Today is Penguin Awareness Day (yes, it’s a real thing!) – and what better reason could there be to mention our fantastic life science app for young children, Rounds: Parker Penguin?
This highly-acclaimed, award-winning app is the second in our fantastic Rounds series, and just like the first one, Rounds: Franklin Frog, it combines a charming and accessible story with a bold, graphic illustrative style (using only circles and components of circles), some hugely innovative interactivity, animation, voicework and original music throughout, and LOTS of fun facts – perfect for both home and the classroom.
You can help Parker do all the things that penguins do best – waddle, slide, swim, hunt, march, dance, protect their eggs, help a chick to hatch and shed its down – and then start all over again with Percy! Along the way, there’s lots to find out about penguins and the Antarctic – did you know that penguins can dive over 500 metres underwater? Or that they can hold their breath for 20 minutes when they are hunting?
The app is the winner of a 2013 FutureBook Innovation Award and was named as one of USA Today’s top 10 apps for kids for 2012.
You can watch a preview of the app at the top of this post – and here’s a free, downloadable penguin fact sheet to accompany the app:
Happy Penguin Awareness Day – we hope you have fun with Parker!
