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Wanderful Press Releases
Wanderful Releases Interactive Storybook Collection for Mac Computers
Each app includes an integrated lesson plan aligned with the Common Core State Standards
San Francisco – April 11, 2013 – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, the award-winning developer of apps for today’s digital kids, announces the release of its interactive story apps for Mac computers running OSX. These apps, including the award-winning Harry and the Haunted House and Arthur’s Teacher Trouble, are part of the Wanderful storybook collection for iOS originally published by Living Books.
The eight apps are in US English. Most come preloaded with story content in English, Spanish and French although several have different language configurations. Users can toggle instantly between languages with either a mouse click or a tap on the keyboard. These Wanderful apps also include the Classroom Activities guide, which is an optional upgrade in the iOS versions. The guide, developed by teachers, creates lesson plans around each story’s themes aligned with the Common Core State Standards. The activities are grouped by grade level and by subject, including language arts, reading, social studies, science and art.
Read the full Mac OSX release
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Wanderful Releases Multilingual “Ruff’s Bone” Interactive Storybook for iOS
This Quirky and Offbeat Adventure Story is Now Available in English and Spanish on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
San Francisco – March 18, 2013 – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, the award-winning developer of apps for today’s digital kids, has released its latest interactive story “Ruff’s Bone.” Originally published by Living Books, Ruff’s Bone has been updated with new interactive features and is the latest storybook app released by Wanderful.
Ruff's Bone is an offbeat adventure of Ruff’s far-ranging hunt to find his bone. This determined dog’s search leads into a cave, high up in the clouds, back to the bottom of the ocean and even up a ladder to another planet. It’s an out-of-this-world reading experience with surprises on every page.
The storybook comes with both English and Spanish for one price, and users can toggle between languages dynamically from any page, a powerful feature beyond anything found in other storybooks. Like other Wanderful storybooks, the READ TO ME mode allows children to enjoy the story experience in a more traditional format.
“We are thrilled to launch Ruff’s Bone for iOS devices,” said Wanderful Founder and CEO Mickey W. Mantle, “Users of our other apps have been looking forward to this story.“ Wanderful apps are highly intuitive and encourage children to explore each storybook page for all its hidden content. With pages of animation and hundreds of interactive antics, the apps provide a richer interactive experience on one page than many other story apps offer in a whole book.
The “Ruff’s Bone” App is available for $4.99 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on the App Store. A premium upgrade is available – $2.99 via In-App Purchase – which includes a 60 page Classroom Activities Guide.
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Arthur's Teacher Trouble Wins Parents' Choice Award
This is the second important award for the interactive storybook
San Francisco – March 14, 2013 – Parents’ Choice Foundation has awarded Arthur's Teacher Trouble app with a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Winner. This is the second Award for Arthur's Teacher Trouble; it previously earned the Editor's Choice Award from Children's Technology Review.
Established in 1978, Parents’ Choice Foundation is the nation’s oldest nonprofit consumer guide to quality children’s media.
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Wanderful Announces Storybook Sampler Bundling for Android and Windows Devices
The Wanderful Sampler Features Pages from Six Interactive Storybooks, Including Arthur and The Berenstain Bears
LAS VEGAS – January 8, 2013 at the Consumer Electronics Show – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, award-winning developer of apps for today’s digital kids, has announced that the Wanderful Storybook Sampler is now available for bundling with select device manufacturers. The Sampler features pages from all Wanderful interactive storybooks. Localized versions are available in English, Spanish, German and French, and the Sampler also comes in a UK English version, with all words spoken in proper British accents.
The US version of this free app is currently available on the App Store, and includes fully interactive pages from all the currently available Wanderful storybooks, including The Berenstain Bears Get In a Fight, Little Monster at School, Tortoise and the Hare and the award-winning titles Arthur’s Teacher Trouble and Harry and the Haunted House. The Wanderful Sampler is designed to benefit device partners in two ways: First, it provides a fully engaging story experience with over 300 distinct points of interactivity. Second, it enables partner monetization, as all storybook samples can provide links and incentives to purchase the full interactive story on a variety of App stores. Plus, Wanderful will add a new page to the Sampler with the release of each new storybook app.
