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UK-Tortoise and the Hare - interactive storybook in British English and French

by  Wanderful, Inc.
Rated:All Ages
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Price: $4.99
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Languages Supported: English, French

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Latest updates

What's new in version 1.3
  • Removed the need to download additional files after installation, the first time the App is run.
  • Fixed some minor compatibility issues with certain devices.

Product Details

Release Date: 2013
Date first listed on Amazon: July 24, 2013
Developed By: Wanderful, Inc.
ASIN: B00E3IXNWW

Product features

  • Story is in both UK English and French - change language from any page
  • Over 500 interactive words in each language
  • Virtually every item on each page comes to life when tapped
  • Two modes: "Read to Me" and the fully interactive "Let Me Play"
  • Multiple settings to customize the App for your child's reading experience

Product description

• A fully interactive storybook for young and emerging readers - in British English and French
• Based on the award winning titles originally published by Living Books
• Great for early learners to help teach words, word sounds, and sentences

Have you ever wished you could play inside a story and really interact with all the characters and words? Now you can! The Tortoise and the Hare is an imaginative and interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike.

Wanderful brings every page of this classic Aesop's fable to life and tailored to UK English, with all characters speaking with a British accent. Read and play along as the Tortoise proves that slow and steady wins the race. Join him as he accepts the much faster Hare's challenge to a race - one that doesn't turn out exactly as the Hare had planned.

KEY FEATURES:
• Story is in both UK English and French - change language from any page
• Over 500 interactive words in each language
• 12 fully interactive pages of word play
• Virtually every item on each page comes to life when tapped
• A hidden animated surprise on each page - see if you can find Ruppert the dragonfly
• Move between pages with swipe or with scrolling page navigation
• Multiple settings to customize the App for your child's reading experience
• Two modes: "Read to Me" and the fully interactive "Let Me Play"
• Parental tips to help you get the most out of this Wanderful interactive storybook
• Learning resources include a 31 page overview of Classroom Activities and a free preview of the Tortoise and the Hare Classroom Activities guide
• The full 47 page Classroom Activities guide is also available

Wanderful's goal is to bring outstanding interactive storybooks to a new generation of children. We hope The Tortoise and the Hare provides your family, children and students with hours of story play.

The Tortoise and the Hare is credited to Greek storyteller Aesop (620-564 BC). This version is retold by Living Books creator Mark Schlichting. The characters were designed by Michael Dashow and backgrounds were painted by Barbara Lawrence, each an original Living Books team member.

Privacy Disclosure
Wanderful creates engaging interactive storybooks for children that are educational, fun, and above all safe and appropriate. This app:
• does not collect any information
• does not contain ads
• contains an in-app purchase for German story content
• includes active links to websites or social networks, but ONLY from the PARENTS and TEACHERS pages, not from the storybook pages
• uses analytics to improve our app experience but only in aggregate and never with personally identifiable data

Technical details

Size: 66.5MB
Version: 1.3
Developed By: Wanderful, Inc. ( Privacy Policy )
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access information about networks
  • Open network sockets
  • Read from external storage
  • READ_INTERNAL_STORAGE
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Write to external storage
  • Write data to internal storage
Minimum Operating System: Android 2.3.3
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

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