Price: $0.99

Zoobert’s Big Day – Story Shaker Review

Our Review

In the spirit of make-your-own-adventure novels, Zoobert’s Big Day is a quietly charming storybook app about a day in the life of little turquoise monster named Zoobert. The child can read the storybook himself, or have the story read aloud. At each decision point in the story, the child is asked to shake the phone to get to the next part of the story (simply hitting the next button will achieve the same result). Zoobert is hurled into a red vertigo background before arriving in the next scene. The child can experiment going back and forth to see different outcomes. In one case, Zoobert parachutes out of his sock drawer; in another, he ties a sock-rope to lower himself to the floor.

The narration is a bit sleepy and the story a little monotonous for the older child; my four year-old tired of it quickly. The same idea applied to a punchier, more dynamic story would be more engaging, as would allowing the child to actually make the decisions, like a real make-your-own-adventure book.

By Age Range, By App Feature, Preschool, Reading, Reviews, Stories

July 30th, 2010 by Nina Ignaczak Share

Application Detail

Zoobert's Big Day - Story Shaker

Developer: Shrink Ray Studios
Released: 2010-05-12 00:00:00
Price: $0.99

Description from the Developer

Zoobert is a funny and friendly little monster who lives in a sock drawer. By reading Zoobert’s Big Day and shake-shake-shaking, you help Zoobert make big decisions! Everything from how to get out of his sock drawer (rope, parachute or sneeze) to what he should eat for breakfast (hint: he likes pickles and toothpaste the best!). Zoobert loves making new friends...especially friends like you, who can shake-shake-shake to guide him through the day!

Welcome to Story Shaker, an interactive children's book for the iPhone. Story Shaker books are illustrated and narrated, so your child can enjoy the book even when you're busy. Best of all, the app is very simple to use because it's actually designed for kids 2 years and up.

Features available in this book include professional narration, background audio and animations for each scene. To allow further interaction for young children, the iPhone becomes a shaker to flip the page to see what Zoobert does next. By combining a funny unpredictable story with creative illustrated artwork, this-book appeals to readers of all ages.

Two ways to read this e-book:
"Read to Me" - listen to the story narrated by the author.
"Read it Myself" - read the book in its traditional form.

Additional Features:
- Its a different story every time you read it
- Professional audio narration
- Custom background audio for each scene
- Shake Shake Shake to make decisions for Zoobert

Written by Diana Moore and Illustrated by Jonathan Mahood.

Find out more about Zoobert at:
http://www.zoobert.com

We hope you and your child enjoy Zoobert's Big Day. We'd love to hear your feedback, comments or suggestions, please emails us at info@zoobert.com. If you are having issues with Zoobert's Big Day, please email us at support@zoobert.com before writing a review. We cannot contact you if you just submit a review!

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