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“No Brexit between us! The world of children’s books is imagination, no borders.”

I was up all night watching the BBC coverage with increasing concern, and now, of course, the result is in no doubt: the UK has decided to leave Europe.

At Nosy Crow, we are shocked and disappointed. This isn’t the result we hoped for either as a business or as a group of people: our informal, anonymous SurveyMonkey staff “referendum” yesterday was unanimously in favour of remaining, and we’ve supported Axel Scheffler, who is a bestseller in the UK, in getting his pro-remain message out as recently as three days ago.

At a personal level, I feel truly European, and I cannot imagine that will change. I hoped – I expected  – that identity would be open to my children as they grow up. That does not seem likely now. And that makes me very sad.

As a business, we worry about the impact on the UK economy and therefore on the health of the book market and we worry about the ramifications for some of our contracts, but in the short term, at least, the biggest problem for us is likely to be the impact on exchange rates: we see the world as our market and we deal in multiple currencies, and both our buying of print and our selling of rights and co-editions will be affected. But, having sold rights in our 31st language yesterday, we know that we create books with international sales potential, and aim to get those books into the hands of children around the world just as we do now, in Europe and beyond, continuing to work with those partners and customers we’ve built up relationships with over the years of Nosy Crow’s existence.

I wrote to some of my European friends in the children’s book industry, all of whom are surprised and saddened by this turn of events. One German friend said she and her family were changing their holiday plans: instead of coming to the south coast of England, they’ll go to Normandy, because they “don’t feel welcome, at least for now.”

Here are some of their comments:

“Good messages and great books will sell beyond frontiers and national identities and we will do our very best for this to REMAIN the way it is. You will have our support.”

“We are still all Europeans. Hard times are ahead I think. But what we do may help to uphold tolerance, empathy, kindness and decency. I hope so anyway.”

“No Brexit between us! The world of children’s books is imagination, no borders.”

So, if you want to feel a bit European, here are some great children’s books set in or about a European world beyond the UK, or about European identity, or written by European writers in a language other than English, that I think it’s worth thinking about, or reading, today:

Our own Sweet Pizza by Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and Brandford Boase Award-shortlisted G.R. Gemin, a book about Italian immigrants to Wales, internment during the second world war, national identity, and how food can unite us all

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo

I Am David by Anne Holm

Emil and the Detectives by Erik Kastner

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt

Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle

Vango by  Timothee de Fombelle

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

And here are some illustrated books:

Dear Millie by Maurice Sendak

The Babar books by the Laurent De Brunoff

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Tintin by Herge

Asterix by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

Miffy by Dick Bruna

We’d love to hear your suggestions for other children’s books on this theme – please do tell us your favourite books on a European theme in the comments below.

How to start work at Nosy Crow (and make better tea than I did)

Hello! I’m Ros, and as I write this, I am just over a week and about ninety cups of tea into my Nosy Crow career. I started here last Monday, and immediately made a tea-related blunder: I rashly told Tom, whom I’m assisting, that I took milk in my earl grey. I’ve been living with the consequences ever since.

I arrived at the Crow’s Nest with my feathers a little ruffled from having just finished my master’s degree, in early modern literature, at Oxford University. Having been there for four years, I felt ready to begin a more collaborative and social way of working – our office is a lovely, informal, open-plan space, which makes a welcome change from the dusty nooks and chilly crannies of Oxford’s silent libraries. During my years there, I worked part-time as a research assistant to a tutor in law, and have spent some brief stints with Faber and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

I’ve had a fabulous first week (in spite of falling down the giddying spiral stairs which lead up to the office… on my birthday). I’ve been baptised in the inner workings of the Nosy Crow website, and have been speedily getting to grips with the digital material that accompanies our print work. So far that has ranged from downloadable activity sheets to writing up scripts for the Stories Aloud programme. I’ve been suppressing giggles while scripting Elys Dolan’s new book, The Doughnut of Doom, and gulped back tears while transcribing Emma Dodd’s Wish. But, that day, I wasn’t weepy for long: as it was my birthday, the office revived me with an unspeakably delicious chocolate cake. Everyone, keep checking vacancies here, if only for the chocolate cake. Otherwise, come up with a bestselling idea and come in to pitch it (to get chocolate cake). You won’t regret the effort.

