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I was reading this story to my 3 year old this morning.  I was reading because after the update, there was no sound.  (the books made no sound, the piano etc...)

I am going to try and uninstall / reinstall.

-Craig


On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> What's the No 1 paid iPad app this week? No, it's not Angry Birds.
> 
> It's The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore, an interactive
> children's story that may well be 'one of the most influential titles of
> the early 21st century', according to Saturday's Times.
> 
> My wife downloaded this, and it's absolutely enchanting. As the app
> reads the story aloud, you tap, pinch and swipe on the accompanying
> pictures, and all sorts of delightful things happen as the story comes
> to life.
> 
> We've spent a happy hour exploring it (it gives you the general idea on
> the first couple of pages, but after that it's up to you to find what's
> there), and I'm sure there are things still to find, even after we
> reread it -  (e.g. try some chords on the 'Pop Goes the Weasel' piano -
> it's polyphonic).
> 
> We have some grandchildren to show it to (anyway, that's our excuse),
> but these aren't obligatory.
> 
> I'd like to put Moonbot, the developers, in touch with Rebecca Dautremer
> - imagine seeing her 'Alice au Pays des Mervielles' brought to life more
> interactively than:-
> 
> <URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Locoe4DK4&NR=1>
> 
> We've got the Spanish edition, which is lovely. No English edition as
> yet, though one is promised for October...
> 
> --
> Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
> Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris
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