Little Red Riding Hood StoryChimes

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Short and sanitized version of classic fairytale.
greenON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
yellowPAUSE: Know your child; some content
may not be right for some kids.
redOFF: Not age-appropriate for kids this age.
not for kidsNOT FOR KIDS: Not appropriate for kids any age.

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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that  Little Red Riding Hood StoryChimes presents an extremely sanitized version of the classic Little Red tale. The worst that happens to anybody in the story is getting tied up. In that way it is a good version for preschoolers. It is rather short, however, so any plans to use the app as a time-filler may fall flat.

  • To turn pages, children just swipe their finger as if they were turning the page of a real book.
  • In this version of the classic tale, no one is killed, eaten, or even really hurt. Grandma gets tied up by the wolf, and the wolf gets tied up by the hunter. He is shown at the end, as a live wolf bundled and dangling from a tree branch.
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD STORYCHIMES plays just like a classic read-along storybook, with the ringing of chimes indicating when the next page should be turned. It has bright and colorful artwork and has nearly all of the original tale's violence and scariness removed. In that way, it strongly resembles the cleaned-up fairy tales young kids are likely to see on a show like Super WHY!. The app works nicely as a read-along, but its words don't hightlight as read. And it is regrettably short (not that there's all that much to the original story to begin with) and over rather quickly.


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This review was written by Christopher Healy
Adult
June 10, 2010
 
Cute story, but it is not very interactive.

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This review was written by Christopher Healy
Category:Books
Platforms:iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Price:$0.99
Publisher:Siena Entertainment
Version:1.2
Release date:February 17, 2010
Minimum software requirements:iPhone OS 2.2 or later

This review was written by Christopher Healy

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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
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