Rudi Rainbow and the Lost Colors
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9/13/2017 A Spanish narration feature has been added. Made in Germanyu, this is a nicely narrated ebook (also called Rudi Rainbow Fun Learning App) playfully brings up the topic of weather and space. You'll find 40 scenes (pages) featuring 14 weather-themed characters with names like Eric Earth, Carl Cloud and Stella Star. As you move through the story, you discover each color of the rainbow along with scientific weather facts ("light from the Sun hits the earth after about eight seconds") and some short games. Some of the pages contain interactive features that can be low in child control (they feel didactic). While the interactive design of this app is limited, the illustrations are good, and there's enough content to keep things interesting. Did you know, for example, that "frogs get louder right before rain?" Need to know: This app could benefit by removing some of the verbal coaching. In addition, fiction and science fiction are readily mixed in the story.
$2.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: weather, science, language, reading, hurricanes
CTR Rating: 80%