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Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Random House Children’s Books and Oceanhouse Media introduce first omBook in the series, There’s No Place Like Space!

Encinitas, CA (PRWEB) – Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Random House Children’s Books and Oceanhouse Media, Inc. today announced plans to bring Random House’s bestselling Beginner Book franchise The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library to Apple’s App Store. The first omBook (Oceanhouse Media digital book) in the series is There’s No Place Like Space!, now available at the introductory price of $3.99.
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Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in My Pocket! is now available as an Oceanhouse Media digital book (omBook) for Apple and Android devices. Offered at the introductory price of $2.99, the omBook takes readers on a delightfully funny journey inside a young boy’s house which he shares with many unusual creatures.

“I like the ZABLE on the TABLE.
And the GHAIR under the CHAIR.
But that BOFA
on the SOFA . . .
Well, I wish he wasn’t there.”

Young readers will enjoy this rhyming story — with a zlock behind the clock, nupboards in the cupboards and a nink in the sink — all along learning words to many household items. In this omBook, words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched and individual words are highlighted as the story is read. In addition, pages pan and zoom to accentuate the beautiful original art of Dr. Seuss.

Let your imagination run wild with the Dr. Seuss classic “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!” , now available with brand new interactive features for your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices!

“THINK! You can think
any THINK that you wish.
Think of a race on a horse
on a ball with a fish!”

This omBook sparks children’s imaginations by first setting the stage for each scene, then giving the child a chance to imagine it themselves, and ultimately, leading the child to tap the colorful dancing question marks and see the story appear as Dr. Seuss imagined it! From the GUFFS that go by to the BLOOGS in the sky, there is no limit to what Dr. Seuss THINKS up. . . Follow along with the great doctor, or THINK up your own THINKS in this fun interactive storybook app!

New features introduced for the first time in an omBook include animated images and interactive scenes. Combined with the professional narration and background audio, young readers are encouraged to see what Dr. Seuss will come up with next! To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched. By combining the original text and artwork of Dr. Seuss with features that entertain and promote reading, this omBook appeals to readers of all ages.
Three ways to read this omBook (Oceanhouse Media digital book):

* “Read to Me” — listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read
* “Read it Myself” — read the book in its traditional form
* “Auto Play” — plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages. Great for younger children!

Additional Features:

* THINK! – Children hear the words of Dr. Seuss and imagine the image before it is revealed
* Picture / Word association — words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched
* Professional audio narration
* Custom background audio for each scene
* Pages pan & zoom to accentuate the beautiful, original art of Dr. Seuss
* This ‘Universal App’ is optimized for Retina displays and the iPad

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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday and NEA’s Read Across America Day on March 2nd, Oceanhouse Media is having a huge sale. All Dr. Seuss apps originally $1.99 – $3.99 on the App Store and Android Market are now 25-75% OFF for one week only!

To celebrate even further, three new Dr. Seuss apps have been released.

• Enjoy the classic Happy Birthday to You! omBook, Dr. Seuss’s joyous ode to individuality.
  (75% off special this week only at $0.99)
• The much awaited sequel, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! omBook
  ($1 off at $2.99)
• And don’t miss the FREE Dr. Seuss Camera – Happy Birthday to You! Edition app
  Snap, stamp and share personalized Seussian birthday cards with your friends.

Check out all 30 Dr. Seuss apps at: http://www.oceanhousemedia.com/products/drseuss/

We’ll also be hosting contests and app giveaways on Facebook and Twitter for the next few days.

http://www.facebook.com/OceanhouseMedia

http://twitter.com/OceanhouseMedia

UPDATE: Here are the Promo Codes in case you want to get one.

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Oceanhouse Media is happy to announce the release of two new omBooks, Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! and The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors, both now available on the App Store.

Horton the Elephant hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called Who-ville, inhabited by tiny inhabitants known as Whos. Their Mayor asks Horton to protect them from harm, which Horton happily agrees to do, proclaiming throughout the book that “even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small.”

In The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors the Bear family learns an important lesson about finding and giving help in unexpected places.

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Encinitas, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB) – Oceanhouse Media, Inc. today announced the release of its newest digital book, Dr. Seuss’s classic Fox in Socks, for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. This marks the 16th Dr. Seuss digital book for the mobile app publisher, which plans to release apps for all 44 classic Dr. Seuss titles. Fox in Socks is available on Apple’s App Store for $3.99. For additional information and to listen to a sample, visit the Oceanhouse Media website.

