Cat and Mouse in Partnership iBigToy 4+

Spoiler warning

A cat and mouse buy a snack and save it for a rainy day except the cat sneaks off to eat it every few days. Then when the mouse wants to go with the cat to eat it, it’s empty of course. The mouse confronts the cat that she must’ve eaten it all and the cat lashed out and eats the mouse too. End of story.

I was hoping there’d be a happy ending for my little ones.

The original story, The Little Prince, is easily one of my favorites. Sadly, this story is a really, really horrible adaptation. The language is not even close to the original story. It is an over simplification of the timeless classic. The narrator character is completely missing, yet in the original, it is the dynamics of the narrator versus the Little Prince that is such a hallmark of the story and so integral to it as well. I was torn though in giving it a one star rating given the art is actually beautiful but although the art is a much better adaptation of the original art it is still vastly different and misses capturing the feel of the original artwork...also very integral to the story. Unfortunately I'd never recommend this adaptation to anyone and only wish I could get my money back...the only value I can see is that I've paid to be a warning to others.

The artwork in the "book" is really beautiful to look at while reading my son the story, but I do wish I hadn't paid the $2.99 for it! There's not nearly enough interactive features on the pages - the description says just about everything on the pages is interactive but not even 1/4 of the items are. There really needs to be more for kids to touch and do if it's going to be labeled as interactive. Also, the voice reading the story in English is too slow.