Halloween is getting close and with it come the usual paraphernalia of the season. This years largest Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, brought some extra vampire gadgets for kids who love books and especially digital books. One of Germanys largest publishers, the Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, presents its beloved childrens book series Little Vampie as interactive app for the Apple iPad. The story about a tiny little vampire and his best friend, Mrs. Lizzie, is the first of four episodes to be released on the App Store and comes ready with a lot of fun animations to be discovered and more extras. The subsequent three volumes are to be published by the end of the year.
A huge success in the German-speaking world, this digital transport has the power to recruit readers from other parts of the world. The first volume is available in German and English, and comes ready with English to German vocabulary support perfect for those young ones who are trying to improve their second language skills. Designed and produced by zuuka, the worlds larges publisher of childrens storybook apps, the goal of the project is clear: an educationally valuable app that is perfectly fit for the emerging, bilingual reader an app that is fun and offers variety no matter how often it is being perused.
A readers voice accompanies the text and jumps in whenever a break is needed: The pages will turn as the voice guides through the story about Little Vampie and its fabulous adventures. To check on your own reading improvement, there is a record-your-own-voice function that can be played back to add even more fun to browsing through the text! The funny bar on top of the text keeps track of how much text has already been read, and thanks to the option of up to ten individual bookmarks one can never get lost within the app. Last but not least the awesome puzzle and coloring area will convince even the toughest critic: Once the jigsaw puzzle is solved, the users are led to the ingenious paint book with brushes and colors to select and paint their own interpretation of Little Vampie, save and share it with family and friends.
Available on the App Store from October 12th and for just USD 4,99 as a Halloween special until October 31st. From November 1st the app is USD 5,99.
About zuuka
zuuka is the worlds largest publisher of mobile childrens entertainment apps with offices in Offenbach, Germany and Santa Barbara, US. zuuka utilizes the largely successful iStoryTime name as its flagship label and joint brand. With more than 130 Apps available in 80 countries from clients such as DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, The Jim Henson Company, Thienemann, Carlsen, arsEdition, Harper Collins and Random House, zuuka provides content owners a distribution channel for delivering childrens content on a global scale. zuuka is available on Apples iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as well as a wide range of Android devices through the Google and Amazon Android marketplaces and soon will be available on Android tablets.
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