Edible treats aside, I was lucky enough to attend the Faber Factory conference on Wednesday, where Matt Haslum stood out in his brilliant analysis of Faber’s recent website overhaul. As a newbie to the world of metadata analytics and web design, I’ve been buzzing with exciting ideas since, and I’m beginning to understand just how complex successful websites can be.

I’m thrilled to have got stuck in at Nosy Crow (even if it does mean risking the dizzying climb every morning), and feel more confident and inspired day by day. Watch this space for more of my ramblings, and do check out our newly invigorated Pinterest board, which I’ve been obsessively updating since day 1…

 

 

Ross Collins on the importance of libraries and the accidental message behind There’s a Bear on My Chair

Today’s guest post is by Ross Collins, author-illustrator of There’s a Bear on My Chair – the recent recipient of the inaugural Amnesty CILIP Greenaway Honour.

A lot of of children’s books tend to have ‘messages’.

Most of the time I doubt decent authors go out of their way to put messages into books – they just naturally end up in there. I try to avoid it if I can. I never liked stories where you thought you were reading a fun adventure and then suddenly realised that you were being preached to. But, often as not, a little lesson will appear in your story whether or not you intended it to.

There’s a Bear on My Chair began life as a fun little story about a smug polar bear and an angry little mouse who really, really wanted his chair back. It was about gags, visual humour, word play and maybe a little about a child trying to get their parent’s attention in this era of smart phone mums and dads.

As the book developed I realised that there actually was a ‘message’ hidden in there. The message seemed to be – you take away the power of a bully by showing them that you don’t care about how they are treating you. It seemed like a nice little message and one that I could certainly have used at an early point in my childhood.

I found that when I visited schools and libraries to talk to children about the book that they really latched onto this little ‘message’. At the age of 4-6 most had already experienced dealing with a sibling or classmate who had taken something of theirs for ‘fun’ and they all had something to say about how to deal with that scenario.

The clever kids talked about their version of ‘peaceful protest’. The worrying kids that you secretly adore talked about flame throwers.

Most importantly to me, most of the kids wanted to talk more about the scene where the mouse is wearing underpants..

When I heard that There’s a Bear on My Chair was on the longlist for this year’s CILIP Greenaway and Amnesty Honours my heart soared and then quickly sank like a stone. What a huge list – and packed with the names of all my heroes of the literary world. ‘It’s nice to be listed,’ I thought ‘but I won’t be getting any further than this..’

Therefore I couldn’t believe it when I found that the book had not only been shortlisted for the CILIP Greenaway but had won the inaugural CILIP Amnesty Honour.

Like all authors in this country I have strong feelings about our precious libraries and for the amazing librarians who guide our children into the world of reading.

My family used to go to Glasgow’s Govan library every Thursday evening and we would all split up to our own areas of interest. Mum to her Thrillers, Dad to his Fantasy, my sister to (I never cared where my sister went) and me to my adventure stories, horror stories, science fiction, fantasy, detective…anything I could lay my hands on. Libraries were a safe, wonderful part of my childhood – and it was all there for free. FREE! Fancy that!

When I started my career in illustration, libraries were my internet. I would ride around from library to library on my battered Honda scooter looking for reference material for each new illustration job. And while I was in there I might just happen to take 2 or 3 novels home too.

I couldn’t have got started in my career without libraries and I know that a huge number of children have found my books in their local library – guided by wonderful librarians with excellent taste.

So, for all those reasons, the CILIP Greenaway is a very special award for me. To be shortlisted again was a huge honour and I don’t take it lightly. The cherry on top is my beautiful CILIP Amnesty Honour. It’s something I never expected to come out of a book about a grumpy mouse and a smug polar bear. But there it is. A lovely honour from clever people who spotted my little ‘message’.

I just hope that the judges don’t realise that it’s really just a book about a mouse in his underpants.

