The Boy Giant

The Boy Giant has been on my iPhone for a little while and my son has been asking (and asking) if I’ve read it yet.  I just hadn’t had a chance but when I finally sat down with the app I realized why he’d been so persistent. This story is cute and the illustrations make it downright irresistible. This is the story of Hujo, a BIG little boy. Hugo’s has a problem, he keeps growing and growing and growing. This causes him all sorts of trouble but don’t worry – the story has a happy ending. I found the illustrations to be charming. Hujo has a shape that’s a bit like a great big lima bean and  you can’ help but root for him as his shirt creeps up higher and higher as he grows bigger and bigger. The story’s illustrations have a slight animation to them. It’s a subtle effect (not in your face, loud and everywhere) and it adds to the story. I also enjoyed the sound effects and music, they fit the story’s mood perfectly.

You have two choices when reading The Boy Giant – listen to a narration or read the story to yourself. If you shut the app down mid-story your last page will be bookmarked and you can return to it when you want to read again. Under the settings you can adjust the sensitivity of page turning, making it easier or harder to “turn” the screens of the book. Sound effects can be turned on and off and you can adjust the volume of the narration.  The only thing that I think was missing was to have a way to return to the main menu without exiting the app and starting over again. Other than that I found this to be an absolutely adorable app.

*A free version of The Boy Giant is also available. It contains the first half of the story.

Price when Reviewed: $.99

Seller: Wotsamaflip

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