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About our guest reviews: Interested in writing for Digital-Storytime? If you have a blog, review site or other website where you publish your own written app or book reviews, just fill out this quick form and we will contact you about reposting reviews or writing for our site. http://digital-storytime.com/guest-reviewer.php If you don't yet write for an online site, we'd also love to have you apply to be a guest reviewer. We will need a writing sample (or you can just pick your favorite book app & provide a written review). We currently feature reposts from these recommended websites: SmartAppsforKids SmartAppsforKids is one of the top review sites for kids educational apps, games and books. They strive for meticulousness and honesty in their reviews, both positive and negative. Their goal is to be the most complete source for parents and educators looking for reliable info on an app before making a purchase. Apps for Homeschooling AppsforHomeschooling was founded by Jennifer Bogart. She has children ages infant to 10 years old & is an "app-loving, aspiring geek dedicated to helping you hunt down the best homeschooling apps". Reviews on her site include everything from Toddlers to Tweens. For homeschoolers, by a homeschooler. Teachers With Apps Teachers With Apps was co-founded by Jayne Clare, a Special Education teacher, & Anne Rachel, an artist & Early Childhood educator. Their goal is to be a credible resource for quality educational apps. Created to help parents, grandparents, teachers, administrators & anyone else, wade through the vast number of ”educational” apps being introduced on a daily basis. Founded by two lifelong educators, TWA is dedicated to the idea that quality mobile educational apps are the tools of the future but they need to be used responsibly. Not all educational apps are created equal. The iMums – Amanda, Alison, Mary and Grace – are 4 mothers from different parts of the world dedicated to educating parents about the best digital stories, educational apps, fun games & technology products available for children. The four iMums have 11 kids among them ranging in age from 1 to 17 and bring a global perspective to their app reviews with the original iMum Amanda being from Australia, Alison is in America, Grace is from Singapore and Mary is from the UK but is currently living in America. This Australian-based blog has hundreds of reviews of family friendly iOS and MacOS apps and products. FunEducationalApps Fun Educational Apps was founded by Nathalie van Ee, mother of 3 and always on the lookout for top educational apps to support her kids learning in a fun way! She is also the co-founder of AppStar Picks, a free app listing top reviews for kids, from a network of trusted websites. She created her site as a way to help parents, educators and teachers discover great apps. Together with her kids, they try new apps on an ongoing basis. Icon of Melissa Northway's Website MelissaNorthway.com was founded by Melissa Northway, an author who created her first book app, Penelope the Purple Pirate, in 2011. Her site provides app and book reviews as well as featuring individuals, companies and products in the tech & book industry. Melissa is not only a children's picture book author, but she's also a mom and voted as a 2013 Circle of Moms' Top 25 Tech Moms. She also provide reviews on her fabulous lifestyle website www.dandelionmoms.com. AppAbled.com Icon AppAbled.com is run by Teriann and Julie-Anne, a pair of busy Mums with 7 children between them! Based on opposite sides of the world, Teriann is Australian and Julie-Anne lives in Ireland, they are joined by SLP Jean (US) and the team of Super-mums Niamh (US), Elaine (IRE) and Mary (IRE). Between them, they have a wealth of experience with kids and apps. As parents of Special Needs Children, they know how difficult it can be to find the right app for your child. They hope to make this a little easier by providing reviews and also showcasing the Developers who make the apps. Please let us know if your site would like to join! Note: We will not repost more than 10% of any other site's review content and have an exchange program in place for each of the above sites to repost our content in the same, limited way. Please contact us for more information ... http://digital-storytime.com/guest-reviewer.php We offer consultation with our Editor, Carisa Kluver, directly for new book app projects. This does not include expediting a review, advertising or other promotions on our network of sites. This service is intended to be a resource for app developers to get feedback privately about their project and brand, as well as to help developers plan for future trends in the market. (all prices are in US dollars, invoiced via paypal) All services are customized, confidential and entirely separate from any (current/future) reviews of the app(s). Our goal is to help creative teams get their questions answered so they can make informed decisions about their children's digital content. We provide a sounding board, information about current trends and marketing strategies, based on the fast changing app and ebook industry. Consultation packages*: Basic Plan - $199 Includes a brief