With a Few Bricks
© 2016 Vincent Godeau
Inspired by a real printed popup book (by Vincent Godeau), this innovative digital rendition consists of ten clever interactive scenes that involve a young boy and his developing emotions. In the story, the boy eats bricks and discovers he has created a fortified castle around his heart. Eventually his feelings overflow and the bricks are used to make a house for all to share. "The little boy couldn't keep this heart for him alone. He had to share it." The story is an abstract presentation on identity-building, and is loaded with abstract concepts like passion, strength of personality and "moving purity." These are some big ideas that most children won't understand. But a few might. Most noteworthy is the way you interact with each page and the powerful simplicity of the illustrations. In one scene you sketch a brick for the boy to eat, in another you tilt the screen to flood the castle. There's a limited amount of content behind the innovative first menu. The book was first published as a pop-up book by the French publishing house L’Agrume. The Digital adaptation, produced by Cléa Dieudonné, is based on ideas imagined with Mathilde Fournier. The original idea was created for the MICE Junior contest at the children's press and book fair of Montreuil, France.
$1.99, iPad
Teaches: language, fine motor control
CTR Rating: 90%