For preschoolers here’s a new app – More Trucks! It’s the follow up to Duck Duck Moose’s popular Trucks app. Trucks, introduced in May 2012, has garnered Parents’ Choice and Children’s Technology Editors’ Choice awards and outsold Angry Birds for iPad at launch. The new More Trucks app teaches children about construction, stacking, sequencing and [...]

Do your kids like cooking? Need some new apps to download for those times you need to keep them busy. Here are five free cooking apps for the iPhone. I downloaded all of them for my 4-year-old who loves to play cooking apps on the iTouch. Her two faves are Chinese Food! and Cake Pop [...]

New giveaway! Mercer Mayer will be celebrating his birthday on December 30 and he is signing autographed books to give away. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles, although he is probably best known for his Little Critter® and Little Monster series of books. TO ENTER – simply email [...]

I really like this iPad app When I Grow Up. It’s a new project – targeted for kids between 0-5 years old. Children can develop their vocabulary learning skills and practice reading and writing. There are 5 modes adapted to different ages. This time it’s all about showing some of the professions that the youngest [...]

Here’s a beautiful iPad app. It’s Thumbelina – created by Pogr Art. The interactive book illustrated by Alexander Pogrebniak takes readers on a magic journey through Andersen’s fairy tale. Kids of all ages and adults can enter the magical world of nature and join the brave tiny girl in her whimsical adventures. App Description: A [...]

I recently downloaded a new app that is truly a keeper for the iPad. Punky Dunk and the Goldfish – narrated by Matthew Modine – is based on a children’s book from a century ago. It’s interactive with a Spanish-language option included (Kate del Castillo voices that version). Excerpt from press release: Punky Dunk is [...]

If you adore Miffy and Friends, you’ll adore the iPad app that just launched. Miffy Goes Flying was created in conjunction with Sanoma Media Netherlands and is available in Dutch and English. “Miffy Goes Flying” sells for $4.99 and is suitable for children ages 2 and up. In the app, Miffy goes flying with her [...]

The app reviewed today is called Flutterby Butterflies and is the first one created by FeeFiFoFun. Flutterby Butterflies is an interactive multi-level matching game teaching Colors, ABCs and first rhyming and site words;  designed to prepare toddlers to learn to read. For preschool learners ages 18 months to 6 years. The app features original artwork by legendary [...]

I’ve never heard of the Pip the Penguin books until I downloaded the app Draw Along Pip to the iPad recently. Pip the Penguin has so far sold 600,000 copies in hard cover worldwide, and has been translated into Japanese, Swedish and French. Now it’s an eBook thanks to the development team at Ottawa-based Skyreader. [...]

Today’s app pick is Sarah Little Fairy and Grandma. This story is about a little girl Sarah who learns about Alzheimer’s disease. It’s interactive, has a great educational value and is entertaining. For ages 5-9. The story: Sarah and her family are getting the room ready for Grandma Mary, who is coming to live with [...]

It’s Easter time and so why not download a Peter Rabbit e-book for the kids. The fourth installment of the PopOut! series has arrived. PopOut! The Tale of Benjamin Bunny follows in the footsteps of iTunes Hall of Fame and 2010 Book App of the Year, PopOut! The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Join Peter Rabbit and his [...]

Ever since we got an iPad – the kids have been wanting to use it to read e-books and play games. That’s great since I get to find out about cool new apps. One out now is The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood. My 3-year-old daughter had never heard of the story so it [...]

Here’s a new app that I recommend from Tropisounds. It’s a Book Puzzle App called Emma In Africa which has kept my daughter and son interested all week. The fun app is a short children’s book with sounds and music – plus it has a fun puzzle on each page. The interactive story is about [...]

For years I’ve referred to WebMD.com to look up health topics. I always found the site to be user-friendly. Now they’ve expanded to create the WebMD Baby app. It’s free for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Parents of infants and toddlers can access pediatrician-approved baby health and wellness information anywhere, anytime. WebMD Baby content was [...]

Here’s a cute little app that just came out – The Snow Ball, based on the board book. The preschool book app is for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab devices and features polar bears enjoying their own snow day. There is some interactive animation (bears sledding, snowflakes falling) and [...]