Lars and Friends
© 2014 Carla Susanto
Beautiful horse-related illustrations are mixed with limited interactive design, in this story app by Brooklyn-based artist Carla Susanto. In the story, children explore fantasy worlds with a horse named Lars. The narration is fair, with no text scaffolding features (but you can hear the text read outloud), but the spring loaded animated hot spots seem rather random and do little to support the narrative. Weaknesses include page-turn buttons that are too small on an iPad mini, and are sometimes unresponsive. Additional content includes a drag and drop jigsaw puzzle game.
iPad
Teaches: reading, horses
CTR Rating: 86%