Grandma's Great Gourd 1.0
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HOLIDAY SALE! A storybook app rich in play opportunities for the whole family, featured on: Common Sense Media's "Best Book Apps for Kids" list. Winner Tech with Kids "Best Pick App" award; a Teachers with Apps "Badge of Excellence"; a Children's Technology Review's "New & Noteworthy App. ***** You will get 4 rich experiences in your one-time download: READ: An animated, interactive adventure story rich in gameplay, based on a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 children's picture book "Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale," retold by best-selling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and vibrantly illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters. Story mode features interactive gardening and gourd rolling mini-games, as well as text-highlighting and auto-play mode. ROLL: Play a rollicking, physics-based mini-game inspired by the story as you roll Grandma through the forest & unlock powerful gourds of different shapes and sizes! Created with input from STEM educators. RECORD: Story and Sound Effects Studios where you can create custom narrations & play with literary elements such as alliteration and onomatopoeia. Your child will love hearing his/her voice in the story and game. Parents, teachers, and grandparents can also use this feature to translate and record the story in another language; a great tool for bilingual homes and classrooms! EXPLORE: Take a virtual field trip to South Asia to get a taste of its food, art, music, language, and clothing with our maps and In-App videos! - Language: How do you say Grandma around the world? - Dress: Learn to put on a sari! - Animals: Meet the wildlife of the Sundarbans Forest - Art: Discover Alpona, a traditional art form - Food: Make "Puffed Rice Stars" with Chef Rama Ginde and her little helper! PLUS: An original music score and voiceover by award-winning composer and voice artist Kamala Sankaram, recognized as "one of "10 cutting edge artists that have captured the imagination" (WQXR) and strikingly original (The New York Times). ****** App Features: - Read by Myself and Auto Read for Me modes - Text highlighting - Interactive Gardening mini-game - Physics-inspired mini-game, created with input of science educators - Recording Studio great for language localization for classrooms or bilingual homes - Free curriculum connections guide for educators and parents - No In-App Purchases; one time download - All text in Castledown, a dyslexic-friendly font recognized by Wired magazine as a font designed to help kids learn to read and write - Great for traveling: No Internet connection needed to run app or play In-App videos Recommended Ages: 3-8 Categories: Book, Classics, Folklore, Reading, Literature, Picture Books, Kirkus Award Winner Please SHARE YOUR REVIEW of Grandma's Great Gourd below. We want to hear what you think! ******** CONNECT WITH US Follow us on Twitter: @LitSafariApps Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/meetgrandma Website: www.grandmasgourd.com E-mail us at support@literarysafari.com ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Grandma's Great Gourd is a production of Literary Safari, creators of award-winning storybook & literacy apps Dentist Bird: A West African Folktale ("Fast-paced fun that will keep children coming back for more" School Library Journal) and HangArt ("Rich in bite-size bits of interactions ... promotes cooperative play" The New York Times). Literary Safari is a proud member of the interdisciplinary coalition Diversity in Apps/Children's Media Diversity Initiative which supports the creation of inclusive, equitable, and diverse children s media. We are also a member of Know What's Inside, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeing to promote quality apps for kids and families. Subscribe to our mailing list at www.literarysafari.com for news about new apps and updates!
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
About Grandma's Great Gourd
Grandma's Great Gourd is a paid app for iOS published in the Reference Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops Grandma's Great Gourd is LITERARY SAFARI INC. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0.
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