Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1

By Oceanhouse Media

Dr. Seuss is one of the most beloved children’s author that I know of. His books were written for the youngest of new readers, but are still being implemented and shared within the higher elementary schools. When our school meets as a large community, book sharing and personal connections are usually the key to our conversations. Many of Dr. Seuss’ books have been apart of our community meetings as they can spark connections to real life. When you visit any popular book store, you might notice that a collection of Dr. Seuss’ books are being sold in hard cover. Well, now those same collections that are found in hard cover can be accessible via your mobile device, thanks to the efforts of Oceanhouse Media. With the recent launch to the Apple Store, Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1, you can now choose to read many books while on the go. With no surprise, this book series was ranked #9 in the Paid iPad Book Apps store as of February, 2012. This first series includes: The Cat in the Hat, The Foot Book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Fox in Socks, and Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Applicable2U has reviewed a number of books converted to mobile device from Oceanhouse Media. With each return visit or new download of a book by this development group, reading time with my son is enjoyable for all those participating. As he nears the 1st grade, his reading abilities are certainly improving and the various reading opportunities that those hardcover turned mobile book apps are providing him are amazing. According to their iTunes description, this book series offers some new features only OMBooks will include: “professional narration, background audio and enlarged artwork for each scene. To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched.” Navigation between books is very user friendly and will provide a different experience each time a book is read. Even before a book is opened, users have a character choice screen. With brilliant resolution, the character chosen will fill with clear, crisp colors and its coordinating book cover will appear center stage. Like most book apps, young readers have three ways that stories can be read: Read It Myself, Read to Me, or Autoplay. Each experience has a valid reason for choosing as your little one develops their reading skills.

With each of these reading experiences come some amazing features. In all three modes of reading, young readers won’t have a problem trying to figure out where they are on the page. Their eyes can navigate from left to right as words are highlighted as they are being read. In the “read it myself” and “read to me” modes, readers can tap objects on the page and the narrator will announce what it is and where it can be found within the text on that page. On some rare occasions, you may even tap an object and a new vocabulary word that is not in the text will appear. A wonderful way to encourage language, details and descriptions. The autoplay mode has this feature as well, although it doesn’t seem to flow as nicely since the autoplay mode is like watching a movie and there didn’t appear to be a stop/pause option. Interactively, pages can be read, tapped, swiped and even heard as sound effects are added in here and there. Another great feature that we like about this book series is the resume or start from beginning option. If you have read any of Dr. Seuss’ hard cover books, then you know that some of them are rather long. If your nightly routine begins late one evening or you only have time to read a little, then don’t panic. OMBooks knows that you have left a book and puts a magical, almost virtual like bookmark in its place.

Spending time reading is critical! Reading can now happen in so many different ways and our children need us to model those behaviors. Oceanhouse Media Books currently has this under control. Someone might say, why should I pay $11.99 for the mobile version of Dr. Seuss Beginner Book Collection #1? Why not, most families, classrooms or library book corners have them as hard cover books. Oddly enough, you spend just as much money for those, if not more. With schools transitioning to 1:1 experiences or that have mobile devices for the classroom, why not spend the money? Books won’t get ruined or ripped. Children of all ages, learning styles and reading levels can be accommodated. With this download, now all five of these amazing stories can be easily carried and won’t be left behind. If you would like to learn more about this or any other book applications that Oceanhouse Media Books has to offer, please visit their website here. Dr. Seuss books are applicable to you, so begin downloading this first collection series today by simply clicking here to access it in your iTunes library.