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Magic Ink – The Night Before Christmas – Featured App

Magic Ink - The Night Before Christmas

Experience The Night Before Christmas in a way you have never experienced it before – through Magic Ink Books™ beautiful rendition of the classic Christmas poem.

Features:

✦ Use Magic Ink to to color in pages and reveal beautiful color illustrations
✦ Find the carolling mice hidden on every color page (starring The Duke’s Men)
✦ Launch secret animations and sounds
✦ Watch Santa’s sleigh fly into the distance
✦ See Santa shoot up the chimney
✦ Read to Me: Choose a narrator (male or female) to read the book to you
✦ Read it Myself
✦ 1 Purchase gets you both iPhone/iPod and iPad versions!

Magic Ink - The Night Before Christmas - Magic Ink Books

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Twas The Night 3D, Christmas Experience – Featured App

Twas The Night 3D, Christmas ExperienceThe classic story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore brought to you with the beautifully artwork of Greg Hildebrandt enhanced into 3D pop-up that you can really move around.

✭ Pull up a chair, sit by the crackling fireplace and see Santa the way you remember him as a child, touch his belly to make him laugh.
✭ Move the reindeer to make Santa’s sleigh fly through the sky.
✭ Touch the sugarplums and make them dance.
✭ Includes beautiful illustrations by one of the great artist/illustrators of the last 40 years, Greg Hildebrandt beautifully restored from the original print negatives and then revitalized into an innovative 3D pop-up presentation that you control.

Twas The Night 3D, Christmas Experience - FlyingWord, Inc.

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The Happy Elf StoryChimes – Featured App

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*Written by Grammy Award winner Harry Connick, Jr.!

ABOUT THE HAPPY ELF

Eubie is the happiest elf at the North Pole. More than anything else, he longs to be a part of Santa’s sleigh team. Instead, he’s stuck checking Santa’s lists. Until one Christmas Eve he sees something strange: In the whole town of Bluesville, not a single person has been nice. So with a pinch of elfish magic and a magical whoosh, Eubie’s off to Bluesville. But can he turn a whole town of children nice in just one day?
Based on the beloved holiday song “The Happy Elf” by Grammy Award winner Harry Connick, Jr., and with vibrant illustrations from Dan Andreasen, The Happy Elf is a new holiday classic for the entire family.

FEATURES:
- Now includes a match game!
- Karaoke like text scroll (highlights red as you read)
- Bookmarking to pick up where you left off
- Read at your own pace without audio and scroll text
- Facebook integration
- E-mail a friend about the App
- Help menu
- Large page turn area
- 3D page turn provides a tactile “feel”
- Beautiful illustrations
- Great music

The Happy Elf StoryChimes - Siena Entertainment, LLC

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Violet’s The Night Before Christmas – Featured App

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In this modern take on the classic holiday poem “The Night Before Christmas,” Violet’s alter-ego Phantom Girl investigates her surprising Christmas Eve visitor. Readers can interact with the story as she and Phantom, her little black dog, meet Santa Claus and find out what a jolly man he is.

Read and interact as Violet reinvents this holiday tradition in storytelling.

Boys and girls alike will have a blast playing with and searching for the many exciting animated interactions contained within this amusing tale of a little girl with a BIG imagination.

After reading the story, head on over to our website to enjoy Violet coloring book pages, Violet games, and an interactive sketchpad for creating your own artwork.

While visiting our website, learn more about Violet, her family and her little dog Phantom.

Features:
• Beautifully hand-drawn illustrations by award winning artist, Allison Keeme
• Pop-up and interactive animations on every page!
• Page curl navigation
• Read-to-Me function
• Audio On/Off option for three classic holiday songs
• Three classic holiday songs to choose from as background musical score
• Bonus online materials at http://www.myblackdogbooks.com
• This is an story animated and illustrated for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
• The first Special Edition Christmas book in the Violet Storybook Series

Violet's The Night Before Christmas - Interactive Storybook - My Black Dog Books, LLC

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Michael Garland’s ‘An Elf for Christmas’ – Featured App

Michael Garland's 'An Elf for Christmas'

Giant Atom is the creator of the Top 10 iPad app ‘Icarus Swinebuckle’. We now bring to you a special Christmas story by the New York Times Best Selling Author Michael Garland.For ages 2-6.

Originally published as a hardcover book by Dutton Children’s Books. Now brought to you by Giant Atom as an iPad app with extended features.

At Santa’s workshop a hardworking but exhausted elf named Tingle, falls asleep in a toy plane he has helped to build. The plane is boxed and wrapped with him snoozing in the cockpit. Unknowingly Santa delivers the package to a boy named Joey. On Christmas morning, Tingle finds himself face to face with this excited boy. After several close calls with the family dog, the elf manages to escape up a chimney and tries to fly the plane back to the North Pole. Another mishap occurs, but a friendly polar bear comes to the rescue and delivers Tingle to Santa’s door.

Features:

*Written and Illustrated by New York Times Best Selling Author Michael Garland
*Read-A-Long with highlighted words
*Narration by P.J. Brennan
*Video Pages
*Page flip technology
*Auto Read On/Off
*Record your own voice

Michael Garland's 'An Elf for Christmas' - Giant Atom


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Peekaboo Presents – Featured App

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse….that is except for the present bouncing under the Christmas tree! In this festive new addition to the Peekaboo series there are 13 different gifts hiding inside the present ready to delight your little one. Unwrap a chugging choo-choo train, a friendly dinosaur, dancing pajamas and more!

