Chicken Little Review

Chicken Little is the wonderful new Kidztory interactive storybook by Stepworks, adding to their already impressive catalog of classic children's tales. I must admit that I am a huge fan of Kidztory's stories. The quality they bring to their apps is top-notch, beautifully illustrated, and my son and I love to tap on the characters to hear them talk. Their series of classic stories always instills positive messages without being preachy or heavy-handed. Chicken Little is no exception here, and is a rich and fun re-telling of the classic tale about a tightly-wound chicken who believes that the sky is falling...or is it? Nevertheless, all of chicken’s friends get involved, as well as a not-so-friendly character. Choose either to read along with narration or to read this storybook by yourself.

We have a lot of fun with interactivity of Chicken Little and the Kidztory storybooks apps in general. I love that you can tap every character in this book to hear them make their animal noises. What I especially enjoy is the different ranges of emotions these animal display from these animal noises alone. Although they may not speak actual words when tapped, their feelings in the moment are loud and clear and very cleverly done.

I appreciate that old friends from the other stories are woven into this tale, becoming very important characters in the story. This story definitely stands alone and can be enjoyed as a first Kidztory app, but my experience was greatly enriched with my knowledge of previous characters and stories.

I recommend Chicken Little to anyone who enjoys a good story, any age children or adults. I look forward to the release of Kidztory storybook apps the way others looked forward to the iPad launching, and I hope they continue to make more and more of these storybooks.