What's New

Bug fix and Optimizations

App Description

“I remembered, Mama had said there were giants, strong and tall, and that one was looking after me. I needed to see one, to believe.”
A young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, strives to find the giant that her mother promised would look after her. But there are no such things as giants-not real giants . . . or are there? She wants so desperately to believe that it seems as if she's always just missed one. Can she dream her larger-than-life guardian into reality? While she dreams, life on the farm with her father goes on. With lyrical prose her story unfolds-the seasons change, crops are planted, summer turns to fall, and the harvest is brought in. Throughout, one constant remains. The young girl does have a giant looking out for her. He's been with her all along.

The Giant is a part of the Auracle line from Auryn Inc. The app is based on Claire Ewart’s book by the same name.

Key features include
★Personalisation of picture, voice and text:
★Kids can become their own narrator or listen to their parents narrate the book.
★Interactivity allows kids to personalize the sentence, create new action words and sharpen their vocabulary skills

Features on each page
★Image and word association vocabulary builder - when an image is touched the associated word is spoken and the written word displayed.
★Karaoke effect - when a word is spoken during narration then the word is highlighted.
★Touch a word to hear it being spoken.

Three ways to read the book.
★"Read to me" - Listen to the narrated story while the text is displayed Karaoke style. After the narration finishes on a page the child can interact with objects till they are ready to move to the next page.
★"Read myself" - There is no narration but the child can touch a word to hear it being spoken aloud.
★"Auto Play" - same as "Read to Me" except the page advances automatically once the narration is finished. Useful for those long car rides when you want the child to have a complete book experience.

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The Giant is a bedtime story for children about a young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, who strives to find the giant that her mom promised would take care of her; written by Claire Ewart. (iPh screenshot 1 The Giant is a bedtime story for children about a young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, who strives to find the giant that her mom promised would take care of her; written by Claire Ewart. (iPh screenshot 2 The Giant is a bedtime story for children about a young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, who strives to find the giant that her mom promised would take care of her; written by Claire Ewart. (iPh screenshot 3 The Giant is a bedtime story for children about a young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, who strives to find the giant that her mom promised would take care of her; written by Claire Ewart. (iPh screenshot 4 The Giant is a bedtime story for children about a young girl, grieving the loss of her mother, who strives to find the giant that her mom promised would take care of her; written by Claire Ewart. (iPh screenshot 5

App Changes

  • July 18, 2012 Initial release
  • July 21, 2012 New version 1.0.1
  • August 20, 2012 New version 1.0.2
  • November 22, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • November 27, 2012 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • December 21, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • December 28, 2012 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • December 29, 2012 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • January 03, 2013 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • January 21, 2013 New version 1.0.3
  • February 14, 2013 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $1.99
  • March 25, 2013 Price decrease: $1.99 -> FREE!
  • March 26, 2013 Price increase: FREE! -> $1.99

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