It’s Spring Break and for lots of families that can mean only one
thing – Road Trip! Making travel time fun is of great importance to parents, so
what better than TWO fun new “trip” themed apps starring beloved author Mercer
Mayer’s Little Critter to help? The
Trip - Little Critter Reading
Adventure and The Trip – Little
Critter GamePak are now available in iTunes, Barnes
& Noble, Amazon,
and Google
Play.
Both apps have been produced by the talented Appy
Award-winner John R. Sansevere (Little Critter: Where is My Frog) and to
celebrate, publisher Silver Dolphin Books has a Little
Critter book, autographed by Mercer Mayer to offer as a
giveaway!
About the Apps!
The Trip – Little Critter Reading
Adventure ($3.99).
Check out the FIVE GOLD STAR review this
app has received from
Here’s just a peek at what Best Apps for
Kids have to say:
Quality: “The beautiful
illustrations, fun characters, interactive scenes and in-app games guarantee
that this app will provide hours of entertainment.”
Education: “The learning
possibilities on this app are endless.”
Entertainment: “There are so
many different games and hidden extras in this game, that it will keep your
child entertained for hours.”
Value: “At only $3.99, this app is the
perfect purchase for your little one. It’s such a fantastic app. There are lots
of in-app games to play, loads of fun facts, heaps to learn and oodles of fun
to be had.”
Child Friendly: “You’ll be able to
hand your tablet over in confidence.”
Based on Mercer Mayer’s classic book of the
same name and featuring his incredible original artwork, The Trip – Little
Critter Reading Adventure invites children to travel along with Little
Critter and his family on an action-packed road trip. Kids can
help Little Critter choose the route the family will take and explore the
countryside, the city, the beach and more; fix the car when it breaks down;
move a horse stuck in the middle of the road; feed the seagulls; and even find
time to grab a hot dog. All this while playing lots of games with Little Sister
along the way to pass the time!
Recommended for ages three to seven, the app emphasizes basic
pre-school and early elementary curriculum. An inventory
collection and selection feature is incorporated, designed to build critical
problem-solving skills; alphabet flashcards hidden on every screen teach and
reinforce letter recognition; and successful completion of six puzzles—including sequence and matching games—unlocks six collectible gems used to play an
arcade-style game. Other features include text highlighting, visual
interactive item clues and professional audio narration and dramatization,
which help to keep non-readers engaged with the story.
The beloved characters,
gentle humor, and solid family values emphasized in Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter book
series remain the same, and now kids can extend that book experience by
engaging with the characters and story in ways that they could not have before.
And guess what, Mercer Mayer likes it too!
“Silver Dolphin Books and producer Jon R. Sansevere
have delivered an amazing extension of my original book,” said Mercer Mayer.
“The storytelling and interactivity have exceeded my expectations, and the
level of engagement between Little Critter and today’s young readers is all
very exciting.”
The Trip – Little Critter GamePak ($3.99)
Kindertown.com, the Educational App
Store for Parents says:
“Free play sticker areas are very well
designed with a blend of discovery as the stickers you choose come to life in
different areas of each scene. Overall a fun app filled with a variety of
learning games.”
Available simultaneously is The Trip – Little Critter GamePak, an extension
of the reading adventure app, which includes over 50 fun and engaging
activities featuring Little Critter. Divided into two sections, the
GamePak includes five game themes including Dot-to-Dot, Mazes, Matching
Pictures and Words, and How Many?
The GamePak also features Digistix – a section that features over
175 digital stickers across five game themes, inspiring the imagination and
fostering creativity. In two special beach and camp activities, Digistix
stickers that are tapped, dragged and dropped into the scenes react differently
depending on where they are placed, enabling kids to move and change the scenes
to create a new adventure every time. Featuring helpful words of encouragement
from Little Critter throughout, The Trip – Little Critter GamePak, is
regularly priced at $3.99, but is available for the first 30 days after release
for $2.99.
And the fun doesn’t stop here! Silver Dolphin Books is celebrating
the release of the apps by launching its YEAR OF FUN CONTEST
at the same time!
Enter Silver Dolphin Books’ YEAR OF FUN contest at the Silver Dolphin
Books Facebook page, and
enter to win FREE kids apps and books for an entire year! Starting April 1,
every week for four weeks, one lucky winner will win every kids app that Silver
Dolphin Books’ launches in 2013. Fun new apps will feature Mercer Mayer’s
Little Critter and Richard Scarry’s Busytown characters; plus some all-new characters
you will love to meet! Each winner will also get to select one FREE book for
every month in 2013 from the Silver Dolphin Books new releases collection. Plus,
you can encourage your friends to sign up for extra entries!
And finally, coming soon to the Silver Dolphin Books blog are six
FREE The Trip – Little Critter-themed activities to download including Dot-to-Dot,
Maze, Word Match, Word Search, Coloring, Spot the Difference.
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To celebrate the new apps, Little Critters if offering a Mercer Mayer autographed copy of the beautifully illustrated Just a Little Critter
Collection, a 176-page hardcover collection of seven Little Critter stories
in one book (SRP: $9.99). Just a Little Critter Collection is the
perfect way to introduce children to Mercer Mayer's tales, with stories
including Just For You, When I Get Bigger, I Was So Mad and All By Myself.
To enter, just fill in the Rafflecopter form
below. This giveaway will end on 4/20/13. The winner
will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to
reply. Thanks again to Little Critters for offering this
fantastic prize.
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