http://blogs.slj.com/touchandgo/2012/07/26/where-do-balloons-go-ask-jamie-lee-curtis/ A School Library Journal Blog Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/touchandgo/2012/07/26/where-do-balloons-go-ask-jamie-lee-curtis/#comment-11641 September 2012 Reviews: Best of Apps & Enhanced Books | School Library Journal Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:52:10 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/touchandgo/?p=3843#comment-11641 [...] Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery. Jamie Lee Curtis. illus. by Laura Cornell. Auryn, Inc. iOS, requires 4.3 or later. 2012. Version: 1.0.1. $ 5.99. PreS-Gr 3 -Curtis’s charming picture book (HarperCollins, 2000) about the fate of lost balloons gets the royal treatment from Auryn, Inc. High production values permeate this engaging app, which encourages children to explore and create. On the home page, viewers are greeted with a melodic tune and several options; they can watch the author’s animated video explanation of how she came to write the story, or her quick overview of its features, or start the story. Curtis’s tale and Cornell’s whimsical watercolor illustrations are enhanced by tapping, pinching, swiping, and tilting the screen; these movements activate hidden actions, musical interludes, background voices, sounds, amusing animated vignettes, and interactive objects. [...] [...] Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery. Jamie Lee Curtis. illus. by Laura Cornell. Auryn, Inc. iOS, requires 4.3 or later. 2012. Version: 1.0.1. $ 5.99. PreS-Gr 3 -Curtis’s charming picture book (HarperCollins, 2000) about the fate of lost balloons gets the royal treatment from Auryn, Inc. High production values permeate this engaging app, which encourages children to explore and create. On the home page, viewers are greeted with a melodic tune and several options; they can watch the author’s animated video explanation of how she came to write the story, or her quick overview of its features, or start the story. Curtis’s tale and Cornell’s whimsical watercolor illustrations are enhanced by tapping, pinching, swiping, and tilting the screen; these movements activate hidden actions, musical interludes, background voices, sounds, amusing animated vignettes, and interactive objects. [...]

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