This merry app is both fun-filled and educational. With younger children work on repeating sounds effects and names and when playing with older children listen to the sound effects coming from the present and see if they can guess which gift is hiding inside. Each present name is written out which also allows the opportunity to practice reading and letter recognition.

FEATURES INCLUDE

- Tap the bouncing present to unwrap 13 different gifts, each with unique sounds and actions
-Choose from our cute 4 year old child narrator or the adult voice, for a clearer and correct pronunciation
-Original music and fun sound effects that correspond with the presents’ actions
-Hear and see the words repeated for each item, helping children both learn to say and spell the names
-Select looped mode for endless play or storybook mode- which ends with a glimpse of Santa and all the presents sleeping – perfect for bedtime!

Peekaboo Presents - Night & Day Studios, Inc.

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Saint Nick and the Space Nicks – Featured App

Saint Nick and the Space Nicks - An Intergalactic Christmas Tale

Saint Nick and the Space Nicks” is written by Richard Chase Mears and illustrated and produced by Bill Westerfield. If Clement Clark Moore‘s ‘The Night before Christmas’ and Dr. Seuss were to have a child, this would be it! With Richard’s smart and snappy writing and Bill’s whimsically detailed illustrations, they have created a wonderful new spin to the traditional Christmas story. Space Nicks is wonderfully narrated by the celebrated Robert Krulwich.

‘Space Nicks’ tells the story of how St. Nick meets Venick from Venus. Venick is a strange purple creature with long purple hair and is dressed exactly like St. Nick. Venick tells him that while delivering his own toys on Venus he tripped on a star and tumbled from near to afar, ending up lost here on Earth. Fearing he will not be able to complete his task, he asks for help. When St. Nick says yes, a whole new world of Christmas opens up to them.

Follow St. Nick and Venick as they travel through space and meet all the Space Nicks! It’s an adventure you won’t forget and reminds you whenever you’re lost, look to the sky, to the heavens above, there are billions of stars that sparkle with love!

This storybook app features plenty of interactive buttons, visible and hidden, that trigger animations, draggable objects and silly sound effects that kids will love!

Saint Nick and the Space Nicks - An Intergalactic Christmas Tale - Stubborn Pixel, LLC

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Christmas Tale HD – Free App of the Day

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★★★ Voted the Very Best Multimedia Book for 2011 Christmas! ★★★

Christmas Tale brings the holiday spirit to you and your children, unfolding Christmas events as you move through the pages. Come and meet Santa at his home in the North Pole and join him as he brings joy and happiness to all the children of the world.

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN:
Visit Santa’s home and help Santa, his wife and the family of elves count the days, hours and minutes till Christmas.

CHRISTMAS PIANO:
Find the Christmas tree in the family living room. Decorate the tree and you’ll find that the ornaments’ bells are a Christmas piano.
When your decorations are complete take a screenshot of your tree and send it to your family and friends via email.

CHRISTMAS WISH LIST:
Compose your Christmas wish list and store it inside the app. When ready, you can send it via email.
Use the “Send to Santa” feature to articulate the holistic notion of a wish.

Features:
★ Fantastic HD illustrations covering all book pages.
★ Numerous, engaging and fun activities on every page – reveal an enchanting reading experience never seen before on iPad/iPhone.
★ Take your time and find all the joyful interactions in every page. For assistance choose “Tips” from the menu and reveal all the hidden features.
★ “Read to Me” – reads the story to you as you turn the pages
★ “Auto Play” – reads the story to you and automatically flips the pages.

Christmas Tale HD - TabTale LTD

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Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure By Nickelodeon – Featured App

Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure

** DORA’S CHRISTMAS IS THE TOP RATED EDUCATIONAL GAME IN OVER 15 COUNTRIES!

Experience Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure like you never have before! This interactive episode brings the experience of reading, watching and playing together in one fun-filled App. Join Dora as she helps Swiper get on Santa’s nice list and as they travel through time to learn the true spirit of Christmas. The app features activities, animation, songs, and is narrated by Dora herself!

*Play several interactive activities and mini-games designed for preschoolers
*Supports reading and listening comprehension and Spanish vocabulary
*Teaches wonderful lessons on sharing and the spirit of Christmas
*Features a special Christmas song sung by Dora that users can interact with
*Preschoolers can listen to Dora’s narration of the story or turn narration off and read together with their parents.
*The iPad version features stunning HD graphics

iPhone: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure - Nickelodeon   iPad: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure HD - Nickelodeon

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer- Win This App!

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

WIN THE RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER APP!

We all love Rudolph. And now you can enter to win this wonderful book app!

WORKS ON IPHONE, IPAD AND ITOUCH.

Click here for a chance to enter! 

ABOUT THE APP:  All the other reindeer make fun of Rudolph’s bright red nose and won’t let him play in their reindeer games. But when Christmas is almost cancelled because of a huge snowstorm, Rudolph comes to Santa’s rescue!

Like Rudolph himself, this omBook is special. It includes custom music, background audio, enlarged artwork for each scene, and authentic audio clips from the timeless 1964 TV special! The app also includes special effects for Rudolph’s glowing nose and falling snow!

To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read. By combining the original text and beautiful artwork with features that entertain and promote reading, this omBook appeals to readers of all ages.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Oceanhouse Media

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