Read the full Sampler Bundling release
Wanderful Releases “Arthur’s Birthday” for iOS
Classic Marc Brown Story is Now Available in English and Spanish for Reading Fun and Story Play on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
SAN FRANCISCO – January 8, 2013 –Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, award-winning developer of interactive storybook apps for today’s digital kids, has introduced the children’s classic “Arthur’s Birthday” for the new year. This Marc Brown story, originally published by Living Books, has been updated with new features and is the latest storybook app released by Wanderful.
Arthur’s Birthday tells a story of how children sometimes feel they must choose between friends as Arthur and his friend Muffy are each planning their birthday parties for the same day. The story comes to life with interactivity on every page encouraging readers to fully interact with all of the characters and words for hours of story fun. This imaginative reading experience is full surprises as Arthur creates a solution that includes all their friends.
Wanderful CEO Mickey W. Mantle to Speak on Panel at 2013 CES
Mantle Will Join the Kids@Play Panel to Discuss Cutting-Edge Apps and Books for Kids.
SAN FRANCISCO – January 2, 2013 – Wanderful CEO-Founder, Mickey W. Mantle, will join the “Cutting-Edge Apps and Books for Kids” panel January 9th at the 2013 CES. The panel promises to be one of the highlights of the Kids@Play Summit. On the panel, the former Pixar, Gracenote and Brøderbund executive will be speaking to the differences, issues and challenges from the days of physical software distribution to today’s worldwide digital software distribution through app stores such the Apple iTunes and Amazon App stores.
Wanderful Releases Interactive Storybook Sampler App for iOS
This Free App Includes All Available Wanderful Titles, Plus Over 250 Interactive Elements.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 13, 2012 – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, a leader in developing storybook apps for today’s digital kids, has introduced the Storybook Sampler, featuring pages from all Wanderful interactive storybooks, originally published as Living Books. The free app, now available on the App Store, includes a fully interactive page from each of the currently available Wanderful storybooks, including The Berenstain Bears Get In a Fight, Little Monster at School, Tortoise and the Hare, and the award-winning titles Arthur’s Teacher Trouble and Harry and the Haunted House. Plus, Wanderful will add a new page to the Sampler with the release of each new storybook app.
Each page in the Storybook Sampler is fully interactive, just like in the company’s complete storybooks; and virtually everything on the page comes to life when tapped. Every word is tappable and all words were recorded twice – once for story mode and once so children can build their language skills and create their own phrases. The app is “hosted” by Simon, the narrator from Wanderful’s classic version of the Aesop’s fable Tortoise and the Hare. For teachers, the Storybook Sampler also includes Wanderful’s Classroom Activities Overview and a Classroom Activities Preview for one of the storybooks, both as PDF documents. Based on the storybook themes, the curriculum plans in the Classroom Activities guides are aligned with the new USA Common Core State Standards.
“The Storybook Sampler lets families and teachers try out all the Wanderful Apps with one simple download,” said Wanderful Founder and CEO Mickey W. Mantle. “It’s an engaging story experience with over 250 interactive elements, plus options for parents to customize the app for their children’s learning styles and easy links to the full versions of their kids’ favorite stories.”
Wanderful apps are highly intuitive and encourage children to explore each page for all its hidden content. With hundreds of interactive antics per app, the full storybooks provide a richer interactive experience on one page than many other story apps offer in an entire book. The full storybooks each come with both English and Spanish, which can be dynamically selected from any page. A corresponding Classroom Activities guide, aligned with the Common Core State Standards, is available for each app.
The free Storybook Sampler App is available for iPad, iPhone, iPad mini and iPod touch on the App Store.
Arthur's Teacher Trouble Earns Wanderful a Second Editor's Choice Award from Children's Technology Review
"Harry and the Haunted House" was the first Wanderful App to win this award.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – December 11, 2012 – Wanderful, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious Editor's Choice Award from Children's Technology Review for its interactive storybook, Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. “Arthur” is among the new apps originally published by Living Books to be enhanced and updated for iOS devices by Wanderful.
Children's Technology Review honored Arthur’s Teacher Trouble in its December 2012 issue. Reviews measure ease of use for children, educational value, entertainment value, design features and overall product value. The interactive story tells the tale of how Arthur learns to cope with his strict new teacher, Mr. Ratburn, and compete in a school-wide Spelling Bee. Children’s Technology Review highlighted the app’s humor and “delightful” graphics, plus “the ability to toggle between English and Spanish or jump to any page with a new table of contents feature.” These are hallmarks of Wanderful and Living Books design, creating engagement within each page of the storybook.
“It’s been a labor of love to update and introduce these highly interactive storybooks to a new generation of kids,” said Mickey W. Mantle, Founder and CEO at Wanderful. "We are honored that Children’s Technology Review has awarded Wanderful with our second Editor’s Choice Award, this time for Arthur’s Teacher Trouble.”
Wanderful Announces the "Wanderful Weekend"
Classic and Award-Winning Interactive Storybook Apps Will Be On Sale All Weekend Long
SAN FRANCISCO – November 22, 2012 – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks announces the Wanderful Weekend – a five day celebration of interactive story apps Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Each day Wanderful will feature one of its storybook apps at half price. This includes the award-winning Harry and the Haunted House, Arthur’s Teacher Trouble starring PBS-favorite Arthur, and the newly-released Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight. All these apps are part of Wanderful’s new collection for iOS of the classic interactive storybooks originally published by Living Books. All Wanderful apps are on the App Store. Adding to the celebration, Wanderful will be giving away free copies of each Wanderful App in the Wanderful Weekend Sweepstakes. Enter at the Wanderful Facebook Page. Wanderful Introduces “The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight” for iOS SAN FRANCISCO – November 17, 2012 – Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, a leader in the development of interactive storybook apps designed for today’s digital kids, has introduced the children’s classic The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight for the holiday season. Originally published by Living Books, Get In A Fight has been updated with new features and is the fifth storybook app in the new Wanderful series. “We are really proud of how well this great story experience translates to the iOS,” said Wanderful Founder and CEO Mickey W. Mantle. Read the full The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight release. Harry and the Haunted House Wins Coveted Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award Children's Technology Review honored Harry and the Haunted House in its October 2012 issue. Reviews measure ease of use for children, educational value, entertainment value, design features and overall product value. The interactive story tells the tale of Harry and his friends searching for their lost baseball in the “haunted” house across the field, overcoming their overactive imaginations in the process. Children’s Technology Review highlighted how “each room of the house is full of animated surprises that are designed to support the story” and how parts of the story are “told during the page turn transitions.” These are hallmarks of Wanderful and Living Books design, creating deeper engagement and exploration with the entire story. As Children’s Technology Review said “There's no doubt that the Living Books still have their magic.” "We are thrilled that Wanderful has been honored with the Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award” said Mark Schlichting, Chief Creative Officer at Wanderful and author of Harry and the Haunted House. “And we’re excited that CTR is recommending Wanderful’s Tortoise and the Hare app as well.” Read more about Harry and the Haunted House. Read the release at PR Newswire. Wanderful Launches New Collection of Interactive Storybook Apps Originally Published by Living Books for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Wanderful apps are highly intuitive and encourage children to explore each story and all its content. With original production budgets approaching a million dollars each, every app features custom music, extended animation and hundreds of interactive hot spots and antics, providing a deeper experience and more interactivity on one page than other story apps offer in total. While fully interactive at the page level, each app also includes the classic “Read to Me” mode that lets young readers watch and listen to the story play automatically. More Wanderful Press Releases (click to read) Wanderful Reinvents Award-Winning Living Books Through Enhanced Interactive Storybook Apps Wanderful Acquires Licensing Rights to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Living Books
Classic Story from Stan and Jan Berenstain is Now Available in English and Spanish for Reading Fun and Story Play on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Telling the story of a small argument that escalates to the point where neither Brother Bear nor Sister Bear can remember what they were fighting about, The Berenstain Bears Get In A Fight comes to life on every page as it allows readers to fully interact with all of the characters and words for hours of interactive fun. This imaginative reading experience is full surprises on every page inviting kids to read and play along with Brother Bear and Sister Bear as Mama Bear helps them settle their differences.
A second Wanderful title - The Tortoise and the Hare – is also recommended
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – October 16, 2012 – Wanderful, Inc. has been awarded the prestigious Editor's Choice Award for from Children's Technology Review for its interactive storybook, Harry and the Haunted House. “Harry” is the fourth title originally published by Living Books to be enhanced and updated for iOS devices by Wanderful.
