Penelope the Purple Pirate from Pic Pocket Books – Today’s Featured Free App

May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

What are Featured Free Apps? The iMums showcase a quality free app that we have installed, tested and recommend. Featured Free Apps are not lite versions, they are full versions that are free for a limited time only so you’ll need to be quick to grab them at the reduced price. Be sure to sign [...]

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Gerry the Giraffe HD by Polka Dots Publishing and Pic Pocket Books – Print Book Giveaway

April 8, 2013 By 16 Comments

What we love… The illustrations in the app, especially the sparkling trees and beautiful colors What we’d love to see… if some of the hidden sounds could be “highlighted” if a child was having trouble finding them on their own. I wish you could have the text re-read to you without having to flip back [...]

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Polka Dots Publishing Sponsors the 4th Annual Mrs P Contest – News

August 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Irvine, California – Polka Dots Publishing will provide a 25 Book Giveaway that all entrants of the Mrs. P contest can enter. The books will be donated to a charity of the winner’s choice along with signed copies that will be given to the winner and their school library. Polka Dots Publishing is sponsoring the [...]

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Gerry the Giraffe HD by Polka Dots Publishing and PicPocket Books – Review & Gift Card Giveaway

August 17, 2012 By 78 Comments

What we love… The illustrations in the app, especially the sparkling trees and beautiful colors What we’d love to see… if some of the hidden sounds could be “highlighted” if a child was having trouble finding them on their own. I wish you could have the text re-read to you without having to flip back [...]

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Penelope the Purple Pirate by Melissa Northway and Pic Pocket Books – Review

August 14, 2012 By 34 Comments

Reviewed by Alison Penelope the Purple Pirate by Pic Pocket books written by Melissa Northway is the story of Penelope who loves to adventures with her friends. The book is lightly interactive with the ability to touch on a variety of pictures to have them either do an action or tell you what they are. [...]

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Interview with Melissa Northway of Polka Dots Publishing

June 23, 2012 By 3 Comments

Today’s interview is with Melissa Northway, a author, app reviewer and one of our featured speakers this week.   You can find out more about Melissa and Penelope the Purple Pirate via her website , by reading our of review of Penelope the Purple Pirate or by following on Facebook and Twitter. Please be sure to join us and Melissa Northway, author of [...]

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The Importance of Reading Over the Summer Months – Guest Article by Melissa Northway

June 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Importance of Reading Over the Summer Months Summer officially starts June 21st and the lazy days of summer are upon us. But as parents we don’t want our children to fall behind in their reading skills. According to Ron Fairchild, Founding CEO of the National Summer Learning Association states that “Kids who don’t have [...]

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Let’s Talk: Children’s Books Event Week – June 23-30, 2012

May 30, 2012 By 4 Comments

From June 23-30, The iMums’ will be hosting a new event, Let’s Talk: Children’s Books, where we will be focusing book apps for children that are educational, encourage creativity and aim to improve their literacy skills.  We have some very special things in store for everyone this week including many new reviews on quality children’s [...]

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