Tacky the Penguin
By Erin Bell,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Interactive story encourages kids to be themselves.
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Based on a wonderful story about nonconformity, TACKY THE PENGUIN embellishes the original text and illustrations with interactive elements that emphasize reading and vocabulary building. Kids can tap the scenery to learn words, tap paragraphs of text to hear a narrator read them, or listen to the narrator recite the whole story while following along with highlighted words. The app doesn't contain as many bells and whistles as some other ebooks, but the result is that the story is kept front and center.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Release date: December 14, 2010
- Category: Books
- Publisher: Oceanhouse Media
- Version: 1.08
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.0 or later
- Last updated: August 23, 2016
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