How do you make a great picture book even better? Simple – you bring it to life!
Hugless Douglas, written and illustrated by one of my fellow Trapped By Monsters inmates, David Melling, is now an app for the iPad and iPhone. You can read the book – now with animated illustrations – yourself, or listen to a reading by QI favourite and comedian, Alan Davies. There are tons of hidden surprises you can activate by touching different areas of the screen, a gallery of hug types, and even a hug-themed noughts and crosses game!
I spent a very happy hour with my 4 year old son exploring the app. We both loved it, and I think you will, too. To find out more, watch the trailer below, or check out Hugless Douglas at the App Store.
09/09/2011 at 8:24 pm Permalink
We are big Douglas fans in my home and we’ve already come across the trailer, but when it came to the choice of a FAMILY iPad or a Mac for Mummy… do you think it’ll be ok on an iPhone?
16/09/2011 at 12:15 am Permalink
So happy to see this as an app! Such a cute book – we had a competition at our store for giveaways for the giant Hugless Douglas plush, and I’ve never seen so many entries! Some very happy winners of that one.
19/09/2011 at 10:04 am Permalink
Responding to Michele’s query about how this looks on an iPhone I have to say it’s great – so my son tells me. But then again he risks loosing his ‘weekend treats’ and I’m biased…obviously.