Oh, the Places You'll Go! Read and Play

$3.99, iPhone, iPad

Teaches: reading, graduation, memory, logic

CTR Rating: 94%

CTR Review

This "enhanced" (2016) version of the original Dr. Seuss classic contains the same story and illustrations as the 2010 edition, with the addition of a hidden star on each page that leads to an activity. In this case the activities have a broader age range, including memory games and a word search that appeal to a broader age range. And you can always skip the activities if you want to stay with the story. There are three modes: Read to Me (the narration starts automatically when a page is swiped), Read it Myself (touch pictures or the text to hear it read or described) and Auto Play (the story is presented, slide-show-style). Each page is turned with the swipe of a finger and illustrated with swooping animation, using a Ken Burns effect to highlight specific scenes. As with other Oceanhouse stories, you can tap any picture to see it labeled - in some cases with the word that zooms right out of the text on the page, creating an excellent early reading experience. The best thing about any Dr. Seuss storybook is that the illustrations are so good, your imagination does the animating.