Thank you, Ross! If you’ve not discovered it yet, here’s a look inside There’s a Bear on My Chair:

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You can also buy beautiful, limited edition, signed and numbered giclee prints featuring artwork from There’s a Bear on My Chair exclusively from the Nosy Crow shop – here’s a look at the prints on offer:

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Our Goldilocks and Little Bear app has won the UKLA Digital Book Award!

The winner of the UKLA Digital Book Award has been announced today – and we were absolutely thrilled to discover that it has been given to our Goldilocks and Little Bear app!

This is the second year of the prize – and the second year running that it has been awarded to a Nosy Crow app! Last year, the honour went to Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Safari – and we are incredibly proud that the UKLA have recognised Goldilocks and Little Bear this year.

The award forms part of UKLA’s initiative to nurture children’s reading for pleasure in new multimedia formats, and the criteria for choosing the best digital book were adapted from research by the Open University and Book Trust. The criteria relate to the full spectrum of reading engagement with digital books, including children’s creative, personalised, shared or affective engagement.

In their announcement of the award, the UKLA say:

“The Goldilocks and Little Bear app developed by Nosy Crow was the unanimous winner. Teachers commented on the innovative and engaging way in which this app extended a classic text. They particularly praised the possibility to switch in-between two stories by simply rotating the iPad. This feature, together with the combination of multimedia enhancements in the book (such as music, sound effects and animation) created a reading experience that would not be possible with a printed book. Children also loved the special interactive possibilities embedded in the app, such as dressing up the baby bear for example.”

And teachers’ comments on Goldilocks and Little Bear included:

“Two stories coming together through lots of fun and enjoyment!” 

“Developing reading skills in a fun, imaginative and very creative way!” 

“The opportunity to engage in reading whilst enjoying the interaction that helps add to the story!” 

“This is an engaging, entertaining app which nurtures children’s pleasure and interest in reading.”

If you haven’t yet discovered Goldilocks and Little Bear, you can watch our beautiful stop-motion trailer for the app below:

Goldilocks and Little Bear demonstrates a unique, interactive new form of story-telling – it’s an incredible, 21st-century reading experience. It’s the classic story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears – as you’ve never seen it before. While Goldilocks is in the bears’ home, eating their porridge, sitting in their chairs, and sleeping in their beds, Little Bear is in Goldilocks’s family’s home – eating their pancakes, wearing their clothes, and reading their books!

Enjoy each stories in parallel, individually, or however you’d like – you can toggle between the two at any point. With beautiful artwork, stunning animation, ingenious, playful forms of interactivity, original music, voice work and sound effects, and lots more!

You can download Goldilocks and Little Bear for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch from the App Store here – and if you’d like to stay up to date with all of our app news, you can sign up to our apps newsletter at this page, or with the form below.

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Thank you to the UKLA for this incredible honour!

Nia Roberts is joining Nosy Crow as Head of Design

Today is a good day in the Nosy Crow nest.

We are really, really pleased that this morning we are able to announce the appointment of Nia Roberts as Head of Design. Nia is currently Art Director at HarperCollins Children’s Books and previously worked at Simon and Schuster, Orchard Books, Kingfisher and Random House. She has collaborated closely with bestselling and prizewinning author/illustrators and illustrators including Benji Davies, Sue Hendra and Tony Ross.

Nia joins Nosy Crow on 4 October 2016, replacing lovely Steph who leaves us to join Bloomsbury Children’s books at the end of July.

As Head of Design at Nosy Crow she’ll be using her commissioning and design skills to develop Nosy Crow’s already hugely respected full-colour list, from baby board books to sophisticated non-fiction produced in partnership with The National Trust and The British Museum, but her particular focus will be picture books, which are such a key part of our list: Nosy Crow has published just 83 picture books to date, but, based on TCM figures, its picture book sales are up 49% YOY and it is already the UK’s 11th largest publisher of picture books.

I am so proud to have attracted someone of Nia’s calibre to Nosy Crow. I think Nia likes the feel of the small creative team here, but she’s also champing at the bit to work with the truly brilliant and exciting illustrators, author/illustrators and authors that we publish and have signed up for the future.