Wanderful Introduces Multilingual “Harry and the Haunted House” Interactive Storybook App for Halloween Fun
Author Mark Schlichting’s Seasonal Classic is Now Available in English and Spanish for Imaginative Spooky Play and Reading Fun on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
SAN FRANCISCO – October 8, 2012 –Wanderful Interactive Storybooks, a leader in the development of interactive storybook apps designed for today’s generation of digital kids, has introduced the slightly spooky, highly fun “Harry and the Haunted House” just in time for Halloween. Originally written by Mark Schlichting for the revolutionary Living Books series, “Harry and the Haunted House” has been updated with new features designed by Schlichting himself for the new Wanderful App launch.
Schlichting is the creator of the beloved line of Living Books, the classic titles originally published by Brøderbund Software and seen as the first interactive storybooks for kids. As Wanderful’s Chief Creative Officer, Schlichting is now working to reinvent and reintroduce the Living Books titles for young and emerging readers (and their families) everywhere.
Telling the tale of how kids with overactive imaginations can make things can seem a little scarier than they really are, “Harry and the Haunted House” comes to life on every page as it allows readers to fully interact with all of the characters and words for hours of slightly spooky interactive play. Inviting kids to read and play along with Harry and his friends as they retrieve their baseball lost in the “haunted” house across the field, this imaginative reading experience is full of animated content and surprises on each page.
Interactive, Animated, Multilingual Apps –Mercer Mayer’s “Little Monster at School," Marc Brown’s “Arthur’s Teacher Trouble,” Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare” – Inspire Kids to Read
SAN FRANCISCO – September 11, 2012 –Wanderful launched today a new collection of engaging and multilingual interactive storybook apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch based on classic titles originally published as Living Books by Brøderbund Software. These interactive storybook apps deliver imaginative and fully interactive experiences for young and emerging readers through high-quality animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. The three new apps –Mercer Mayer’s “Little Monster at School,” Marc Brown’s “Arthur’s Teacher Trouble” and Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare,” – are available beginning today on the App Store.
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Harry and the Haunted House
Winner of the Children's
Technology
Review EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD. A slightly
"spooky" tale of how sometimes the scariest thing in the house is our
own imagination.
Join Harry and his friends as they retrieve
their baseball lost in a “haunted” house.
By Mark Schilchting
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Arthur's Teacher Trouble
A story
about
studying hard and working towards
your goals. Arthur learns to cope with his strict new teacher, Mr. Ratburn and compete in a
school-wide Spelling
Bee. Will he study hard for the
competition?
By Marc Brown CLICK
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The Tortoise and The Hare
In this classic Aesop's
fable, the
Tortoise proves that being slow and steady wins the race. Join him as he accepts the much faster
Hare's challenge to a race,
one that doesn't
turn out as the Hare had planned.
Classic Aesops Fable CLICK
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Little Monster at School
A story about making a new
friend at
school. Join Little Monster on a fun-filled day at school as he explores different subjects with his
classmates and makes
friends with
Yally, an often difficult fellow student.
By Mercer Meyer CLICK TO
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The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight
A
small
argument that escalates to the point where neither brother nor sister bear can remember what they were fighting
about in the first place. Will
mama
bear’s calm logic help them get along again?
By Stan and Jan Berenstain
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The Berenstain Bears In The Dark
A spooky
story
Brother Bear reads to Sister Bear keeps her, and eventually the entire family up all night long. The next
day, Papa shows Sister how to
take charge of
her imagination and in the end it’s Brother who is a little afraid in the dark.
By Stan and Jan Berenstain
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Arthur's Birthday
A story of
how children
sometimes feel they must choose between friends. Arthur and Muffy are each planning
their birthday parties for next
Saturday afternoon. How will
their friends decide which to attend?
By Mark Brown CLICK
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Ruff's Bone
Ruff’s Bone is an
offbeat adventure of Ruff’s far-ranging hunt to find his
bone. His determined
search leads into a cave, high up in the clouds, back to
the bottom of the ocean and even up a ladder to another planet.
By Eli
Noyes CLICK TO
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