It's Tyrannosaurus Rex! Review: Learn How to Say 'Ankylosaur' Correctly

"It's Tyrannosaurus Rex!", part of Smithsonian's Prehistoric Pals series, is now available for your Android device.

? "Ideal for dino-addicts" - Kids Book Review

? "A very educational and exciting book!" - Wee Share

? "Great way for young readers to learn about dinosaurs" - App Advice

? "A Fantastic app for kids" - Stuff Parents Need

? "If you have kids who like dinosaurs, (this app) is worth checking out!" - Common Sense Media

? "Good, accurate content (rare for this subject)" - Children's Technology Review

The stillness of the prehistoric forest is shattered by a loud pounding sound. What could it be? It's Tyrannosaurus Rex, the fiercest predator in all the land and she is hungry! What will Tyrannosaurus Rex find to eat?

Soundprints and the Smithsonian Institution recreate a bygone world and give you a glimpse into the life of this incredible creature. Amazing graphics and powerful sound effects make you feel like the exciting adventures of the prehistoric age are happening right outside your door! This title is carefully reviewed by paleontologists at the Smithsonian Institution and provides fascinating information about the prehistoric world.

New features only available in this interactive omBook for your Android device include professional narration, background audio and enlarged artwork for each scene. To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched. By combining the original text and artwork with features that educate, entertain and promote reading, this omBook appeals to readers of all ages.

Three ways to read this omBook:

? "Read to Me" — listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read

? "Read it Myself" — read the book in its traditional form

? "Auto Play" — plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages. Great for younger children!

Additional Features:

? Picture / Word association — words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched

? Professional audio narration

? Background music and sound effects

? Pages pan & zoom to accentuate the beautiful, original artwork

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Content rating: Everyone

It's Tyrannosaurus Rex! Screenshotsby Sarah Jacobsson Purewal, PCWorld

It's Tyrannosaurus Rex! is an interactive, illustrated children's book published by Oceanhouse Media, with help from the Smithsonian Institution. It's a fun, well-executed ebook/Android app that's perfect for dino-loving kids of all ages.

The book follows Oceanhouse Media's "omBook" format for ebooks in offering you three reading options: 'Auto Play' reads the book out loud, turning the pages as the story goes on; 'Read to Me' reads it out loud but lets kids turn the pages at their own pace; and 'Read It Myself' enables kids to handler the reading and the page turning on their own--without narration or automatic page-turning.

The app is extremely well executed, with gorgeous graphics and great sound effects. The text is crisp and easy to read, and words are highlighted in yellow as the narrator reads them aloud. Each "page" features wide-screen artwork, giving the app freedom to zoom in or out and to pan across the scene as the story progresses.

The scenes are also mildly interactive. When you tap on any of the creatures in the scene, their names (Tyrannosaurus rex, Ankylosaur, and so on) zoom up; if you pause the narration of the main story, the narrator also tells you the name of the specified animal. At the end of the main story, you can read (and listen to, if you like) background information on the Tyrannosaurus rex.

The background soundtrack is good, but not perfect. Most of the time it's just ambient noise, such as crickets chirping or water rushing, but occasionally the sounds get loud enough to drown out the narration. This could be a problem, especially because a lot of the words in the book are fairly complex Latin dinosaur names.

It's Tyrannosaurus Rex! is an almost-perfect Android e-book, and I recommend it for kids and adults alike. It's beautifully illustrated, it runs very smoothly, and poking dinosaurs to learn their names is all kinds of fun. Plus, it's a collaboration with the Smithsonian and comes packed with interesting facts and information.

This app was tested using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0.2

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