Nia says, “While I’ve greatly enjoyed my time at Harper Collins, the opportunity to work with Nosy Crow – a list I have admired since it started – was just too exciting to turn down. I’m very much looking forward to getting to work with the talented team and their excellent illustrators and authors.”

Axel Scheffler on the EU: “we are kinder, better, more successful and stronger together”

Almost four months ago, Axel Scheffler wrote a blog post with his views on the prospect of Brexit. Following the blog post, his argument that The Gruffalo wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the UK being part of the European Union really struck a chord. The piece was taken up by Sky News, whose TV interview with Axel appeared on the night we published the blog post, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, and many others.

The subject has continued to exercise Axel, all the more so as feeling for Brexit has strengthened, and, in the last few days before the referendum vote, he asked if he could make “one last plea” via our blog.

So here is what he has to say now:

In my earlier guest blog post, I described how The Gruffalo was created as a Anglo/German joint venture sixteen years ago. Millions of children – in this country, all over the rest of Europe, and all over the world – have since grown up with The Gruffalo and many of the other books that Julia and I have worked on together. A strong message of so many of our books is the importance of solidarity. I am happy to illustrate these books because I believe in this message myself, and believe that it’s an important one to impart to our children.

Millions of children in this country have also grown up with the books of Judith Kerr, who began her life in the UK as a refugee from Nazi Germany. A few days ago, Judith and I gave a joint interview to a German newspaper, The Frankfurter Allemeine Zeitung. In it, we both spoke about our experiences in this country and said that neither of us had ever encountered any personal animosity for being foreigners. Instead, we have been treated with hospitality and tolerance. And we agreed that that tolerance is what is great about Great Britain.

Though our backgrounds are very different, there’s one important thing that influences Judith’s thinking and my own: Germany’s history. While Judith was a child during the rise of the Nazis, I was born twelve years after the Second World War. Like many Germans of my generation I am profoundly grateful to Britain and its allies for freeing Germany, and so much of the rest of Europe, from the tyranny of the Nazis, and for the great contribution made by the UK to the rebuilding of a democratic Germany after the war. This is for me the strongest possible reminder of how important Britain’s position in Europe has always been and continues to be. With the horror of that war and everything associated with it playing such a big part in my background, I see the European Union, above all, as a guarantor of peace and tolerance. A British exit from the European Union would, I think, not just weaken the European Union in itself, but would strengthen the arguments for exit held by nationalist parties elsewhere in Europe leading, in my worst nightmare, to the re-emergence of a fractured Europe with the potential for war.

So for me the number one argument against Brexit is not about money, but, instead, about peace and tolerance.  I am afraid of the possibility of Brexit at a time when the huge problems of the world, from climate change to the refugee crisis, need international, joined-up approaches to find solutions, and at a time when right-wing movements with strong authoritarian and xenophobic tendencies are on the rise all over Europe.

The thing is that, like the school children watering the humpback in The Snail and the Whale; like the insects who put their heads together to save their friend in Superworm; and like the dog, the cat, the bird and the frog facing down the dragon in Room on The Broom, we are kinder, better, more successful and stronger together.

Axel Scheffler on the EU: “we are kinder, better, more successful and stronger together”

Almost four months ago, Axel Scheffler wrote a blog post with his views on the prospect of Brexit. Following the blog post, his argument that The Gruffalo wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the UK being part of the European Union really struck a chord. The piece was taken up by Sky News, whose TV interview with Axel appeared on the night we published the blog post, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, and many others.

The subject has continued to exercise Axel, all the more so as feeling for Brexit has strengthened, and, in the last few days before the referendum vote, he asked if he could make “one last plea” via our blog.

So here is what he has to say now:

In my earlier guest blog post, I described how The Gruffalo was created as a Anglo/German joint venture sixteen years ago. Millions of children – in this country, all over the rest of Europe, and all over the world – have since grown up with The Gruffalo and many of the other books that Julia and I have worked on together. A strong message of so many of our books is the importance of solidarity. I am happy to illustrate these books because I believe in this message myself, and believe that it’s an important one to impart to our children.

