Because of the many features per page, I had my doubts about making Timo suitable for a small screen. But animator Stefan de Groot, Rian Visser (yes, she’s the author, but also a great graphic designer) and last but not least our developer Jeffrey Snijder really did it. I love the pocket version. It’s all very direct on an iPhone and completely different from the iPad experience. Because of the many features, we had to cut up the larger iPad pages, and we added some new tricks. Try touching the birthday cakes for instance. So for less money you get more.
As Timo is already a success on iPad, we have high hopes for Timo and the Magical Picture Book – pocket as well. To celebrate the launch there is a special introduction price: Now $ 1,99 instead of the normal $ 3,99. A small warning: Due of the richness of the app, it is compatible with iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4.
REVIEWS iPad app:
• Digitalstorytime: Overall this book is fabulous. If you’re looking for a book your child will come back to over and over, this one is not only a sure bet, but also one adults will enjoy.
• Appenthusiast: This is where the book as an iPad app really shines. You (and your children) can shake or tilt your iPad in a way that would change the objects shown within the book.
• Apps4kids: This is a delightful book app that got a nice spot on our virtual bookshelf for night time reads.
• Theiphonemom: I enjoyed the clever, quirkiness of this story and I think the illustrations are very appealing. Timo and the Magical Picture Book is an original story that translates well to the tricks of the iPad.
• iPhonefootprint: An excellent app for parents and kids to enjoy together.
• Downloadbookforipad: This appealing picture book comes to life by an amazing amount of interactive features and very professionally made animations, together with special audio effects.
• Kids-apps.moby: “Don’t tell Uncle Nick how the story ends!”
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As an author of children’s books I noticed that when writing my tweets, I’d be using many of the same ‘tricks’ applied when writing fiction. I will be explaining a number of these similarities here.
For purely practical reasons, I have used my own tweets to illustrate my points. However, this is by no means intended to suggest my tweets are in any way better than yours.
1 Manipulation
Every writer knows not to reveal too much, allowing for his or her readers to use their imagination to fill in any blanks. As the author of a story, you do of course determine in which direction you want your readers to take their imagination: you manipulate their train of thought. Meer lezen >>
Timo and the Magical Picture Book started as a paper picture book in 2004. Last year we made an awesome app out of it. Because of the app, we get a lot of demand for the original book, but it’s no longer available as a paper book. That’s why, especially for the USA, we recently made an ebook out of it. Not an ebook to download, but one that you can read online, or ‘in the cloud’ as it is called.
It just takes a subscription on Magicblox for less than two dollars to read Timo and the Magical Picture Book in your browser. No need to install special programs and you can read it on any device of your choice. How easy can it get to read and listen to high quality children’s books? It is like a kind of Spotify for books. Meer lezen >>
Timo receives a picture book made by his Uncle Nick. It’s a very special book, because once you open it, you will be inside it. But you’re not supposed to shake the book, otherwise everything will get completely mixed up.
A truly amazing and hilarious app, which you won’t resist shaking! The app starts with beautiful animations you can swipe through. As soon as Timo is inside the magical picture book, you can manipulate the pages by shaking your iPad, blowing into its microphone, and touching page elements. When Timo and his family fall out of the magical picture book into the living room you can enjoy the animations again.
Features
Story by Rian Visser, author of more than 50 children’s books. She also writes stories for Sesame Street.
Appealing illustrations by Belgian illustrator Klaas Verplancke, winner of the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award 2001 and many other awards.
10 full animations, interactive elements like shake, turn, swipe, tap, draw and blow. Special sound effects and narration.
Blow into the iPad’s microphone and make Timo grow as big as a balloon!
Presentation about creating the app
Apart from the app we made a presentation about how the app was created. This presentation (pdf) can be used on an interactive whiteboard and is especially fun for children to understand how a paper book is transformed into an interactive app. Download for free!
Credits
Timo and the Magical Picture Book, original title: Timo en het toverboek, was first published as a picture book by Gottmer Publishers in 2004 and as iPad app in 2010 by Books2download
Timo receives a picture book made by his Uncle Nick. It’s a very special book, because once you open it, you will be inside it. But you’re not supposed to shake the book, otherwise everything will get completely mixed up.
A truly amazing and hilarious app, which you won’t resist shaking! Make plates fall from the cupboard or see how mother bakes a cake in the washing machine.
The app starts with beautiful animations you can swipe through. As soon as Timo is inside the magical picture book, you can manipulate the pages by shaking your iPad, blowing into its microphone, and touching page elements. When Timo and his family fall out of the magical picture book into the living room you can enjoy the animations again.
Story by Rian Visser, author of more than 50 children’s books. She also writes stories for Sesame Street.
Appealing illustrations by Belgian illustrator Klaas Verplancke, winner of the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award 2001 and many other awards.
10 full animations, interactive elements like shake, turn, swipe, tap and blow. Special sound effects and narration.
Blow into the iPad’s microphone and make Timo grow as big as a balloon!
Credits
Timo and the Magical Picture Book, original title: Timo en het toverboek, was first published as a picture book by Gottmer Publishers in 2004 and as iPad app in 2010 by Books2download,, www.books2download.nl
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