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By Dana Anderson
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Halloween book sends message that too scary isn't much fun.
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The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk
Is It Any Good?
Especially for kids who love Halloween but don't like costumes that are too gory and scary, BERENSTAIN BEARS GO ON A GHOST WALK affirms the sensibility that blood and guts costumes don't mean fun for everyone. The Berenstain Bears stories are classics, and this one weaves the Halloween tale around the same basic storyline of many Bear Family stories with a moral: Papa goes overboard on an idea, and Mama and cubs reel him back in with some common sense. There are many interactive images that kids can touch while reading this story or having the story read to them by a narrator, but the interactivity is limited to spooky sounds and words that match the image touched appearing on screen. There's no movement to the interactivity, which would have been a nice addition.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire
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- Release date : October 7, 2011
- Genre : Books
- Publisher : Oceanhouse Media
- Version : 1.08
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 3.0 or later, Android 2.1 and up
- Last updated : August 25, 2016
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