This week in apps features a pair of Dr. Seuss apps: The Lorax and Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur? Also this week is Polar Bear Horizon, which tells of a polar bear and her two cubs heading for the sea. Cocoons and Caterpillars lets players join Stella and Sam as they discover the wonders of nature. Finally, there is a pair of Disney apps: The Lion King: Timon's Tale, which retells the classic story with the mischevious meerkat, and Tangled: Storybook Deluxe, the story of Rapunzel and her life outside the tower.
Title: The Lorax
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release date: February 4, 2012
Price: $3.99
Background: Dr. Seuss's classic story about the Lorax trying to save the Truffula Forest and its inhabitants from the factory owner.
Features: Professional narration, background audio, enlarged artwork. Individual words are highlighted to promote reading. Read to me, read it myself, and auto play modes.
Title: Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur?
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release date: February 22, 2012
Price: $3.99
Background: Players join the Cat in the hat on an expedition millions of years back in time to find dinosaur fossils, then travel to the modern day Super Dino Museum, where they discover amazing facts about dinosaurs.
Features: Professional narration, background audio, enlarged artwork. Individual words are highlighted to promote reading. Read to me, read it myself, and auto play modes. Search each page for hidden information cards from Thing One and Thing Two.
Title: Polar Bear Horizon - Smithsonian Oceanic Collection
Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
Release date: February 22, 2012
Price: $0.99
Background: Players learn about the long and dangerous journey of a mother polar bear and her two cubs to get to the sea. How will Polar Bear find food and protect her hungry cubs?
Features: Professional narration, background audio, enlarged artwork. Individual words are highlighted to promote reading. Read to me, read it myself, and auto play modes.
Title: Cocoons and Caterpillars: A Stella and Sam Adventure
Publisher: zinc Roe
Release date: February 21, 2012
Price: $2.99
Background: Play along with Stella and Sam and their dog Fred as they discover the joy of nature's shifting shapes and hidden identities.
Features: Color the wings of a butterfly, sing along with the songbirds, and trace out pictures in the clouds. Quick navigation by chapter and game. Support for English and French.
Title: The Lion King: Timon's Tale
Publisher: Disney Publishing
Release date: February 23, 2012
Price: $4.99
Background: Follow along as Timon, the freewheeling meerkat, retells the classic Disney story of young Simba's journey from cub to king.
Features: Roar with King Mufasa, snatch grubs with Timon, draw with Rafiki, swing with Pumbaa.
Title: Tangled: Storybook Deluxe
Publisher: Disney Publishing
Release date: February 23, 2012
Price: $6.99
Background: Rapunzel has never left her tower in the woods. One day, a thief named Flynn discovers her and the unlikely pair sets off on a journey across the kingdom.
Features: Follow along, read and explore, record your own voice modes. Coloring and puzzle pages. Quick thinking "Floating Lanterns" swipe-and-play games.
