
Similar to Doyle & Cummings' first ebook, Nash Smasher! this second app once again features a small boy headed for trouble. This time, 8-year-old Seymour can't resist peeking at his Christmas gift. As the story goes, there is a reason we wrap presents and tie them up with bows -- they aren't ready to hatch. When Seymour unwraps a few, things go very wrong. Thanks to the abundant pull tabs and turntable controls found on each page, you get to help Seymour unwrap, and then re-wrap his presents. The message -- good things can take time and patience; rushing can spoil the surprise. Each animated routine is extremely high in child control, which makes an experience children will come back to time and time again. Other features including a playable xylophone on one page, and a read-to-me option. Written by Bill Doyle, and illustrated by Troy Cummings.
$2.99, iPad
Teaches: language, causality
CTR Rating: 95%