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Apps Based on Children's Books Prove Fertile Marketplace
For Oceanhouse Media (OM), a publisher of apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, licensing relationships with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Hay House Publishers and Chronicle Books have helped it to become a player in the children's book space. With the company's recent announcement that the children's classic “ Green Eggs and Ham” was now available for purchase at the App Store, Oceanhouse Media reached a milestone: 100 apps published. After just one week of release, the “Green Eggs and Ham” e-book app achieved its own milestone—it reached the No. 1 position on the App Store book charts for both the iPad and the iPhone....
— Book Business, July 30, 2010
The Digital Revolution in Children's Publishing
With its sleek and powerful iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone, Apple dominates discussions of the future of children's digital publishing. Customers have downloaded more than four million (sic) apps, though Apple doesn't track how many of those are children's titles...
— Publishers Weekly, July 19, 2010
How Dr. Seuss titles make it to the App Store
The solution from Oceanhouse Media, which acquired the digital publishing rights for the Dr. Seuss series less than a year ago, was to turn to Apple's iPhone and iPad. The company had already put out a number of iOS self-help book apps for publisher Hay House...
Dr. Seuss's classic children's books are now available in digital form, thanks to a new mobile application created by a San Diego software developer... (VIDEO)
— Fox 5 San Diego, Jul 7, 2010
The iPad's chicken-or-egg developer problem
During a panel on prepping applications for the launch of the iPad, Michel Kripalani who is the president at Oceanhouse Media (which owns the rights to publish apps with the Dr. Seuss intellectual property), explained that his company had seen great success in launching a high number of applications that ran off the same game engine, and promoted one another...
"The Lorax" from Oceanhouse Media is a vivid rendition of the Dr. Seuss classic, with some nice features to assist early-readers. The app lets you read "The Lorax" like a traditional book, but with fun atmospheric sound effects like the sound of wind blowing and old crows cawing. With my son, I choose another option that reads the book to him in a narrator's voice. Words on the page were highlighted as the narrator said them...
— Wall Street Journal, Jun 17, 2010
Top 5 ways to entertain kids with an iPad - Dr Seuss’s ABC
My son has been a huge Dr Seuss fan since he could ask me to read Green Eggs and Ham over and over again, so I was really happy to see this app in the iPad store...
— Wired.co.uk - GeekDad, Jun 17, 2010
Review for "Dr. Seuss's ABC" - 4.5 out of 5 mice
Dr. Seuss’s ABC is a spectacular adaptation of the classic board book for small children. Oceanhouse Media has faithfully reproduced the text and graphics (which are stunning on the iPad)...
For a child learning to read, Dr. Seuss has been imported nicely into the 21st century in the form of “Dr. Seuss’s ABC and The Cat in the Hat” ($2.99 each, Oceanhouse Media). Children can swipe their way through the classic illustrations, but what’s really special is that you can make the words zoom out of the text, and land on the pictures, strengthening word/object association... This is especially fun for words like “fifer-feffer-feff.” Oceanhouse also lists two other Dr. Seuss titles on its site: “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” and “The Lorax.”
— The New York Times, May 7, 2010
The Lorax — Dr. Seuss (4 stars out of 4)
Lorax Garden (3.5 stars out of 4)
Buy these two apps together because when played in tandem, they provide a powerful environmental message for kids. The original illustrations and story of the beloved The Lorax book from Dr. Seuss is masterfully presented with great narration and the ability to touch anything in the illustrations and have it connected to the written word...
For iPad, 81 Percent of Top Book Apps Are Kids Titles
At bedtime one night last week, Heather Liesper asked 5-year-old Owen what book he wanted her to read to wind down his day. It won't surprise anyone that her son was keen for a Dr. Seuss title, but his request did come with a twist: For the first time, he wanted her to read it on the family's iPad...
Overall, I think The Lorax is (Oceanhouse Media's) best effort to date. Dr. Seuss’ story is timeless and just as appropriate now as when it was published in 1971. If you have young kids and an iPhone or iPad, add this title to your collection. If The Lorax isn’t one of their favorite books now, it should be afterwards...
— Wired.com - GeekDad, Apr 22, 2010
5 amazing iPad e-books for kids
Dr. Seuss books. Already among my favorites (uh, I mean, my kids' favorites) on the iPhone, Oceanhouse Media's three Seuss titles--"Dr. Seuss' ABC," "The Cat in the Hat," and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"--are just that much bigger and better on the iPad...
The Cat in the Hat — Dr. Seuss (4 stars out of 4)
Lovingly recreated, this Dr. Seuss classic shines as an example of how to transfer a beloved classic book into an app. This version retains all of the original artwork and is read aloud as words highlight on the screen. When you tap on the illustrations, the words from the story zoom over to the object touched, helping kids to make the connection between the words and the objects. The narrator is gifted, particularly when he takes on the voice of the Cat in the Hat.
Michel Kripalani started making e-books when e-books weren't cool. A veteran creator of video games, Kripalani began developing downloadable digital books about a year ago. At the time, Apple's App Store (AAPL), an online software application marketplace, boasted thousands of game apps and merely 700 book-related titles. "If everyone is growing corn, maybe it's time to grow soy," he figured.
Kripalani is glad he switched. E-books are booming now, with book-related apps outnumbering those dedicated to games. His company, Oceanhouse Media, sells three of the 10 best-selling book apps in the App Store...
— BusinessWeek Online, Mar 14, 2010
My three year old was entertained by both apps and had no problems swiping and interacting with them. When he was done with the two, he was asking for other Dr. Seuss books to interact with. Hopefully, Oceanhouse Media will come along with more because their implementation is really supurb...
— Wired.com - GeekDad, Feb 24, 2010
This is a loving adaptation of the anarchic classic, with the illustrations by Dr Seuss — aka Theodor Geisel, who wrote the original in 1957 — perfectly, even luminously reproduced...
No holiday would be complete unless you took some crazy photos and made them your Christmas card for next year. But why wait until next year, when you can dress them up and send them now? For $2.99, with the Grinch edition of the Dr. Seuss Camera, you can take a picture of your holiday antics, lay some Grinch illustrations on top of the faces you and your nephew are making and then send those greetings out to your loved ones right away...
— Fortune/CNN.com, Dec 14, 2009
My 10 favorite iPhone apps of 2009
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Another newcomer, "Grinch" brings Dr. Seuss to the iPhone in high style. Parents will love it as much as kids....
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More Dr Seuss Stories Released as iPhone Apps
There is nothing quite like reading a Dr. Seuss story to your children – the rhythmic rhyming patterns, the nonsensical words, the lessons learned. I have always loved the tongue-twisting prose of Dr. Seuss – and I love it on my iPhone as well. Oceanhouse Media has released three more of Dr Seuss’s classic stories for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. These stories can be purchased through iTunes....
— Blissfully Domestic.com, July 28, 2010
Last week Oceanhouse Media came out with two more Dr Suess books, adding to their already impressive list of classics. This time they have released one of the most famous Dr Suess books, ‘Green Eggs and Ham’, as well as ‘Gertrude McFuzz‘ (a great tale about a tail… had little sleep last night, that’s the best I can come up with). These latest titles show Oceanhouse Media continuing with what they do best (check out our original review of The Cat In The Hat)....
Oceanhouse Media has been in the process of taking all the Dr. Seuss classics and putting them into digital format for the iPhone and iPad. They’ve recently released another eBook from the collection: Green Eggs and Ham. There are three options for the story: Read to Me (The story is read to you, and you can turn the pages manually. This gives you time to click on things in the picture to have the word shown to you), Read it Myself (You read the story, you turn the pages....
— The Working Mom, July 25, 2010
Green Eggs and Ham: It’s the good Dr. Seuss’ timeless classic, updated superbly for the iPad. The drawings look great, the text is read aloud, and you can choose background audio for each scene. If you can even conceive of a time in which your iPad will be close proximity to a small child, it’s probably worth plunking down $4 to make their 21st Century day....
Up With a Fish! is a game based on Dr. Seuss’ classic, The Cat in the Hat. When you play the game you’ll find that infamous cat on your iPhone screen. You must tilt your phone to move him from left to right. Why? There are objects falling from the sky and the Cat must catch them on his hat. Thing 1 and Thing 2 are also falling but you’ll want to avoid them because they’ll happily smash the tower on top of your hat. If you catch a fishbowl you’ll increase your score but if you miss three fish bowls your game is over. Up With a Fish! is a great twist on a classic and it has fun sound effects and music. My five year old and I are both enjoying this silly app...
— The iPhone Mom, July 23, 2010
Top 50 iPhone Apps for Kids. #8 - Dr. Seuss Books
Oceanhouse Media creates officially licensed apps inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss. They have developed several games and camera applications, but the picture book apps are my favorite, with Dr. Seuss’s ABC topping the list...
Top 50 iPhone Apps for Kids. #46 - Dr. Seuss Cameras
I’m classifying the Dr. Seuss Camera apps as art because I consider Dr. Seuss’ illustrations to be art, beloved by both myself and my children. The Dr. Seuss Camera apps feature different cards based on either The Cat in the Hat or How the Grinch Stole Christmas...
Sam-I-Am comes alive with the Green Eggs and Ham iPhone app
The animated Dr. Seuss books on iPhone by Oceanhouse Media are some of the loveliest and most thoughtful book apps I have downloaded...
Oceanhouse Media Releases Three New eBooks in Dr. Seuss Series
As usual, these apps are designed to help children learn how to read, and contain features like words that highlight and are read aloud when a child touches them (another option aside from having the professional narration play automatically), and the ability for word and picture association, in that when a picture in the book is touched, words describing the image appear and are spoken...
— Frisky Mongoose, July 16, 2010
We'd like to reveal some super news
All about apps and Dr Seuss
Those busy chaps at Oceanhouse
The ones with all the mobile nous
Have just released their 100th app
Quite a feather in their cap...
— Mobile Entertainment, July 15, 2010
Green Eggs and Ham eBook Now Out for iPhone
Green Eggs and Ham – one of the most popular children’s books of all time – is now available as an eBook for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Like many of Dr. Seuss’ works, this is a timeless classic that I remember my brother and I loving when we were kids, and one that is now a favorite of my daughter...
— Just Another iPhone Blog, July 15, 2010
The highly anticipated and best-selling children’s classic Dr. Seuss eBook — Green Eggs and Ham — is now available on the iPhone and iPad in a universal app. Along with “Green Eggs and Ham,” Oceanhouse Media has also released Hop on Pop, an early reader favorite, as well as the short story, Gertrude McFuzz...
What can your kid do with an ipod touch?
There are over 100,000 apps for the iPod/iPhone so finding the right ones can be daunting. If you have any suggestions that I don’t list here, please feel free to comment down below and let me know. Here is my short list to get you started though...
Dr. Seuss has always been a favorite author of mine. The books are fun, cute and quirky. I'm so happy that my girls also love reading Dr. Seuss books. We had the opportunity to download the Up With A Fish App on my IPod. The girls love playing this game. And the game is super easy to play...
— Mammaliciousfinds, July 8, 2010
Education and learning apps for your iPad... (VIDEO)
Best iPhone apps for infants (Summer 2010 edition) - Dr Seuss Classics
This might be more of a favorite of mine right now then my girls, but I can’t help but put these on the list. Oceanhouse Media has been rolling out what are basically interactive audio e-books of everyone’s favorite Dr Seuss classic books. Already offering a handful of books including The Cat in the Hat, with more on the way, there is no doubt your favorite will show up if it hasn’t already, and what better way to introduce the iPhone Baby generation to the greatness that is Dr Seuss? Offering you the control of reading and turning page by page, or just sitting back and watching as the book reads itself, these are great updated adaptions of everyone’s favorite classics.
Top 10 best iPad apps for bookworms - The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
Developer Oceanhouse Media has been bringing a succession of classic Dr Seuss books to iPad, and where better to start than The Cat in the Hat? It also reads the story out to your children, while highlighting individual words as they're read. It's all based on the original artwork from the book, which has been enlarged to suit the iPad's screen. Also, this app is 'universal', meaning you can have it on your iPhone too, for those moments when child-distraction is required, and your tablet isn't to hand.
6 tips for building better iPad apps
In today's New Media Minute, Daisy Whitney hits up the iPad Game Summit in San Francisco and shares key considerations that can help content creators succeed on the device... (VIDEO)
— iMediaConnection.com, Jul 2, 2010
"The Cat in the Hat" e-book - Spring 2010 Mobile Apps - Silver Medal
With the iconic uncluttered simplicity and fun of Dr. Suess's original pages, Oceanhouse Media's app delivers The Cat in the Hat to an iPhone near you.
Standout details include the background soundtrack that plays while read the book which adds a subtle, and charming enhancement to the story. The page transitions are smooth and engaging as they zoom in or out on particular illustrations. We particularly appreciated the ability to stop at any point in the story and return to that same spot at a later time. Overall we would highly recommend adding this to your digital library...
— Parents-Choice.org, Jul 1, 2010
iPhone/iPad/iPod Dr. Seuss’ One Fish, Two Fish plus Fun Game-Great!
Oceanhouse Media makes the best interactive eBooks, hands down. They own the license for Dr. Seuss’ wonderful books and they actually improve the experience plus increase your child’s literacy by making the pictures on each frame interactive. When you child touches any of the images, the word will float from the text (if the word is in the text) to the image. If the narrator is reading the story, the story is NOT interrupted, however, the word will still float from the text to the image. If the narrator is done reading the story, the narrator will also say the word. Some of the images will still have a floating even if that particular word is not on that particular page...
Oceanhouse Media bootstraps a sustainable business on the iPhone and iPad
Neophyte game developers have viewed the iPhone as a gold rush — an opportunity to get rich building games that don’t have to go through all of the traditional filters that publishers and retailers put in the way of startups.
But Michel Kripalani, president of Oceanhouse Media in San Diego, Calif., has been through a gold rush before in the early days of video games. He figured out the way to succeed on the iPhone is to publish lots of games and electronic books under license from big names such as Dr. Seuss. Each one of the apps may sell in small numbers, but the sheer volume of apps is enough to generate a diverse portfolio of products that keeps business humming along.
— VentureBeat.com, Jun 30, 2010
The storybook application “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” is based on the original book by Theodor Geisel – most commonly known as Dr. Seuss. As with many of Seuss’ early books, there isn’t much “story” to this story, yet the clever, poetic lyrics and fantastical creatures aptly capture the imagination and wonderment of readers of all ages. For early readers, “One Fish…” keeps their attention through clever rhyme and offers lessons through word association and word comprehension...
If you are looking for a sweet gift for your grad with an iPhone, head over to Oceanhouse Media for some inexpensive ideas! ...
iPhone/iPad App: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Great App!
I must say this a lot but I LOVE Oceanhouse Media’s iPhone and iPad apps. They have the exclusive license for Dr. Seuss and they do a bang up job every time to make a classic even better by adding INTERACTIVITY! All the Dr. Seuss iPad and iPhone apps let you click on a picture and have the word float from the text to the image. And the narrator says the word. It’s a great feature for teaching little ones word recognition plus it’s fun! ...
Who isn’t a Dr. Suess fan? I think his books are going on their third generation of readers. And since we’re in such an electronic generation, of course Dr. Suess can effortlessly make the leap to handheld devices like the iPhone. These apps from OceanHouse Media certainly indicate that the Suess way of life is still going strong...
— An Island Life, Jun 17, 2009
Dr. Seuss' Hop on Pop brings its rhymes to iPhone
Apps for kids are huge on iPhone and iPod touch, as millions of parents pass on (the former) or buy (the latter) for their children and fill them with apps. Something we're particularly chuffed about is the release of a bunch of official Dr. Seuss apps for the devices.
The latest is Hop on Pop, a version of the book of the same name, which teaches children to read with suitably silly rhymes. "THREE. TREE. Three fish in a tree. Fish in a tree? How can that be?" That kind of thing. The app has the original words and artwork, as you'd expect...
The fabulous library of Dr. Seuss apps has grown again! Oceanhouse Media has released two new Dr. Seuss e-books – One Fish, Two Fish and Oh, the Places You’ll Go! I haven’t tried out either app but based on what I’ve seen from the Dr. Seuss apps in the past I’m certain they’ll be fantastic...
CEO'S CORNER - Interview with Michel Kripalani, CEO of Oceanhouse Media
Dominic Milano interviews Michel Kripalani, founder and CEO of Oceanhouse Media.
Kripalani has had tremendous success with his company of one year. He admits he has learned quickly about rapid development cycles and viral marketing when it comes to creating iPhone and iPad apps...
— GamingBusinessReview, Jun 8, 2010
4 stars out of 5 for "Up With A Fish!"
Whether you’re familiar with his works or not, most everyone knows about the Cat In The Hat. It’s the timeless tale of two bored kids on a rainy day and the “concerned” cat that comes to bring them out of their doldrums. I never really considered before what, if anything, might make a good game based off of this story. I think Oceanhouse Media and NimbleBit have done a pretty good job with Up With A Fish...
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! – Dr. Seuss is an iPad app that brings us all back to our favorite childhood Dr. Seuss book. This book is full of good wishes and sage advice all on your iPad.
I for one, love Dr. Seuss. His stories are excellently written and illustrated. His cheerful characters and colorful drawings are fantastic for re-visting a childhood memory or, for giving your child a new favorite childhood memory by reading this fantastic book to them.
I’m a very happy camper each time I see another Dr. Seuss title from Oceanhouse hit the App Store. My daughter and I have been enjoying all of these apps for many months now. What I enjoy most about them – apart from seeing my daughter enjoy them – is that they are lovingly rendered versions of the original books...
— Just Another iPad Blog, Jun 5, 2010
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish iphone app review - 4 out of 5 stars
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish takes great visual images to a next level. This beautifully narrated book will keep your kids entertained this summer. Read it yourself or play it in an automatic mode for an animated feel, one thing is for sure it’s beautiful story will keep you hooked till the end. The vibrant colors and beautifully designed characters make the whole experience wonderful for kids...
Oceanhouse Media has created a slew of Dr. Seuss books for the iPhone/iPod/iPad, and all of them are well done and fun to read, have read to you and interact with. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is no exception...
— The Working Mom, Jun 5, 2010
In line with The Cat in the Hat story, Up With a Fish is a fun game where you tilt the phone side to side to catch various falling items onto the top of the The Cat’s hat. It’s ok if you miss a few items, except for the fishbowl. Miss too many of those and the game is over. Also, watch out for Thing One and Thing Two, they’ll knock off all the items you’ve collected...
— The Working Mom, Jun 5, 2010
It’s kind of funny that a children’s story would become a classic graduation gift, but when you’re talking about Oh! The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss, then it’s no surprise. The story is great for children as well as adults – an inspiring view of life’s various adventures. The advice and encouragement the book gives is timeless. Released in time for Graduation, the ebook has three options: read the book yourself, have the book read to you (and you manually turn the pages), or put the whole thing on autoplay and have the book read to you and pages turn automatically...
— The Working Mom, Jun 5, 2010
Keep your kids entertained this summer with two new Dr. Seuss apps released by Oceanhouse Media. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and Up with a Fish are two more wonderfully created apps worth adding to your collection...
Just in time for long summer car trips, Oceanhouse Media is giving us a new batch of Dr. Seuss themed iPhone apps. Love it!
We’re getting new interactive book apps for One Fish, Two Fish and Oh, the Places You’ll Go!. There’s also a cool stacking game called Up With A Fish.
My kids have loved all the Dr. Seuss apps, and these are no exception....
— Babble.com (Strollerderby), Jun 4, 2010
I bought my son a copy of Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish from Oceanhouse Media and it's wonderful. It's not just a simple digital rendering of the classic book, it's an interactive storybook that he can either flip through and read himself or listen to a guided audio version...
— TriQuarterly Online, Jun 3, 2010
Oceanhouse Media does it again by creating more wonderful children’s Dr. Seuss storybook apps!
In honor of World Oceans Day and the book’s 50th anniversary, the “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” eBook app is now available for your enjoyment. Written for children between the ages 2-7, the book is filled with over 60 pages of lovely animations and storytelling! You can purchase it in the iTunes store for $3.99.
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss is a faithful reproduction of the classic analog version of one of the best-selling children’s books of all time, and what a reproduction it is!
— BestKidsApps.com, Jun 3, 2010
New Dr Seuss iPhone Ebooks and Game Launched With World Oceans Day 2010
I can safely say that thanks to my iPhone, I’ve gotten acquainted to the works of Dr. Seuss. Even more impressively is how Oceanhouse Media times the launches of these Dr. Seuss apps, it’s always a tie-in with environmental concerns. The latest launch of Dr Seuss’ “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish eBook” app is no different, the app is launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Seuss classic as well as World Oceans Day that takes place on the 8th of June...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Jun 3, 2010
To celebrate World Ocean Day on June the 8th and the book’s 50th anniversary Oceanhouse Media launched yet another fabulous digital version of Dr Seuss’s books. After classic stories like The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax and How The Grinch Stole Christmas it is the turn of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to join the App store...
Oceanhouse Media has been on a roll lately in terms of releasing high quality Dr. Seuss-based apps into the App Store. In less than a month they have released not one, not two, but three new apps based on the crazy worlds Dr. Seuss has created. Now you should be able to find one for any occasion...
Review - Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” eBook, "Lorax Garden" and "Dr. Seuss Senders" - iPhone/iPad
I have always been a big fan of Dr. Seuss. And thanks to the beauty of technology, and the developers at Oceanhouse Media, parents can pass on the Seuss tradition to whole new generation while at the same time embrace their inner child.
Back in April, in celebration of Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media released two new iPhone/iPad apps based on The Lorax. The first app is The Lorax, adapted to an interactive book format...
— Family Gamer Online, May 31, 2010
Review for "The Cat in the Hat" - 5 out of 5 stars
The Cat in the Hat is one of my absolute favorite reads of all time. The app features all the amazing and unique drawings that really make Dr. Seuss books stand out. The app even allows for you to pan and zoom through the pictures so that kids can easily recognise the characters, even on a tiny screen...
I Can do it 2010 Calender: You can do this! - 5 out of 5 stars
Inspire yourself for a better and positive life by waking up every day to the inspiration thoughts of I can do it 2010 calendar which gives you a positive though each day. Each day has different word of wisdom which you can browse though by swiping through your iphone. Email the quote to a friend or set it as wallpaper. I can do it has very appealing and vibrant graphics with a sleek interface...
In just the last few months, Dr. Seuss, Curious George, Mr. Bump, Alice in Wonderland and a slew of other major kids book icons have burst onto the mobile phone scene, often with a digital sticker price a fraction what the paper book version costs.
"The sky is open to anything we want to do with digital," said Michael Kripalani, a former video game publisher in San Diego whose company, Oceanhouse Media Inc., won the rights to publish Dr. Seuss stories on cell phones. "We're working as fast as we can and shipping two to three new titles a week." ...
— The Tampa Tribune, May 20, 2010
What’s great about these apps is that they are not just thrown together. They are carefully recreated from the actual artwork. Each page or image looks beautiful on the iPad screen. Text is crisp, clear, and highlighted when the word is spoke. Oh, did I not mention that all books are narrated by professionals. Users have 3 options for narration. First you can have it narrated and autoplay the entire book. One can have it read to them and manually turn the pages. Or turn narrating off completely...
The Lorax – Dr. Seuss for the iPad is a bittersweet story with a heavy-duty environmental message (in case you’ve forgotten).
A businessman named the “Onceler” chops down all the Truffula trees to make Thneeds, which everyone needs.
This habitat destruction is both cataclysmic for the creatures who live there and very, very sad. “Business is business,” justifies the Onceler. “And business must grow.” ...
— BestKidsApps.com, May 7, 2010
Dr Seuss’s ABC
Learn the alphabet with Dr. Seuss. It’s hard to pick which Dr. Seuss book to buy first, so why not just start them early with this one. Then you can add The Cat in the Hat next. I like how you can click over an object on the page and the word will appear over it, along with the narrator telling you what it is. Great for promoting early reading skills.
— BestKidsApps.com, May 7, 2010
Dr. Seuss's The Cat In The Hat and The Lorax
Great prices for great Geisel greatness, these books are even better because they run on both iPad and iPhone, for maximum parental support. Lord love a Lorax!
Dr. Seuss on my iPhone was great, my son loved it but The Lorax on my iPad is out of this world! This ebook is just more good stuff from Oceanhouse Media, see my previous post on The Cat In The Hat. The Lorax is the same well designed reader with a new story. It is intuitive for young children to operate and gives them the options of reading on their own or being read to, again I could not over emphasize the importance of reading and being read to when learning to read. I think this reader is great for children and would even be an asset in an adult literacy program, at 45 I still enjoy reading through Dr. Seuss now and again! ...
The Cat In the Hat FINALLY Taught Me How to Read! (Video Review)
Everyone has talked about the iPad’s ability to up the ante on eBook readers, and I couldn’t agree more. But the device can also do things with books that Kindle and Nook have only dreamed of.
The Cat in the Hat is a great example of what I’m talking about. Using the book’s original text and artwork, the app allows users to enjoy the original Seuss book by reading alone or reading along with a narrator. Plus with interactive images, read along highlighting and simple animation, this app has the potential to actually teach kids as they’re being entertained. What a noble concept.
Reading an AOL News story today that 13 of the 16 top book applications for the iPad are children's titles, I began getting a little light-headed. That time, "somewhere down the road," when kids will be reading picture books on handheld computers and we'll all be flying jetpacks to work, well, it's here. Mostly.
But I still couldn't wrap my brain around what it all means. So I got in touch with Oceanhouse Media, the publisher of the Dr. Seuss apps that are among the most popular downloads. Surely he could calm me down about the iPad, picture book apps, e-books, and what this all means.
"It's a complete revolution in the way children's books will be published," said Michel Kripalani, president of Oceanhouse Media...
iPhone/iPad app, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Exceptionally Well Done
I can not rave more about OceanHouse Media’s Dr. Seuss iPhone app books and iPad app books. They really get it. The ebook is a different medium than a print book and therefore should have different — ENHANCED — functionality that truly makes it a different, and yes, possibly better, experience than a traditional book...
Everyone loves the fun rhymes, silly text and timeless illustrations in the classic children’s books by Dr. Seuss! A collection of those books are now available for you and your kids to enjoy in the App Store.
I reviewed The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax and really enjoyed them. These well known stories combine education and entertainment into one complete app package and promise to keep your little ones busy for hours. Each book has three options for reading...
I liked Dr. Seuss books as a kid. But now that Oceanhouse Media is bringing Dr. Seuss to life on the iPod, iPad and iPhone, I absolutely love the digital e-books! The Dr. Seuss classic "The Lorax" comes to the iPhone as the “The Lorax” app, which is now available to download for $3.99, a fraction of the price of the hardcopy book...
Dr. Seuss Senders iPhone app review
With 100 cards in the iPhone app, you won’t run out of clever follow-up emails for months to come. Considering the average “You did it!” card at Hallmark costs approximately $5 these days, $2.99 for 100 cards is a bargain.
I immediately send my college friend, who is lovingly nicknamed "Fish," the “Hot fish, cool fish, you fish, RULE fish!” card. When my man was on a business trip, I sent him the “Say…hope you’re having fun today. I miss you when you are away!” ...
Another quality children’s storybook, The Lorax – Dr. Seuss Oceanhouse Media, that definitely gives you your money’s worth. The app is available for iPhone, iTouch or iPad. I just sat down with my boys before nap and chose “read to me” mode. The only issues – I was falling asleep and forgetting to swipe to turn the page before the 25 minute story was over. Now that’s not because the story was boring, but because it was so long and the kiddos wear me out! ...
— iPhone4idiots.com, Apr 23, 2010
Dr. Seuss has gone high tech. Have you got an iPhone or an iPod? Check out the books and apps available from Oceanhouse Media. They are really well done, especially when you look at what other books for kids are available on iPhone/iPod (there are some good ones, but there are some stinky ones too).
I've downloaded and installed Dr. Seuss's ABC's, The Lorax and The Lorax Garden app. Both of the books are wonderful for kids...
— Young Adults Books Central, Apr 23, 2010
Five apps to celebrate Earth Day
The Lorax – Dr. Seuss is a wonderful ebook that’s perfect for Earth Day! It’s about a character who cuts down all the trees in the forest to make clothes. The Lorax warns him that his actions are hurting everyone, but he doesn’t listen. There’s a great moral to the story that will certainly engage young minds to help Mother Nature more. It’s a great story with beautiful animations and a narrator who reads to you!
Oceanhouse Media has released two new apps for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch that help celebrate Earth Day in a way that only Dr. Seuss could appreciate! ...
The graphics and sound effects in Lorax Garden are very Seussical and well done. My seven year old daughter picked it up, got the hang of it without any trouble and has been planting trees and flowers most of the afternoon. It’s not a fast paced app but she’s been playing with it for most of the afternoon so I’d say it’s a hit...
— The iPhone Mom, Apr 21, 2010
Just in time for Earth day! Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax has been brought to iPhones and iPads by Oceanhouse Media. My son and I tried the e-book out on the iPad and the graphics were fantastic. The app is beautifully done, the story is a classic and I hope Oceanhouse Keeps the Dr. Seuss books coming to the App Store!
— The iPhone Mom, Apr 21, 2010
Dr. Seuss Senders- 100 fantabulous cheer-ups and quotes to share!
This is a terrific e-card app for two reasons. First, with 100 different cards there’s plenty of content to choose from. Next, the Seussy sayings and illustrations make the Dr. Seuss Senders unique and fun to read...
— The iPhone Mom, Apr 21, 2010
The Lorax Review - I enjoy the movement and interactive features of this app; as you read the story (or have it read to you), you pan around the page to have a more detailed look at the illustrations, and you can tap on some of the images to see the identifying words. “The Lorax” is an engaging and entertaining storybook, but it also provides a valuable opportunity for parents and children to discuss conservation and environmental concerns in our world today...
The Lorax’s Garden app from Oceanhouse Media will have your kids growing their own digital truffula trees and planting lots of grickle grass ’cause “unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not”. The app is absolutely fantastic, one of the best iPhone games we’ve ever played. The Bear has never been so engrossed in an app before. Ever. We played it together for over an hour last night instead of reading books at bedtime (I know, I know). In Lorax’s Garden, you succeed in regrowing Weehawken, South Stitch and other Lorax lands and begin to see Swomee Swans, Humming Fish and Bar-ba-loots (in their bar-ba-loot suits!) return to the forests. It’s repetitive action; planting, watering, weeding, etc, but each new level brings new flowers, new varieties and colors of truffula trees and new characters from the book. Spend the (money) and buy this app today.
— Out With The Kids, Apr 21, 2010
Oh no! All the Truffula Trees have died! You must now help the Lorax in an effort to bring them all back. The Lorax Garden is the what some would call the sequel to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. Oceanhouse Media did a good job timing the release of it, as Earth Day is just around the corner. If you have not had a chance to read The Lorax it is available as an e-book on the app store. If you have not read the book it ends in saying we must do something to the save the trees or we will live in a world of hurt...
Lorax Garden Review
With Earth Day right around the corner, there couldn’t have been a better time for developer Oceanhouse Media to dust off The Lorax, Dr. Seuss’ classic allegory about the environment and the impact we have on it. If you have a green thumb and you’ve been looking for an app that’ll let you scratch that gardening itch, Lorax Garden might just be the game you’re looking for...
Dr. Seuss & Mother Earth
Download an environmentally friendly Dr. Seuss book on your iPad to celebrate Earth Day (April 22). Thanks to Apple and Oceanhouse Media, you can download The Lorax. You can also check out the Lorax Garden children's game. And remember this Earth Day what The Lorax told us: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
The Lorax is a classic story way ahead of its time that is still current in today’s world where the ecological warning is becoming more pressing. Most importantly the eBook remains true to Theodor Geisel’s vision of teaching children to read. In fact The Lorax eBook combines the beautiful original artwork of the book with innovative features that promote reading in young children, including highlighted picture, word associations, professional narrations and background audio...
Dr Seuss, he loved the trees,
He loves the trees and birds and bees,
But birds and bees don’t like to read,
Not like young kids, you must concede.
Time to stop embarrassing myself and get on with it. App development company Oceanhouse Media has released three more Dr Seuss apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch and – if you live in the US – iPad to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this Thursday (April 22)...
Oceanhouse has released the most adorable apps for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch that you're ever going to see.
Cheap games with a cute theme for a good price... not a bad deal. I also understand no Loraxes were hurt in the making of these applications.
If you're a fan of the Dr Seuss books then you'll love these (apps) in the iPad app store...
They will let you enjoy the classic stories by Theodor Geisel...
— Pocket-lint.com, Apr 19, 2010
Just in time for Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media has two new app offerings for the iPhone and iPod Touch. “The Lorax“, Dr. Seuss’s classic story, and “The Lorax Garden“, a game based off The Lorax are available for purchase via iTunes.
The original story of The Lorax centers around a narrator who clear cuts some magestic trees in order to produce a mass-market Thneed. The Lorax issues warnings, speaking on behalf of the trees but the narrator doesn’t listen. It is a tale to be kind to Mother Nature and our resources, and not just for Earth Day but for every day. My children have enjoyed reading this story on my phone (OVER AND OVER)...
— Blissfully Domestic.com, Apr 19, 2010
Celebrate Earth Day, Dr. Seuss Style
Just in time for Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media has released two special iPhone and iPad apps based around Dr. Seuss’s classic book, The Lorax. First published in 1971, The Lorax was written by Dr. Seuss to teach children about the value of caring about the environment...
This Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media wants more than just your ham and eggs to go green. The app publisher is marking the 40th anniversary of the April 22 event with a spate of new iPhone and iPad apps based on Dr. Seuss’s environmentally-themed classic, The Lorax...
The Lorax is the latest Dr. Seuss eBook title to come to the iPhone and the iPad. It has been released, along with two other Dr. Seuss titles from Oceanhouse Media, to coincide with Earth Day next week. It’s perfectly suited for the occasion, as the story has a strong eco message and theme.
My daughter and I got a chance to read The Lorax on the iPad last night. Both of us are big Dr. Seuss fans (who isn’t?). We’ve enjoyed the previous Dr. Seuss eBook titles on the iPhone from Oceanhouse; so we were looking forward to seeing this one...
— Just Another iPad Blog, Apr 16, 2010
New Dr Seuss Apps Arrive for iPhone/iPad Featuring The Lorax!
If you were part of the global participants of Earth Hour 2010, did you know that this coming April 22nd is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day? In conjunction with Earth Day, Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three new Dr Seuss iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps. Check out the information below...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Apr 16, 2010
New Dr. Seuss apps for iPhone, iPad celebrate Earth Day
Oceanhouse Media on Friday announced the release of three new Dr. Seuss apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The Lorax e-book, Lorax Garden Game and Dr. Seuss Senders are now available...
Oceanhouse Media has released three more iPhone App's based on the strange world of the perennially popular Dr. Seuss childrens' books. Along with an eBook version of the 1971 classic The Lorax Garden, an environmentally aware educational game of the same name and a e-greeting card creation App are also newly available for the Apple portables.
In keeping with the original tome's green credentials, the trio of titles have been released to recognise the 40th aniversary of Earth Day, which in fact falls on April 22nd....
— CasualGaming.biz, Apr 16, 2010
Are you looking for a new and fun way to enhance story time with your children?
Oceanhouse Media has brought Dr. Seuss to life on the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. The classic books take on a new life thanks to the interactive nature of these apps. Combining the beautiful original artwork of the books with innovative features that promote reading in young children, these apps are sure to be a hit with families everywhere.
— Family Gamer Online, Apr 16, 2010
Three classic books that find their most impressive canvasses on the iPad. In each case, Oceanhouse Media has taken a colorful, art-driven title that would not have worked in Apple’s iBooks application—as it currently is, at least—and gives it everything from full voice narration, played automatically or turned off as you wish, to animated and spoken word pop-ups that identify the pictures on the screen. On the iPad, the experiences are better than having the actual books on hand, with pages rendered at roughly the original size and full resolution, while the iPod touch and iPhone pages are identical in visuals, sonics, and interactivity, only smaller. Though none of these electronic books dramatically evolves Dr. Seuss’s content beyond its original 2-D form, they all do as good a job of presenting what was originally there as any parent could hope for.
Random House publishes the print versions of Dr. Seuss's titles, but app maker Oceanhouse Media licensed the iPad and iPhone rights to the entire collection from Dr. Seuss Enterprises. So far it has launched three apps (The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's ABC, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas). Within the next few weeks, it will also introduce The Lorax as two separate apps (a book and a game).
Oceanhouse sells games separately because its president, Michel Kripalani, thinks that's what Theodor Geisel would have wanted. "Ted Geisel was all about teaching kids how to read. Every feature we put into this book has to support reading and teaching kids how to read." To wit, Oceanhouse's apps let kids touch an object, such as a hat, and see the word for it float forward. And as the narrator reads, the app highlights the corresponding text...
— Publishers Weekly, Apr 8, 2010
Oceanhouse Media doesn't just develop new apps for the iPhone and iPad--they truly model the traits of a wealthy company. Michel and his team have successfully balanced intense focus with creativity and innovation. Whether you are a struggling startup or a successful growth company, you will benefit from Michel's pearls of business wisdom. (Audio Interview)
Oceanhouse has partnered up with Dr. Seuss Enterprises LLP, and they have done a remarkable job of turning these classics into apps. They put together an engine that they can plug any Dr. Seuss book into, since the apps all work exactly the same way. I don't think this was done to make it easier on themselves, but rather to address their market of ankle-biters. If you learn one, you've learned them all, and even for small children, mastering them is easy.
If you have kids just getting used to the concept of reading, I couldn't recommend these apps more highly, and I fully expect that in time the entire Seuss catalog will be along for the ride...
— The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apr 7, 2010
Dr. Seuss Apps for iPad: An eBookNewser Video Review. "They're the same apps, but the look amazing on the iPad."...
Today’s kids are so lucky; not only do they get to enjoy the Dr. Seuss app for the iPhone, they also get to experience the Seussical one on the iPad!
Oceanhouse Media, the people that make the Dr. Seuss apps for the iPhone, have released updates for the three most popular Dr. Seuss apps, which make them iPad-compatible...
The Dr. Seuss apps are an easy recommendation to any parent of small children. These are not so much apps as enhanced e-books that are as good, if not better, than the original paper versions, and at $3, they are less expensive than buying the dead tree versions at the bookstore. Of course, even if you already own the original books, there’s no reason not to own these apps as well – they go together like Thing One and Thing Two...
Five must-have iPhone apps for parents
3. Dr. Seuss e-books (and others) Nothing beats reading to your kids, but that's a little tricky when you're behind the wheel. Or don't have a book on hand. For those and other times, I can't recommend Oceanhouse Media's Dr. Seuss e-books highly enough. Priced at $2.99 each, "Dr. Seuss's ABC," "The Cat in the Hat," and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" are animated, narrated, and wonderful. I consider these "best of breed."
Dr. Seuss on iPhone as eBook: Better than the Book!
I love these iPhone books. They are so well done they are ACTUALLY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL BOOK! Go figure! So…we are sliding down the slope ever so slowly!
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind Cards app for iPhone and iPod Touch comes recommended to fans of T. Harv Eker’s philosophies or those seeking financial motivation. After all, according to T. Harv Eker, he went from having nothing to becoming a millionaire in only two and a half years’ time...
The Cat in the Hat iPhone app is better than the book itself
The classic book comes to life on your iPhone. At first I wondered why I would want someone to read the book to me, but I was quickly drawn into the narrator’s spirited reading of the children’s tale, along with the sound effects and strategic zooming in and out of the classic red, white and blue drawings of the book...
Once my kids got wind of this app on my iPod Touch I was without my device for a very long time. My 6 year old liked to read it himself but was also very much about interacting with the pictures and custom audio. My 4 year old liked having it read to him, and voice of the lady narrator fits perfectly with what I would expect for this book. I can not get over how well the narration is done...
So, what do I say? Should you go buy this app?
Why, yes! go and get it! This app is not crap!
Your kids will love it and I think you will too!
And you’ll all wish you had your own Thing One and Thing Two!
How good would Dr. Seuss books look on the iPad? If you said damn good, you’re right. And it’s not would, it’s will - as Oceanhouse Media plans to bring all of Dr. Seuss to the iPad. Yay!...
— Just Another iPad Blog, Mar 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd was Theodor Geisel’s birthday. And Oceanhouse Media has put all their Dr. Seuss apps on sale to celebrate. Dr. Seuss’s ABC is one of the ebooks that has made it into the Top 25 App list. That’s right, a kid’s educational book is a Top 25 app. How is that possible? It’s Dr. Seuss, my friend…..Dr. “Sam I am” Seuss...
Their motto is “Apps that uplift, educate and inspire” and that is exactly what Oceanhouse Media did yesterday with the announcement of several Dr. Seuss iPhone applications that have made the podium in the App Store, all within 24 hours.
I have to say “Bravo!” These are the best storybooks I have found on the iPhone! Much longer, with more pages and touchable pictures too. After having read both The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Suess ABC, Oceanhouse Media blows (the) others away...
— iPhone4idiots.com, Mar 4, 2010
REVIEW – “This delightful book comes to life on your iPhone.”
While I normally do not review books, for the simple reason that their features are usually quite obvious, The Cat in the Hat takes the extra steps truly stand out. It becomes a great way for your child to not only enjoy a great book but improve their own reading skills.
Remember the days as a child when you would beg your mom (or in my case dad) to read you a Dr. Seuss story? Well, children (and moms & dads) these days are blessed with the magic of the iPhone for instant entertainment. And what better way to occupy a child in an educational, fun way then to have a library of Dr. Seuss apps on your iPhone? ...
— The Huffington Post, Mar 2, 2010
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Yes, it’s true, the author and illustrator of such children’s classics as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! would have celebrated his 106th birthday today...
As the book reads, it zooms in and out of the pictures based on the context of whats being read and as the words are read, they change colors so that your little one can follow along. There are also corresponding sounds that go with the picture, such as when when it rains, you hear rain in the background or if its windy you hear wind rustling through the trees.
— Touch Tech Review, Mar 2, 2010
If you like to buy your apps cheap
In case they're not good enough to keep
Then oh! I have some marvellous news
About some apps from Dr. Seuss
— Mobile Entertainment, Mar 1, 2010
Graham is a huge fan of The Cat in the Hat iPhone app. It has the same wonderful illustrations that you will find in the book and will read the story to your child. You can also choose to read the story yourself. This app along with the Dr. Seuss's ABC iPhone app also has a wonderful feature that lets your child hear and see the words of items they touch on the screen...
Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorite children’s book authors. I loved the books as a kid, and as an adult, I still love reading the books to my kids. So it should probably come as no surprise that the Dr. Seuss iPhone apps totally thrill me and my kids...
— The Working Mom, Mar 1, 2010
I continue to find gems in educational apps, and here's a great example - Oceanhouse Media's reimagined eBook for Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat, and a number of other books too.
While I suspect most of us know the story of The Cat in the Hat, and Dr. Suess’ use of anapestic tetrameter in his writing style to teach the rhythm and sounds critical to learning to read, this is all new to children – so is hearing it as it should be read. Right off I am impressed with the use of the option of reading it alone or having it read to you....
Oceanhouse Media has an enviable track record:
For almost the entire lifetime of the App Store they’ve consistently had a handful of apps in the top-100. Their apps beat the averages for both volume and unit price; in fact, they won’t build an app unless they can sell (a minimum of) five to ten thousand units at $4 to $7 each...
One iBook, Two iBook, Red iBook, Blue iBook
In response to one overlooked demographic, Oceanhouse Media has launched additional iPhone and iPod touch apps featuring some beloved children's titles. And they've got their eyes set on the iPad...
Building on the work Oceanhouse did with its previous release, an iPhone-optimized e-book of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the books combine the artwork of the original books with features developed to help promote reading in young children, like highlighted picture and word associations, professional narrations and custom background audio...
The Cat and the Hat has just been put out as an iPhone app by Oceanhouse Media, the nice people who brought us the Grinch game last Christmas. They’ve also released Dr. Suess’ ABCs. Not a moment too soon. My kids got to playtest these on a harrowing cross-country flight. I love you for that, Oceanhouse...
— Babble.com (Strollerderby), Feb 17, 2010
My daughter loves Dr. Seuss. She also loves the camera on my iPhone. Put these together and you have a four year old in Seussian snap happy heaven, and a mother who can't check her e-mail or play Words With Friends when her kid is around...
Last year Oceanhouse Media brought Dr. Seuss’s Grinch to the iPhone. Just last week they released an iPhone version of “The Cat in the Hat” and “Dr. Suess’s ABC”. This weekend I tried out the Dr. Suess’s ABC app because that is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. It’s a fun twist on an alphabet book and as far as Dr. Seuss books go, the words are easy enough to pronounce...
— The iPhone Mom, Feb 15, 2010
Here’s another great Dr. Seuss app from Oceanhouse Media. The Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition is a follow up to the Grinch camera app that they released at the the end of 2009. This version lets you take pictures and then liven them up with some spunk courtesy of of the Cat in the Hat...
— The iPhone Mom, Feb 15, 2010
On February 12, application developer Oceanhouse Media announced the launch of three iPhone Apps based on Dr. Seuss children's stories. Two interactive books plus a photo application can be used on the iPhone and iPad touch and will also be available for the iPad...
— The Independent, Feb 13, 2010
They say eBook, I say audiobook readalong to go. Oceanhouse Media has three innovative Dr. Seuss hybrids that combine the classic illustrations with narration, highlighting the text in sync with the audio. Watch the video to see how it works! ...
I know from the response to our giveaway that we have lots of Dr. Seuss fans! Oceanhouse Media is announcing three new Dr. Seuss apps: “The Cat in the Hat” eBook, “Dr. Seuss’s ABC” eBook and “Dr. Seuss Camera - The Cat in the Hat Edition.” ...
— Cool Moms Rule, Feb 13, 2010
Three new iPhone apps based on the books of Dr. Seuss have launched on the App Store, courtesy of Oceanhouse Media. The company has launched interactive e-book versions of The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss's ABC, as well as a photo-card maker app called Dr. Seuss Camera - The Cat in the Hat Edition...
— Mobile Entertainment, Feb 13, 2010
Having Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! read to me via the iPhone e-book app created by Oceanhouse Media in a traffic jam was one of the cooler things (aside from the games) that I’ve experienced with my mobile phone.
The nice people at Oceanhouse Media are at it again, this time with Dr Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” and “ABC”. Check out the press release below for further details...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Feb 13, 2010
It's a good time to be a Dr. Seuss fan--and an iPhone or iPod Touch owner. Hot on the heels of last year's criminally overlooked "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and thoroughly entertaining Dr. Seuss Camera, Grinch Edition, Oceanhouse Media just dropped three new Seuss apps, starting with a spectacular e-book edition of "The Cat in the Hat."
Dr. Seuss’s ABC Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Learning the alphabet with Dr. Seuss is as easy as A, B, C. From Aunt Annie’s Alligator to a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, you can’t help but have fun in Oceanhouse Media’s latest e-book, Dr. Seuss’s ABC for iPhone and iPod Touch....
Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Use your iPhone’s camera to build whimsical, Cat in the Hat-like cards that you can share with your friends with Oceanhouse Media’s latest app, Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition for iPhone and iPod Touch...
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
He’s tall, furry, wears a tall, red and white-striped hat and carries an umbrella. Can you guess who this famous children’s book character is? If you guessed The Cat from Dr. Seuss’s book The Cat in the Hat, you’re absolutely right. Thanks to Oceanhouse Media, this popular children’s book is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch...
Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three new officially licensed Dr. Seuss iPhone applications. The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’s ABC are interactive eBooks providing professional narration, background audio and original text and artwork from the popular Dr. Seuss children’s titles. The two eBook applications also include the ability to highlight words as the story is read and to read back words as pictures are touched...
Oceanhouse Media, the app developer behind the 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' eBook app that was released just before the holiday season, announced today that it three new Dr. Seuss apps are now available in the app store...
“The whole time I was at Autodesk I was planning my next big thing,” Kripalani said. “When Apple shipped the first iPhone in June of 2007, I had to have one. When they made the [software development kit] available to developers and opened the App Store in June of 2008, the writing was on the wall.”
That’s when Kripalani decided to embark on his latest business endeavor: iPhone apps...
— The Guardian, UCSD, Jan 25, 2010
Through his volunteer service on the board of the UCSD Library, Kripalani was introduced to Dr. Seuss Enterprises. The main library at UCSD is named after Audrey and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) in honor of their contributions to the library and their devotion to improving literacy.
So far, Oceanhouse has produced three Dr. Seuss iPhone applications, and two others-”Dr. Seuss’s ABC” and “The Cat in the Hat”-are scheduled to be released before March 2, which is National Reading Day in honor of Theodor Geisel’s birthday.
— San Diego News Network, Jan 19, 2010
Review Update: Grinchmas! by Oceanhouse Media
There are a couple of game play changes worthy of noting. The first is that there are actually two modes now: Classic and Challenge. Classic is the original game, which now even has easy, medium and hard modes. Challenge mode is the bright spot of this update, however. In the Mean Grinch scenario there are 20 challenges and in Merry Grinch mode there are 17. A challenge might be basic like "quiet 3 near noisy houses" in Mean scenario or "deliver 3 presents" in Merry mode. As you get further down the list, however, things get more difficult...
Fun Holiday iPhone / iPod Touch apps
Grinchmas let’s you play the part of Mr. Grinch on Christmas Day. If you’re feeling like a mean grinch, you can throw snowballs at the houses in Who-ville. If you’re feeling like Mr. Nice Grinch, you can shower the houses with gifts! Great fun for the whole family...
— iProng Magazine, Dec 25, 2009
A Game For All You Whos Out There
Grinchmas did not leave me with a heart a size or two smaller. Au contraire! I absolutely got into the holiday spirit, loved to see the Grinch on my iPhone and now I'm warmly recommending it to all you Whos out there. It sells for $1.99 in the AppStore, a price that may be a bit steep if you're thinking it's just one game mode with two graphics. Nonetheless, the game is worth it even if only to have that nice Grinch icon on your iPhone...
Current Top Nominees Announced for 2009 Best App Ever Awards
Best Just for Fun Kids App - Grinchmas! by Oceanhouse Media
Dr. Seuss Camera Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Tis the season to be jolly…or not! With Dr. Seuss Camera: The Grinch Edition for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you can use the camera to build whimsical, yet Grinch-like holiday cards that you can share with your friends...
Obviously, the fact that a narrator is at the ready to read the text makes this edition of the book more interactive than your average paperback. But there are other differences as well. When you turn to a page with a new picture, the static image will pan in or out, which makes it a bit more interesting. And there are cool sound effects, popping sounds and whistles and background music, for example, when the Whos start their infernal Who singing. (There is also an option to turn sound effects off.) The neatest thing, though, is that on each page a number of areas of the picture will be mapped, so that when you touch them the narrator will name what you've touched, and the name will zoom out of the picture in big red letters. If the item named appears in the text on that page, the zooming letters will emerge not from the picture but from the text itself.
Oceanhouse Media has been busy! First they came out with Grinchmas and Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition. Then just last week they released How the Grinch Stole Christmas as an e-book app. Awesome!How the Grinch Stole Christmas is one of my favorite holiday tales.
This is a fantastic version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We are loving all the Grinchiness on my iPhone right now. Thank you Oceanhouse Media…I’m hoping this is the beginning of much more Seuss to come for my iPhone!
— The iPhone Mom, Dec 15, 2009
Best App for Reindeer Games
Honorable Mention - Grinchmas!
5 Must Have Christmas Special iPhone Games and Apps
— TouchReviews.net, Dec 13, 2009
I had a friend who actually shrieked “What, you had never read Dr Seuess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! when you were kid?!” LOL. My upbringing back then was typically British and that would mean reading material like J.R.R Tolkien and Enid Blyton in the same boat with English breakfast (which was a daily affair).
In any case, I actually had “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” read to me on Friday night. That’s right. The new e-book from Oceanhouse Media has a “Read to me” function and a very nice voice-over would narrate the story...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Dec 13, 2009
It’s nice to see a Dr. Seuss children’s book arrive on the iPhone in such a a fun and innovative way. How the Grinch Stole Christmas ($3.99, iTunes link) is the classic book with the original art and text along with some cool interactive features.
The book has a professional narrator that reads the book to you. Or, you can choose no narrator to read the book yourself. If you do choose the narrator, your child can follow along with the text, as words are highlighted as they are read. It’s a nice learning tool, as your child will learn to recognize the words....
— Art of the iPhone, Dec 12, 2009
The folks over at Oceanhouse Media have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to fill our holiday minds with the Grinch. The first app in the iTunes App Store is called "Grinchmas" [iTunes Link]. It's a simple game where you choose to be a mean or a merry Grinch. I, of course, chose to be mean the first time around... I found myself throwing snowballs at noisy houses with a goal of keeping the noise meter from reaching its max. Next, I tried the merry side: I was given presents and a timer and challenged to toss the most presents before the time ran out. It was a fun little game, good for true Grinch fans and a quick time waster...
— The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Dec 12, 2009
I’m pretty sure my daughter as well as the million of kids who are allowed by their parents to use their iPhones would love this new iPhone app - “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Yes folks, it’s the classic Christmas tale from Dr. Seuss getting a fresh treatment by way of a cool iPhone app.
The good thing is, it’s not only just your ordinary kiddie iPhone game because it is sort of an interactive ebook as well. Your kids could learn about this classic tale by letting the app read the story to them or they can read them on their own.
The app is also an educational tool for kids...
'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' dazzles on iPhone
Somewhere, Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) is smiling. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" for iPhone turns the classic tale into a superb interactive e-book, one that's as much a learning tool as it is an entertaining diversion...
Okay, I’m biased – I love the Grinch, so I was probably going to love this game regardless of how good it is. Actually, I pretty much love all things from that gentle madman, Theodor Geisel, also known as our friend, Dr. Seuss (a doctorate in what, I wonder?). But this set of two games is actually pretty good all on its own...
You may not have heard of their name yet, but Oceanhouse Media, Inc. have definitely made their presence in the App Store well known thus far. With a total of 67 applications currently in the App Store and 12 to 16 applications consistently within Top 100 rankings, Oceanhouse Media, Inc. is using their team of developers with over 20 years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry to successfully plan and execute an additional 40 applications geared for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the coming year.
We sat down with company President, Michel Kripalani to discuss their involvement with the Dr. Seuss Franchise, the attention of detail used during the creation of Dr. Seuss Apps, and how Oceanhouse Media, Inc. have diversified themselves in the mobile gaming industry...
What makes for a more delightful Christmas then Dr. Suess? Well, Dr. Seuss and the Grinch means that Christmas this year is complete on your device. Oceanhouse Media have just released 3 wonderful apps, and their latest offering was approved yesterday on the AppStore and is “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” eBook.
Are you as excited as me? I couldn’t wait to get this downloaded and put on my iPhone. It has to be one of my all time favorite reads and for this review I will nab my youngest son and get him to read it to me! (It has two modes, one where there is a narrator and the other is where you read it like a traditional book...
As reported earlier this week, Oceanhouse Media is releasing a bunch of Dr. Seuss iPhone apps, the newest of which, just released today, is an enhanced eBook version of the classic 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.' eBookNewser took a look at the app, which is clearly of the "let's make it more like a book than a video game" school of iPhone apps.
Oceanhouse sticks pretty close to the original book, with a few added bells and whistles. The title screen offers two choices: "Read it to me" or "Read it myself." The voiceover has a slightly sinister male British accent that rolls its R's, which is appropriate for Seuss's sinister sing-song rhymes...
Grinchmas Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch! Well, not necessarily in Oceanhouse Media’s latest creation, Grinchmas for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is a casual game suited for the whole family and depending on your mood; you can choose to be a mean or merry Mr. Grinch.
Grinchmas is a game with two variants; you can plays as a Mean Grinch or a Merry Grinch. If you choose to be mean, your job is to throw snowballs at those noisy Who houses during the night. If you choose to be merry, instead of throwing snowballs at the houses, you have to throw colored presents at the matching colored Who houses. The challenge is to throw either the most snowballs or presents and hit their designated targets before the clock runs out...
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Grinch and you know I am all over it if it has to do with the iPhone!
We reviewed these two adorable iPhone apps by Oceanhouse Media that will put you in the holiday spirit! The Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition is hilarious! You can choose from 20 different cards that feature Dr. Seuss's artwork and put yours or a loved ones face in the action! Add cute borders and stickers to dress it up then save it or mail it off to your friends and family! Purchase The Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition for $2.99 in the app store....
iPhone app developer Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three Seuss Enterprises-licensed apps based on the Dr. Seuss classic 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.' Two are games--'Grinchmas,' a kind of digital snowball fight; and 'The Dr. Seuss Camera-Grinch Edition,' a greeting-card maker--and are already available in the app store. The third, which the company says will be out in time for the holidays, is an e-book version of the book itself...
I know you’ll try to resist it, because the Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition is $2.99. But you can’t. Because it’s Christmas and it’s the Grinch and you want to randomly email Grinch-themed Christmas cards with your face in them to your family and friends until they start classifying your emails as spam.
If there’s a person born in this country, or even on this planet, after the 50s who didn’t grow up reading Dr. Seuss books, then they’ve been living in a poorly heated cave in the middle of nowhere...
I’m addicted to the Grinchmas iPhone app
I’ve been playing Grinchmas a lot the last few days. I play while I’m putting Madelyn down for her nap, while she’s in the bathtub, and at other random times during the day. Granted, those times are short lived but still.. I turn to the Grinchmas app for entertainment.
— The Mommy Insider, Dec 7, 2009
Grinchmas – This app is an officially licensed Dr. Seuss product. Grinchmas lets you be THE Grinch. If you are in a mean mood you can throw snowballs down at Who houses. If you are a merry Grinch you’ll get to deliver presents. It’s all done by the swipe of a finger. A fun little app to relieve frustrations after hitting the mall.
Dr. Seuss Camera: The Grinch Edition – Lately I’ve been feeling more like the Grinch than Mrs. Clause. This clever little app can actually make me look like part. You choose from twenty Grinch themed cards and then take a picture of yourself, or someone else, and add it to the card...
Quick Review: Grinchmas for iPhone/iPod touch
You might have seen my post about the release of two new Grinch games for the iPhone/iPod touch – but how do they play? Well, let me enlighten you about the first one, ‘Grinchmas’!
A new iPhone App that even the Grinch would love
I have to admit I'm a bit of an iPhone app addict, but even though the number of smart phone apps are growing into the hundreds of thousands I generally think that there are only a dozen or two that are worthwhile. The Dr. Seuss Camera--Grinch Edition iPhone app is totally one of those.
Select a card and use your built in camera to add yourself, or loved one to the picture. It's incredibly fun and easy...
Quick Review: ‘The Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition’
Well this isn’t quite so much a game – although you can certainly derive some enjoyment from it! It’s basically a fun camera app that lets you capture faces, and then insert them in to a selection of themed cards in the app. You can even save and export your efforts, for sending later!
Of course, to match some of the Grinch characters, your face might need re-colouring – but don’t worry, the App manages this for you!
Oceanhouse Media has developed a staggering number of non-gaming Apps since it opened its doors in January, and now it's tackling games, starting with Dr Seuss. We spoke to company president, and former Autodesk and Presto Studios man Michel Kripalani to find out more...
— CasualGaming.biz, Dec 4, 2009
Here are a couple of fun holiday iPhone/iPod touch apps created by Oceanhouse Media! Grinchmas, a casual, light-hearted snowball and present-throwing game, is now available in the App Store for $1.99, in addition to Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition, a unique and whimsical greeting card maker now available for only $2.99.
I was lucky enough to try both of these apps and they are so fun! The Grinchmas app is a fun, casual game in which players assume the role of the Grinch perched atop Mount Crumpit...
— TechTalkForMoms, Dec 2, 2009
Now that I’ve professed my geeky love for my phone, I’ve got to tell you about a couple of new apps that were just released. They are here just in time for the holiday and they are HOT.
If you don’t know who the Grinch is, or the adorable people from Who-ville, then I guess you’ve been living under a rock. Two new notable iPhone apps are all about the Grinch and we can’t get enough...
Oceanhouse Media, which was founded by former CEO of Presto Studios and director of business development at Autodesk, Michel Kripalani, has today released its first game project. Previously Kripalani's studio has focused on non-gaming Apps such as calandas and audiobooks...
Our backyard playset was one of the best purchases we ever made. Being able to watch the girls swing and slide without even getting out of my PJs is priceless! I never thought about the fact that I can actually use the playset to my advantage, until I heard about an iPhone app called Playground Pump...