What's New

Bug fix and Optimizations

App Description

Winter is a part of the Auracle line from Auryn. The app is based on Ann Dixon’s book by the same name, illustrated by Mindy Dwyer.

Winter is white. Winter is cold. Winter is dark. Winter is bright. Winter is so many things, especially to a little one eagerly awaiting sledding, ice-skating, and other joys of the season. "Winter is" brings a child's anticipation of winter to life, with simple, evocative verse and delicate watercolor paintings of winter's wonders. A celebration of the many pleasures of the season, "Winter is" is a classic winter story for bedtime, or anytime a child may be dreaming of snowflakes. Each double-page illustration teams with a short poem highlighting the delights of winter: ice crystals on a window, jumping into a drift, snow angels, northern lights, dogs running, bears sleeping and holiday dreaming under a quilt.

Key features include

★Personalization of 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

★ 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.

All three ways of reading can be played in your own voice with personalized text in every sentence.
★ Features on each page
★Professional narration by a 10 year old boy
★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.

iPhone Screenshots

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Winter Is: teach your child about the joys of the winter season in this interactive kid's book by Ann Dixon (iPhone version; Auryn App) screenshot 1 Winter Is: teach your child about the joys of the winter season in this interactive kid's book by Ann Dixon (iPhone version; Auryn App) screenshot 2 Winter Is: teach your child about the joys of the winter season in this interactive kid's book by Ann Dixon (iPhone version; Auryn App) screenshot 3 Winter Is: teach your child about the joys of the winter season in this interactive kid's book by Ann Dixon (iPhone version; Auryn App) screenshot 4 Winter Is: teach your child about the joys of the winter season in this interactive kid's book by Ann Dixon (iPhone version; Auryn App) screenshot 5

App Changes

  • June 13, 2014 Initial release