written report, based on the content creator or developer's questions, ideas and plans. Up to 2 hours of research for up to 10-12 questions about any part of the app project. This package also includes folow-up emails, as needed, for any additional questions or clarification. This plan does not include any personal phone or video consultation. Premium Plan - $299 Includes everything in the "Basic Plan". In addition, we provide video or phone consultaion for additional follow-up questions and clarification about the market or development plan. With this plan, we also provide a written report at the end, to summarize the consultation. Beta Testing - $199 to $399 Includes 2-6 hours of testing your kids app & a written report detailing areas of strengths and any needs for improvement. Up to two detailed email or phone conversations are included for any follow up questions, including marketing suggestions. *Consultation can also be purchased by the hour, on a case-by-case basis, depending on availablity (via phone, video chat or email) for an additional $95/hour. All consultation is separate from our review and advertising services. If we review an app that has used any of our beta testing or consultation services, we will disclose this at the end of the review. Our Story: Digital-Storytime.com was founded in December 2010 by a husband and wife development team. Marc Kluver was a computer engineer who decided to teach himself Android & iOS app programming as well as web design after a career in various programming jobs. Carisa Kluver had been a school counselor, health educator and researcher in child & maternal health prior to starting this project. In addition to this site, they have developed several apps, including "Dash & Ditto's Playground" for iPhone. For more information about their other projects see: catglo.com As parents themselves, Carisa & Marc wanted to create a site that would help other parents and educators find out more about picture book apps for iPad. Detailed ratings and information are included for every app reviewed. Since they have a bookish young child, the couple shares almost all of the books reviewed with their son, who is currently in 2nd grade. In addition to this site, Carisa also maintains a blog called “The Digital Media Diet” that covers topics about digital media, kids & technology. It includes over a dozen unique top 10 lists of recommended iPad books as well as articles about app development, marketing apps and other topics related to the digital publishing industry. See the blog for a list of resources for parents, recommended app review sites and industry resources on the right side-bar. Popular posts include, "How will iPad picture books affect young reader’s literacy?", "The Changing Face of Children’s Books – New Challenges, New Opportunities", "An Adventure Worth Having: Self-Publishing Your Children’s Book as an App" and "iPad Best of the Best – 25 Essential Children’s Book Apps". About the reviews: Each review is written by Carisa herself and takes a great deal of time. As a result, the site cannot review all submissions, meaning the site does trend toward apps with reviews over 3.5+ stars overall. Only book apps available as iOS Universal or iPad apps are currently considered for review. Most of the apps reviewed, although not all, fall into the iTunes category of “Books” in the AppStore. Apps based on print titles and those with a text story will also be considered when published under other categories. To request a review on this site, fill out this form. For a detailed description of our star ratings, please see: A Star-Studded Rating System – Behind the Scenes at Digital-Storytime.com This site brought to you by: This site was developed by Catglo in co-operation with Zendiv. Catglo sepcializes in software development for mobile and web platforms. Catglo is responsible for the backend functionality of the site. Zendiv specialiszes in graphic design for both web sites and mobile apps. Zendiv is responsible for the look and feel of our software. If you are intrested in getting a high quality app or website designed and written by our team fill out our contact form and we will get back to you. Catglo Logo Logo For Zen Div Graphic Design To contact us click here. 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To get more information or sign up for a direct ad account: http://digital-storytime.com/contact.php All ads must be pre-approved (in most cases, approval will happen within 24 hours of uploading a new ad). We accept ads for family-friendly products, including kid & family-friendly apps. However, we do not accept ads for book apps pending review. Once an app has been approved for review on our site, meaning it will qualify for at least a 3.5 overall rating, it can be included in our ads even if the review has not yet been published. If you would like a book app reviewed on this site, buying ad space is not a way to get a good or speedy review. We recommend waiting until after your book app has been reviewed to place an ad for that app. All advertising is separate from our review process and has NO influence on the content of our reviews. Ad policy as of: February 17, 2013

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