{"id":10578,"date":"2012-12-03T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T11:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.priddybooks.com\/?p=10578"},"modified":"2012-12-03T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T11:43:50","slug":"say-hello-to-wallace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priddybooks.com\/gb\/news\/say-hello-to-wallace\/","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to Wallace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A year ago I wrote a blog post<\/a>\u00a0introducing Boys on Safari and other Stories, a series of first time storybooks featuring a little boy, his teddy bear, Teddy, and a funny dog called Wallace. At the end of the post I said that I had a feeling that Wallace the dog could be a star.<\/p>\n

Well, Wallace, this is your big chance to become that star… we have created
\nPlay and Learn with Wallace<\/a>, a series of early learning apps for iPad \u2013 and Wallace will be every child’s companion as they work their way through a series of interactive educational games that will teach first words, counting and spelling.<\/p>\n

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I was a little bit hesitant to get into the world of apps as I have always been a great believer in the tactile quality of a book \u2013 especially for preschool kids. If I’m honest, I was also a bit scared of how to actually make one. But there was also the excitement of a new media to play with, and the realisation that this was something that you couldn’t avoid \u2013 I was surrounded by kids playing on iPads and phones \u2013 and so we jumped in, determined to make apps of the same quality and simplicity as we have with our books.<\/p>\n

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\nLuckily for me we were able to combine our expertise at making books for preschool kids with Unicorn Labs in California who are experts in developing apps. Without them I would still be playing around with my drawings wondering how they would ever become interactive. We also worked with teachers to get the content just right.<\/p>\n