Every one of Sandra
Boynton’s whimsical books are instant classics. But did you know that several
of her titles have also now been made into clever interactive apps? The Boynton Collection includes four of these
apps all in one package—The Going to Bed
Book, Blue Hat, Green Hat, Moo, Ba, La La La, and Barnyard Dance. Each story is presented on
the screen like a book, with digital “pages” that the child can turn. They
can choose to read the story themselves or have a narrator do it for them. Each
page holds fun little characters which can be interacted with by touching the
screen. Much happy giggling will occur as young readers discover all the delights
that each page holds.
Preschool Time Harold Finds a Voice By Courtney Dicmas Auburn, ME: Child's Play Inc., 2013. Picture Book. Harold is an amazing mimic, and can imitate the sound of everything in his home. Tired of repeating the same old noises, he yearns to find out what other voices there are in the big, wide world. But what happens when he suddenly realizes that he doesn't yet have a voice of his own? --Editor Preschool Time Don't Blow Your Top! Written by Ame Dyckman Illustrated by Abhi Alwar New York: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2023. Picture Book. Big Volcano and Little Volcano live side by side in paradise, but when a silly bird drops a coconut (or two) on Little Volcano's crater he blows his top. --Editor Toddler Time Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire By Flavia Z. Drago Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2023. Picture Book. Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that--gasp!--make him look abysmally alive. But being the fabulous vampire t
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