[Web4lib] The Surprise > First Children's Picture Book For A Mobile Phone

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

>>> Away We Go..... Vroooooom <<<

 

Winged Chariot Press has published The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen,
which tells the story of a sheep which makes a gift for a friend, on the
iPhone. 

 

[The Book > A story with only two words - the title. A book so
delightful and quirky we are sure you'll fall in love with it.]

 

Parents can download The Surprise for 59p ($ .99) direct to their
iPhones, and children can follow the illustrations on the
touch-sensitive screens.

 

[snip]

 

Martin Salisbury, a children's literature expert and illustrator , said:
"Overcoming my innate fear of the screen and lifelong attachment to the
turning of the printed page, I was pleasantly surprised by the ease and
elegance with which it was translated into this digital form.

 

Rebecca Green, project manager for the National Literacy Trust, said:
"New technologies, such as this picture book App for mobile phones,
offer interesting and unusual mediums for busy parents to share books
together with their children.

 

"Sharing books together is a vital way to foster a love of reading in
your child from an early age; and this, in turn, is one of the best ways
to ensure their future success when they arrive at primary school and
beyond

 

Links TO Source / Preview From/For iPhone And Link To iPhone App Store /
Sample Pages From Printed Book / Support Document (Includes B/W
Illustrations) Available From 

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/lde69c  ]

 

BTW: Thanks To Graham Titley For The HeadsUp !!!

 

EnJOY!

 

BTW-2: Are Calculus Textbooks for SmartPhones Not Far Behind ... ? [:-)]


 

/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

 

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed /

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