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It is now Summer, what a wonderful time, so I bring you news, that will mostly rhyme.

Oceanhouse Media want kids to read, whilst home this season, so thus there's a sale, if you needed a reason. Over twenty apps, now cheaper to get, most down a dollar, others further yet. They're about science concepts, aimed at ages five to eight, featuring the Cat in the Hat, which is pretty great. They'll teach your kids, whilst they rhyme, which is pretty impressive, doing both at the same time.

The list of apps can be found below, just in case you wanted to know:

Books

• A Great Day for Pup: All About Wild Animal Babies


• A Whale of a Tale!: All About Porpoises, Dolphins, and Whales


• Clam-I-Am!: All About  the Beach


• Fine Feathered Friends: All About Birds


• Hurray for Today!: All About Holidays


• I Can Name 50 Trees Today!: All About Trees


• Ice Is Nice!: All About the North and South Poles


• If I Ran the Horse Show: All About Horses


• If I Ran the Rainforest: All About Tropical Rain Forests


• Inside Your Outside : All About the Human Body


• Is a Camel a Mammal?: All About Mammals


• Miles and Miles of Reptiles: All About Reptiles


• My, Oh My-A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies


• Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?: All About Dinosaurs


• Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants


• Oh, the Pets You Can Get!: All About Our Animal Friends


• On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects


• There’s No Place Like Space!: All About Our Solar System


• There’s a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps


• Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry?: All About Deserts


• Wish for a Fish: All About Sea Creatures

• Little Critter Collection #1


• Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1


• Berenstain Bears Collection #1


• Outside Your Door! Learning Library Collection

The storybook application “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” is based on the original book by Theodor Geisel – most commonly known as Dr. Seuss. As with many of Seuss’ early books, there isn’t much “story” to this story, yet the clever, poetic lyrics and fantastical creatures aptly capture the imagination and wonderment of readers of all ages. For early readers, “One Fish…” keeps their attention through clever rhyme and offers lessons through word association and word comprehension. Further, the design of this colorful ebook application reinforces these lessons by highlighting words as they are narrated. Also, when objects are touched, they are identified by both spoken and written word. I appreciate how this application has a lot of movement with panning across each page for a more detailed look at different illustrations. The original artwork and text by Seuss work well in the iPhone/Touch format, and even better on the iPad. I was thrilled to learn it’s a two-in-one deal, since the one application works for both the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad.