Michael Garland's Icarus Swinebuckle Interactive Picture Boo...

But like his name-sake, this Icarus also flies too close to the sun, causing his wings to come apart. This title is based on a print book, published in There are some great animated scenes in this app, in the form of short videos interspersed with interactive pages.

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These videos are not present in 'read myself' mode, which makes it the preferred setting for more traditional bedtime reading. The interactivity added with this re-release is really nice, though, with something to play with on every page. You can tilt the iPad to see shoes fall, tap characters to trigger light animation and play with hanging items in Icarus' workshop. The page turn can be a bit touchy - you can use either the arrows or page swiping, but sometimes pages turn while playing with the interactive elements.

In 'read to me' mode the soundtrack stops abrubtly on each page it would be nice to have the music continue at least until the page is turned and pages are also a bit slow to load. My only serious complaint, though, is that when additional text appears on a page, it briefly overlaps the previous section of text, which is very hard on a reader's eyes. The app also includes expressive narration that highlights as it is read.

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In the read myself mode, you can also tap on a word to hear it read aloud. The story is accompanied by nice classical music, along with crisp sound effects. There are even a couple simple extras, including three small puzzles and a memory matching game. Overall, this book is an example of well-crafted storytelling; I was delighted to see it return to the iTunes store after a brief absence.

Re-Review - This app was re-released the old version, reviewed on December 27, is no longer available. Our editorial rating — an impression of the whole book overall. We also consider how the app compares to other apps currently available. It is not a sum of the other ratings.

Michael Garland's Icarus Swinebuckle Interactive Picture Book

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Garland again employed a realistic style, with a bright palette of acrylic paints. Carolyn Phelan, writing in Booklist praised the fanciful final scene where the father, in full clown regalia, reads a bedtime story to Alice and cages full of enthralled wild animals. Garland has also produced several "search-and-find" combination story and puzzle books.

The aunt uses rhymed clues to lead Tommy on mysterious searches through fantastic landscapes— The Great Easter Egg Hunt , for example, features a ten-foot-tall chocolate bunny and a Fifth Avenue Easter parade that has been crashed by Santa Claus, a Halloween witch, and a leprechaun. At the end of each hunt is a lovely surprise. Garland's hunts are complex—over four hundred animals are hidden in the illustrations for Mystery Mansion , for example—and this makes finding the hidden objects all a challenge that will keep puzzle-loving kids coming back.

The "Look-Again" books have received favorable notice for their opulent and complex illustrations and have been recognized for presenting challenges both to the intellect and the imagination. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly noted of Mystery Mansion that the digital art adds considerably to the attractiveness of the book and the experience it evokes, while Linda L.

Another of Garland's self-illustrated titles, Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook , features a very unusual teacher. Miss Smith styles her bright, orange-red hair in spikes [Image Not Available] and wears a leather jacket, but to the students in her class, the most unusual thing about her is her magical leather-bound storybook.

When she opens it and reads, the characters come out to roam the classroom, which itself is transformed into a forest or pirate ship or whatever else is called for in the tale. When she finishes the story, though, everything returns to normal. Then one day, when Miss Smith is late to school, the principal opens the magic book to read—and promptly flees in terror when a dragon emerges from the pages. The students add to the chaos, reading the beginnings of more and more stories but never finishing any of them, causing characters from the Cowardly Lion to the Mad Hatter to crowd into the school.

As with Garland's other books, "the lively, bright illustrations have a glossy, computer-generated quality … that young readers will appreciate," Catherine Threadgill remarked in School Library Journal. In the New York Times Book Review , the book was complimented for its wit and value as sophisticated entertainment.

In fact, Garland's work often has a fanciful quality to it. The former title, for example, imagines what might have happened if Taft had gotten distracted on a trip to a small town in A small boy narrates how the pound president came to his town to dedicate a new flagpole, but instead set off in search of the source of a wonderful smell.

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His quest takes him to an Italian restaurant, a barbeque joint, and Mrs. Wong's Hunan Palace before he finds the source: He's a cobbler, but he's so busy imagining himself flying about in the clouds, he's disappointing his customers and late o What do you get when you combine dreams, flying and a determined pig? He's a cobbler, but he's so busy imagining himself flying about in the clouds, he's disappointing his customers and late on his rent But does that stop Icarus from following his dream: He uses a few items to create wings and before you know it- he's doing something crazy and everyone in his London town is there to witness it.

I can't tell you what happens but it's a great children's tale!

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My Ewoks and I loved it. I'm on to the next book.

Feb 04, The Brothers rated it really liked it Shelves: There's something funny about re-telling Greek myths using pigs. In this case, it a piggy cobbler who is obsessed with flying. And like the Greeks of long ago, fashions himself a pair of wings from goose feathers and wax. The illustrations are just fantastic. Pigs dressed in Old English garb. Jul 29, Randie D.

Icarus is a pig with a dream to fly. He should be making and mending shoes, being that he is a cobbler and the rent is due, but all he can think about is flying. He creates a set of wings and flies to the sun Great message about following your dreams. Artzme rated it liked it Mar 08, Kelly Pierpont rated it really liked it Jan 09, Kara rated it liked it Dec 29, Jeani rated it really liked it Oct 28, Cloclo rated it it was amazing Aug 25, Rbsveter rated it liked it Dec 13, Krista the Krazy Kataloguer marked it as to-read Nov 02, Aby added it Jan 09, Hazel Urbano-schultz added it Jul 24, Igene David marked it as to-read Oct 04, Randall added it Sep 11, Igraine added it Mar 20,