Have You Heard
Have You Heard is a comedy tale set down on the farm about a case of “barnyard whispers” as told by comedian Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords, Yes Man, The Boat That Rocked). For kids of all ages.
Farmer Blue is clattering off on his tractor past Peko to pick up a few things from the village. When Peko tells Summer what those few things were, he gets them all muddled up. Here starts a pumpkin vine of mix ups and befuddlements which winds its way full-circle around the barnyard. By this time, Farmer Blue’s news has grown into a far out tale of giant moon pumpkin proportions!
Have You Heard offers readers different ways to watch and play the story. It can be read out loud or Rhys can be selected to read it for you. “Darby Mode” includes an original score and self-generated sound effects for the characters, farm machinery and even inanimate items such as a turnip.
In addition to the interactive story, the app comes bundled with a memory game to help kids learn while they’re having fun dragging and dropping items around the screen. The story’s interactive items can also be turned off so that readers’ attention isn’t distracted from the progress of the story.
Choose how you want to Watch, Play and Read. Turn interactive items and sound on or off with an intuitive interface which invites discover-ability.
Readers, look out for kiwi-isms, befuddlements, homonyms, synonyms and cinnamon.
Review by Digital Storytime: http://digital-storytime.com/review.php?id=833
Review by Cool Mom Tech: http://www.coolmomtech.com/2013/11/have-you-heard-app-rhys-darby.php#more
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Alex’s Review
What an amazing app! In just a word: gorgeous! Nice story, great illustration and narration, interesting game activities after the story ends and super duper animations. I love it!
