Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Bo Zaunders, photographer, author and illustrator. A couple of weeks ago I did a review on this blog about his storybook app, The Artist, Mortimer. When did you decide to become an author and what impact has this had on your life? Bo Zaunders: From being an art […]
April is Autism Awareness month and a wonderful time to not only recognize this great cause but to also learn about interactive apps for children with this disability. Interactive apps are fun and educational for all children but research has shown that autistic children benefit from the touch reaction associated with interactive apps. The interest […]
Simple, uncluttered and amusing are the three words that come to mind in review of Bo Zaunder’s Interactive storybook app, The Artist, Mortimer. It is a story of an artist and how he loves to paint more than anything else in the world and a problem that he has to overcome to be able to […]
On March 9, 2013, we had our second Sketchbook event for Southern Breeze, SCBWI illustrators to the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Ga. Being a native of Atlanta ,I have many memories of going there as a child. It has always been a place of wonder and magic to me and I have enjoyed sharing it […]
Children’s book author, Nessa Morris has written her book, Reaching For Rainbows and shares with us her experience as a librarian for the visually impaired. The book is a story about a little blind girl named Angela and how she teaches her friend Betsy to see by using color. Using a color concept, Ms. Morris […]
For this week’s blog, I had the pleasure of interviewing Heather Dickinson, author and illustrator of children’s books, from Manchester, England. 1. When did you decide to become an author and what impact has this had on your life? Heather: I can’t remember a time when I didn’t jot down stories or ideas. When I […]
Anyone that has been around children know how they get bored very easily. Roxie’s Doors is a kids’ interactive activity IPad App and offers an immediate remedy for bored children. The app reminds me of children’s books that are written with the idea of search and find. The ones I have seen are usually large […]
http://youtu.be/_PI4AbjOqR8 The popularity of apps continues to explode on the horizon of technology. Almost anything you can imagine and then some you can find through an app. A new app for children is being introduced , February 21, 2013. I was privileged to preview it and must say it is one of the cutest and […]
A new digital children’s book, People Are Like Lollipops, has recently been made available in IBooks on IPad and on Kindle. The author, Annie Fox, M.Ed, has over thirty years experience writing and teaching educational content for children. She originally wrote and illustrated People Are Like Lollipops in 1971 as an undergraduate at Cornell […]
I have always been fascinated with apps in general since they first were introduced to me through my IPhone and IPad. My grandchildren have always been fascinated with technology and my youngest grandson was learning his shapes and colors from an app when he was only a year and a half. I found storybook […]
