KidsLit | Pinwheel Books

Kirkus Review of All About Poop!

Posted by Anna Valutkevich
/ March 11, 2013 / Leave a comment

How exciting! Just recently, Kirkus Reviews published an article all about… well, All About Poop! Here’s what they had to say about our iPad application, now live for downloading on the Apple Store: “That perennial favorite, the mechanics of excretion, is well and alimentarily served by this app from Hayes...
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What’s Today? International Pancake Day!

Posted by Anna Valutkevich
/ February 12, 2013 / Leave a comment

Talk about a yummy holiday! Today may be Tuesday, February 12, but more importantly it is the day to celebrate the wondrous dollops of batter for International Pancake Day (not to be confused with National Pancake Day, which is held on February 5). After informing your little ones of this...
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Bedtime Apps For Your Tech-Savvy Tot

Posted by Anna Valutkevich
/ February 5, 2013 / Leave a comment

Is it ever hard to get your little one to turn off the iPad when bedtime comes around? If this is a struggle, bedtime apps may be the compromise between you and your child! Here at Pinwheel Books, we have taken the time to review some of the free (and...
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Bedtime Books

Posted by NG
/ January 31, 2013 / Leave a comment

This week’s Kidslit Musings post comes from new intern Anna Valutkevich! Welcome to the team. She has been searching for Pinwheel-Recommended kidslit, and her debut post is a list of Bedtime Picks. If you search “bedtime stories” on Amazon and scroll through all the results for the perfect book, your children...
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#DigitalBookWorld 2013: Joining the Conversation from Twitter

Posted by NG
/ January 15, 2013 / Leave a comment

“It’s a multimedia, cross media world and story is centre stage.” - (#launchkids tweet from Digital Book World Conference 1/15) The cross-media platform approach to books is a chapter of digital storytelling we have just grazed the surface of at Pinwheel Books. This is a theme underlying all the conversations going on...
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New iPads, New Apps, New Year!

Posted by NG
/ January 7, 2013 / Leave a comment

Now that holiday festivities are quieting down, you can start to enjoy those new tablets, iPhones, or other great gifts! Chances are you and your family will want to enjoy all they have to offer, including toddlers and adolescents. The App Store can be a daunting place, even for a...
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All About Poop – now available in Storytime!!

Posted by NG
/ December 19, 2012 / Leave a comment

(http//bit.ly/getstorytime) We are so excited to announce that our app for All About Poop is LIVE! Now available for purchase through Demibooks Storytime. Storytime is an animated book store curated by Demibooks, the team of developers behind the app-building program Composer. The apps they feature in their store are all...
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Helping our Children Cope

Posted by NG
/ December 17, 2012 / Leave a comment

Last Friday, a terrible, senseless tragedy occurred, taking 26 beautiful people from this world. Words cannot describe the pain and sadness surrounding this event, and our hearts go out to those affected in Newtown, Connecticut. We have all held our families a little closer, hugged a little tighter, and thanked...
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Out and About in Brookline

Posted by NG
/ December 13, 2012 / Leave a comment

Pinwheel Books has been attending a bunch of local events this holiday season! Our silence on the blog has been because we have been selling books, storytelling, and interacting with our readers. Here are some of the highlights from where we’ve been: Brookline Arts Center Artist Marketplace: At the end...
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The making of the All About Poop App – Part 2

Posted by NG
/ December 10, 2012 / Leave a comment

(check out part 1 here) Part IV: The Troubleshooting Process Written By Tester Bianca Valerio Demibooks, a company founded in the summer of 2010, offers code-free software platforms that provide Pinwheel Books and other publishers (including self-published authors and illustrators) an affordable way to create interactive books for the iPad,...
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