Millions of children in this country have also grown up with the books of Judith Kerr, who began her life in the UK as a refugee from Nazi Germany. A few days ago, Judith and I gave a joint interview to a German newspaper, The Frankfurter Allemeine Zeitung. In it, we both spoke about our experiences in this country and said that neither of us had ever encountered any personal animosity for being foreigners. Instead, we have been treated with hospitality and tolerance. And we agreed that that tolerance is what is great about Great Britain.

Though our backgrounds are very different, there’s one important thing that influences Judith’s thinking and my own: Germany’s history. While Judith was a child during the rise of the Nazis, I was born twelve years after the Second World War. Like many Germans of my generation I am profoundly grateful to Britain and its allies for freeing Germany, and so much of the rest of Europe, from the tyranny of the Nazis, and for the great contribution made by the UK to the rebuilding of a democratic Germany after the war. This is for me the strongest possible reminder of how important Britain’s position in Europe has always been and continues to be. With the horror of that war and everything associated with it playing such a big part in my background, I see the European Union, above all, as a guarantor of peace and tolerance. A British exit from the European Union would, I think, not just weaken the European Union in itself, but would strengthen the arguments for exit held by nationalist parties elsewhere in Europe leading, in my worst nightmare, to the re-emergence of a fractured Europe with the potential for war.

So for me the number one argument against Brexit is not about money, but, instead, about peace and tolerance.  I am afraid of the possibility of Brexit at a time when the huge problems of the world, from climate change to the refugee crisis, need international, joined-up approaches to find solutions, and at a time when right-wing movements with strong authoritarian and xenophobic tendencies are on the rise all over Europe.

The thing is that, like the school children watering the humpback in The Snail and the Whale; like the insects who put their heads together to save their friend in Superworm; and like the dog, the cat, the bird and the frog facing down the dragon in Room on The Broom, we are kinder, better, more successful and stronger together.

There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins has been awarded an Amnesty CILIP Honour!

The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards have been announced today – and we are absolutely delighted that There’s a Bear on my Chair by Ross Collins has been awarded an Amnesty CILIP Honour! This is a brand new commendation, given to one book from each of the Carnegie and Greenaway shortlists that most distinctively illuminates, upholds or celebrates freedoms.

The first Amnesty CILIP Honours were judged by a panel including the 2015 Carnegie Medal winner Tanya Landman. Of There’s a Bear on My Chair, the judges said “packed full of joyous humour: it develops children’s empathy and shows how we can protest creatively and peacefully when something is wrong.”

Nicky Parker, chair of judges for the Amnesty CILIP Honour, said: “We are very proud to announce the first ever children’s book award to celebrate human rights. The best books are more than plot and character, they give children the empathy and confidence to stand up and shape their world for the better – and we need to give children that power today, more than ever.”

You can read more about the Amnesty CILIP Honours here – and here’s a video of school children discussing There’s a Bear on My Chair:

If you’ve not discovered it yet, here’s a look inside There’s a Bear on My Chair:

A joyously illustrated picture book, with a clever single rhyme echoing Dr Seuss, it’s perfect for sharing. You can buy the book here.

You can also buy beautiful, limited edition, signed and numbered giclee prints featuring artwork from There’s a Bear on My Chair exclusively from the Nosy Crow shop – here’s a look at the prints on offer:

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You can read the full list of winners and shortlisted titles from today’s ceremony here. Congratulations on this incredible honour, Ross!

A Waterstones bookseller reviews Little Bits of Sky

Today’s blog post is by Rachel Meier, a Waterstones bookseller who got in touch to tell us how much she’d enjoyed Little Bits of Sky, the debut novel by S.E. Durrant.

Hi everyone, I’m Rachel. I’ve been a children’s bookseller at the Canterbury St Margaret’s Street branch of Waterstones for about two years, and I absolutely love my job! I get to spend most days surrounded by books and people who love books (customers and colleagues alike) – I really couldn’t think of anything better.

