Hawai‘i's First Children's book iphone app
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or the first time, BeachHouse Publishing brings you our best-selling board books to be viewed and read on your iphone or ipod touch as an interactive, animated app. In addition to the colorful, whimsical illustrations and text in the printed book, our ibeachhouse books are narrated and animated so children can enjoy the book on a whole new level in English or Hawaiian.
Diving for Colors in Hawaii can be downloaded at the itunes store or app store. Search for ibeachhouse books.
Go to: http://bluewatermultimedia.com/Picture_Books_iPhone.html for more information.
We are the FIRST local book publisher to convert our children’s books into an iphone/ipod touch app., and our ibeachhouse books are produced locally in Hawai‘i by Bluewater Multimedia—it’s truly a local venture that aims to introduce local writers, illustrators, and designers to the world.
We are especially excited to offer our books in both English and Hawaiian so the story can be listened to and read in either language—the reader chooses! It’s the perfect way to perpetuate the Hawaiian language with our youngest readers. It’s a revolutionary way to share Hawai‘i and the Hawaiian language with kids all over the world at the touch of a button.
ibeachhouse books are a great supplement to our printed books, and a great way to keep children reading and learning how to read during down times and busy times. We encourage parents to enjoy the story with their child. The sound can be turned off so a parent can read to his or her child, and pages can be turned manually or automatically. Or the sound can be turned on during those times when you’re stuck in traffic, standing in line, or in the waiting room so your child can read along and learn more about Hawai‘i on his or her own.
Simple to use, ibeachhousebooks give you the option to:
- have the sound turned on or off
- turn the page manually or automatically
- read and/or listen to the story in English or Hawaiian
Each ibeachhouse book app is only $1.99 and available at the App Store.
Our first ibeachhouse book is Diving for Colors in Hawai‘i. Just like the book, kids are invited to dive under Hawai‘i’s colorful underwater world and identify basic colors by visiting a variety of sea creatures such as Spectacled Parrotfish and Moorish Idols. All the sea creatures can be found in Hawai‘i’s waters and are identified at the end of the book. Just touch each circled fish at the end and hear its name in English or Hawaiian.
