This week in children's apps features Dr. Seuss's Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!, a story about a guest who has overstayed his welcome. Also this week is Animal SnApp: Farm, a storybook from Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo.
Title: Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release date: October 17, 2012
Price: $2.99
Background: In this Dr. Seuss story, young Marvin K. Mooney has overstayed his welcome and the narrator has no shortage of ideas of how Marvin could go. "You can go on stilts. You can go by fish. You can go in a Crunk-Car if you wish."
Features: Professional narration, individual words highlight and are read aloud when tapped, read to me, read it myself and auto play modes.
Title: Animal SnApp: Farm
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Release date: October 17, 2012
Price: $2.99
Background: A storybook from Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo, this app stars Lucky Lamb, Gobbly Goat, Cuddly Cow, Portly Pig, Diggity Dog, and Higgledy Hen.
Features: Unlock six different rhyming stories by completing the top and bottom half of each character, text-highlighting feature, read by myself and read and play modes.