1 Little Boy

1 Little Boy is a storybook app that tells the tale of a little boy who goes for a skip down the country road and finds some friends along the way. Each time he meets a new friend the app counts them up…one little boy, two a royal toad, three a country mouse, etc. The little boy goes for quite a skip and ends up in all sorts of places. There are two types of pages/screens to this story. The first shows the little boy meeting someone new. On this page you can tap on the characters and they’ll do or say something. The second type of page is a screen where the boy and his friends are skipping down the road. At first the screen is blank but if you tap on it the boy and friends will appear, one at a time. The app will count them as you tap. When they’re all accounted for you can tap on them to hear what they “say”.

1Little Boy a cute story and I like the fact that it teaches counting skills. My only suggestion would be the addition of audio to the very last page of the story. There’s text to read but unlike the other pages in the app it’s not read aloud and it feels just a little bit disjointed at the end. Be sure to take a close look at the last illustration. It took me a minute to realize what I was looking at and it’s a cute twist involving the cast of friends the little boy has met throughout the day.

Price when Reviewed: $1.99

Seller: Touchoo

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this app for review purposes.