Kids iPad App Features Piano Lessons, Games, Book, Film - All for Just $4.99

Kids iPad App Features Piano Lessons, Games, Book, Film - All for Just $4.99
Multi-platform storytelling company Moonbot Studios has released an animated children’s book called "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore." It requires an iPad running iOS 4.2 or later.

Talking more broadly about the iPad app, Moonbot reveals the five dollar title is actually an animated children’s “short film and book.” It’s actually even more than that, as we’ll reveal in the paragraphs to follow.


According to the publisher, the film has been accepted at over a dozen national and international film festivals to this day.

Honors captured by the book include San Jose’s CINEQUEST Festival’s “Best Animated Short Film Award" and Cleveland International Film Festival’s “Best Animated Short Film Award."

“We’ve combined the 26 original pages of my book with the best animation from the film to create an interactive experience for readers of all ages,” said William Joyce, managing creative partner of Moonbot Studios.

“We see iPad as a new way to experience a narrative. The result is an interactive story that involves the reader on an emotional and imaginative level that wasn’t possible until now."

Interactive elements are included in the app with the purpose of advancing the story, say the publishers.

Those include a piano keyboard that teaches kids how to play the song, “Pop Goes the Weasel” on life-like piano keys, an alphabet cereal-in-the-bowl that kids can rearrange to spell words or phrases, a puzzle game with torn pages of old-book illustrations that can be taped back together, and more.

“When iPad was announced we knew instantly that we had the vehicle for debuting this new kind of immersive picture book,” explained Brandon Oldenburg, co-founder of Moonbot Studios. “It was the kind of technology we’d been waiting for, and we’re excited to now bring this interactive narrative experience to readers on iPad."

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore App is available via the link below. According to Moonbot, parents can also buy a stand-alone version of the short film for three bucks on iTunes.