The Champion Hare – giveaway
The Champion Hare is the uplifting story of a small hare who enters a sports competition alongside a host of other animals. In every event he tries his very best. But he is always pipped at the post, until at the end of the competition he is surprised to learn that he may just have won something after all…
This is a great app to download for children of preschool or early primary school age, with the Olympic Games just around the corner. It promotes very positive messages about trying your best, not giving up, and celebrating the achievements of others, as well as enjoying your own victories. It introduces them to different athletic events, and highlights the strengths of different animals from around the world, such as the cheetah’s speed or the kangaroo’s jumping skills.
As you read the story, you can press on the animals to show the events taking place. There are fewer bells and whistles than in some other apps, but the strong rhyming story by Gwen Christie and colourful illustrations by Paul Wrangles don’t really need much embellishment. The narration is very clear and although there is no whole-book Read to Me option, it is easily triggered by tapping on the text box on each page. There are some fun touches such as the cheeky meerkats pictured throughout the book, and little insects to seek out who then wriggle and fly across the page.
There are no extras in the app itself, but you can find a whole host of free resources to download at http://www.championhare.com/index.html including banners, puzzles, Olympic information sheets, snap cards, bingo and many more.
I am delighted to be able to offer a free copy of the Champion Hare as my third and final giveaway of the week. Simply leave a comment on this review before 18:00 BST (British Summer Time) on Wednesday 11 July mentioning your/your child’s favourite Olympic event to enter. I will use www.random.org to choose a winner. If I cannot contact the winner before 18 July 2012, I will draw another winner.
The Champion Hare, developed by InteractBooks LLC, compatible with iPhone and iPad. Available from http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-champion-hare/id509952718?mt=8 priced at £2.49/$3.99 at time of writing.
EDIT 11 JULY: congratulations Simonlitton, your code will be winging its way to you shortly.
Hooray – I’m the first entrant! C’s favourite Olympic event would definitely have to be the long jump as it combines two of his current favourite activities – running and ‘boinging’! Thanks for such a great prize! Loll xx
Second!
Third! And… we don’t have a favourite olympic event yet, can I tell you at the end of the Olympics?
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