The best part of my job is when a parent or child asks me for personal recommendations, and when they come back to me with feedback about my suggestions. I spend a lot of my free time reading children’s and young adult books to try and expand my knowledge of the section. Some of the best books I’ve read recently include The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (a beautiful, mythological adventure); Pax by Sara Pennypacker (a powerful story of a fox and his boy); and The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (a teen novel about growing up in Alaska in the 1970s).

The other best bit of my job is when I receive books from publishers, so I get a chance to read them in advance. One that I got in the post recently was Little Bits of Sky by S. E. Durrant, and it has quickly become another favourite! What made this one even more special is that it came with a handwritten note from Nosy Crow, telling me to enjoy the book and to let them know what I thought – it really put a smile on my face!

Little Bits of Sky is such a beautiful-looking book – I was immediately drawn to the cover and the way it unfolds to reveal a hidden picture underneath. It tells the story of Ira and Zac, two ‘care kids’ who have spent their whole lives moving from one foster home to another. When they are sent to live at Skilly House, a care home in London, their lives are forever changed… The illustrations throughout the book are gorgeous, and as Ira is a budding artist it really ties into her character. She seems so absolutely real, in the way she narrates their story, and in her relationship with her younger brother, who she always feels responsible for. It is a moving tale and deals with some important topics, but it never feels too overwhelmingly sad. The whole book is very sensitively written and ultimately heartwarming – it definitely had me close to tears by the end!

I can’t stop running up to any customer who even glances at it to tell them that it’s amazing, and to take a look at the inside cover to see the hidden artwork. It is such a special book, one that I think grown-ups will enjoy just as much as children, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to pass it on to my customers!

Thank you, Rachel! If you’re new to Little Bits of Sky, you can take a look inside the book below – and you can buy it online from Waterstones here.

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The National Literacy Trust launches LiteracyApps

Today the National Literacy have launched LiteracyApps – a new guide that aims to help parents, teachers and others to get the most out of apps that support language and literacy development.

The LiteracyApps website is a FANTASTIC resource for anyone who’s looking for good reading apps for children but doesn’t know where to begin: LiteracyApps allows you to search for apps by age, by learning outcome (things like speaking, reading, and writing), and by feature (which includes “creative”, “interactive”, “play together”, and more), and also offers fantastic expert advice on how to choose apps, tips for using technology, and diversity in apps.

The guide has been developed with the support of Dr Natalia Kucirkova, Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Childhood Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University, and has drawn on a number of research studies, including a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project between BookTrust and The Open University. It also includes invaluable advice from the Diversity in Apps team, and from Lisa Guernsey and Michael Levine, authors of Tap, Click, Read.

It’s a truly invaluable new app resource – do have a look at the LiteracyApps website.

And we’re thrilled to see that LiteracyApps have recommended a number of Nosy Crow’s own apps!

Here’s their review of our Jack and the Beanstalk app. LiteracyApps write: “Nosy Crow are great at developing interactive storybook apps for younger children … The story is wonderfully illustrated with narration from a child, which is a great touch. Words are highlighted as they are read, supporting word recognition for early readers. There is a very wide range of vocabulary used, which is great for helping children to learn new words.” You can read their full review here – and here’s our trailer for the app:

And here’s their review of our Snow White app. LiteracyApps write: “Another great storybook app from developers Nosy Crow, this time following the fairy tale Snow White. There are great interactive elements which help children develop a deeper understanding of the story, also adding to children’s enjoyment of reading.” You can read their full review here – and here’s our trailer for the app:

Here’s their review of our Rounds: Franklin Frog app. LiteracyApps write: “Great for building up high levels of vocabulary and telling you about the life cycle of frogs.” You can read their full review here – and here’s our trailer for the app:

And finally, here’s their review of our Axel Scheffler’s Flip Flap Farm app. LiteracyApps write: “Beautifully illustrated. Allows children to play around with words, mixing animals up with rhymes which describe who they are. Letters are highlighted as they are spoken. The rhymes allow children to build vocabulary and learn about the different farm animals.” You can read their full review here – and here’s our trailer for the app:

You can find out more about LiteracyApps, and discover some great new apps, here – do take a look.