Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fanciful garden sim with an environmental message.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 5+?
Any Positive Content?
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The Lorax Garden
Is It Any Good?
THE LORAX GARDEN is a delightful little gardening sim with artwork as colorful and whimsical as that in the Dr. Seuss book on which it is based. As the game begins, kids will be shown the last few pages of The Lorax, in which the reader is charged with the task of regrowing the Truffula Tree Forests that were hacked down in the story. Players will grow trees (opting for different shapes and colors based on the seeds they use), watering them whenever necessary. Growing flowers will earn them "care hearts" that they can spend to grow their trees faster. While growing flowers, they'll water, pluck weeds, and try not to scare away bees which will pollenate the flowers and help them grow faster. It's all very well done and designed perfectly for younger kids to handle.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Pricing structure :
- Release date : April 16, 2010
- Genre : Kids' Games
- Publisher : Oceanhouse Media
- Version : 1.0
- Minimum software requirements : iPhone OS 3.0 or later
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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