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Interactive ebooks - iClassics

9/7/2016

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I recently came across these great interactive story books on the app store, like all great finds, whilst I was looking for something else. 

The iClassic bundle contains 12 interactive tales from four of the world's greatest authors: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Alan Poe, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde.

The Lovecraft stories are probably more suitable for students in secondary school (age 11+) The Poe and Dickens stories are suitable for students in UKS2 (ages 9+) but it will be a good idea to read them before sharing with your class.   The Oscar Wilde texts are suitable for children from around Year 3 (7+)

Lovecraft titles - The Hound, The Window and Dagon - there is also a brief biography of the author. ​
An extract from Lovecraft's 'The Hound.' The sounds immerse the reader in the short story.  

Readers can animate certain sections (the heads in the jars) by using their fingers on the touch screen.

Swiping the bottom corners turns the page. ​
Poe titles - Eldorado, The Cask of Amontadillo, Alone, The Facts in the case of M. Valdemar.
Eldorado' from iPoe, the reader can change the setting from day to night, choose when the ghost appears and move the clouds across with the swipe of a finger. ​
Dickens Titles - Christmas Ghosts, The Ivy Green, A Madman's Manuscript and a brief biography.
The Dickens stories have less interactivity than some of the other apps in the bundle but the stories are still great and could be used to inspire ghost story writing with students. 

This is an extract from 'Christmas Ghosts'
Wilde titles - The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose plus a biography. ​
An extract from 'The Selfish Giant' which you can see is aimed at a slightly younger audience. ​
Happy reading!
1 Comment
Ellen
2/1/2017 10:48:33 pm

I have been trying to find the Wilde titles in the App store but have been unsuccessful. Where did you find them?

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