This week in children's apps, we feature one app that allows kids to travel the world with an international adventurer, two apps that explore the world of the dinosaurs, and another that takes users for a ride with a very famous cat.
Publisher: Scholastic
Release Date: Dec. 30, 2013
Price: $1.99
Background: Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, editor of the "famouse" newspaper The Rodent's Gazette. Ride along with Geronimo in the Metamouse submarine and collect power-ups and lots of cheese.
Features: Write an article for The Rodent's Gazette, Create a Mouse Avatar, create a scene with Geronimo and his friends, and save it to your tablet or phone.
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release Date: Jan. 20, 2014
Price: $2.59
Background: Join Stegosaurus as she awakes from a deep sleep and sets off to find food for herself before her nest of eggs hatch. Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and personalize the story with your own narration. Your kids will love this glimpse into the lives of fascinating prehistoric creatures as amazing, full-color illustrations bring the adventure to life.
Features: Tappable words and pictures, record your own narration, full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release Date: Feb. 5, 2014
Price: $2.99
Background: Follow along as the Berenstain Bears visit the Bearsonian Museum when a real dinosaur dig is taking place. What sort of fossils will they find? A Stegosaurus? A Spinosaurus? The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex?
Features: Select-a-scene navigation, record and share your own narration, tappable words and pictures.
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release Date: Feb. 12, 2014
Price: $3.99
Background: Come along with the Cat in the Hat in this interactive book app as he takes Sally and Nick to the Super-Tremendous-Studependous Horse Show to teach them about all things horses.
Features: Interact with diagrams and glossary words, two ways to read, fun facts about 13 of the most popular horse breeds.
