Toontastic Storytelling Apps

The best apps help children create something new rather than passively playing on digital devices.

In Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age, I interviewed Andy Russell, co-founder of theToontastic. The company creates apps that let kids make their own cartoonsusing digital charactersand powerful special effects. Kids can share their creations on ToonTube, a safe place where they can upload parent-approved cartoons.

“We like to think of ToonTube as a digital refrigerator – a place...