“Fox in Socks is a classic read-aloud beginner book and our digital version is a title that has been highly anticipated,” said Michel Kripalani, Founder and President of Oceanhouse Media, Inc. “We’re proud that our apps continue to feature eye-catching graphics, easy-to-follow narratives and promote Dr. Seuss’s love of words and reading. Our next Dr. Seuss release will be I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! in early February.”

“Fox, Socks, Box, Knox. Knox in box. Fox in socks. Knox on fox in socks in box.” So begins the journey of Fox and his friend, Mr. Knox. Written in 1965, the tongue-twisting narrative takes readers on a wacky ride with Fox and Mr. Knox playing a game with rhymes that continue to increase in complexity. The famous tongue-twister in the book, “a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in sox, sir!” is often referenced in popular media.

The digital book has three options — Auto Play, geared toward younger readers, plays like a movie, automatically reading and turning pages; Read to Me, allows users to listen to the narrated story with words highlighted as they are read; and Read It Myself, lets users read the book alone in its traditional form. Additional features include picture/word association, where words zoom up and are spoken when pictures are touched; individual words are highlighted and are read aloud when tapped; professional audio narration; custom background audio for each scene; and the original text and artwork of Dr. Seuss.

“Our partnership with Oceanhouse Media brings even more of Dr. Seuss’s beloved stories to children around the world,” said Susan Brandt, President of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. “Fox in Socks is just as much fun in digital form, especially when the tongue-twisting verses come to life with amazing graphics and highlighted text, thereby encouraging a love of reading and language for readers of all ages.”

About Oceanhouse Media, Inc.

Oceanhouse Media, Inc., creators of the award-winning Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Hay House apps, have recently seen seven of their digital books reach the No. 1 rank for paid books on Apple’s App Store. A significant player in the iPhone and Android space, the company has an offering of over 150 apps, numerous bestsellers and proprietary technology. The company was founded in early 2009 by Michel Kripalani, formerly Director of Business Development at Autodesk and CEO of Presto Studios, developers of the hailed The Journeyman Project series and Myst III: Exile graphic video games. The company’s corporate mantra is “Creativity with Purpose”, with their focus being to uplift, educate and inspire through technology. For more information on their products and direct links to the App Store, visit http://www.oceanhousemedia.com.

About Dr. Seuss Enterprise, L.P.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises was founded in 1993 following the death of Theodor S. Geisel, Dr. Seuss, to conserve and nurture the works of Dr. Seuss by protecting the integrity of the Dr. Seuss books while expanding beyond books into licensed merchandise. The licensing effort is a strategic part of the overall effort to strengthen and protect the relationship consumers have with Dr. Seuss characters. Theodor Geisel said he never wanted to license his characters to anyone who would “round out the edges”. That is one of the guiding philosophies of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.

Oceanhouse Media, Inc. announced today that two of their best-selling digital children’s book apps are now available for Android™ 2.1 (or higher) devices. Initial offerings in Android Market™ include The Cat In The Hat, and, just in time for the holidays, How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, each available for the low price of $3.99.

The Cat in the Hat and How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, both written by Dr. Seuss in 1957, have been adapted for the first time to interactive book format for Android devices. Both were initially introduced by Oceanhouse Media as iOS apps (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). The iOS apps have been runaway hits, ranking among the best selling apps in the Books category last year. Oceanhouse Media’s Dr. Seuss apps have received critical acclaim and won numerous awards from various organizations, such as Parent’s Choice Awards and Children’s Technology Review.

As with all of Oceanhouse Media digital books, these interactive apps are engaging and educational. To promote reading in young children, individual words are highlighted as the story is read and words zoom up when pictures are touched. By combining original text and artwork with professional narration, custom background music and audio, special effects and features that entertain and promote reading, these digital books appeal to readers of all ages.

“Generations have grown up reading books by Dr. Seuss. Now this generation can enjoy digital versions of those books on their Android devices,” said Susan Brandt, President of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. “We have found a wonderful partner in Oceanhouse Media and are thrilled with the quality and features of the Dr. Seuss apps.”

For more information on these and other products please visit the Oceanhouse Media website.

Encinitas, CA(PRWeb)- Oceanhouse Media, Inc. announced the release of two new Halloween themed eBooks for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The classic Dr. Seuss short-story What was I Scared of? is now available on the App Store for only $1.99. And one of the all-time best selling children’s Halloween books, The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano, is now available as an eBook for only $2.99. Both universal apps can be used on the iPad and iPhone for no additional charge. These apps also include special high-resolution graphics for the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G Retina displays.

What was I Scared of? was authored in 1961 by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss. Delivering a timeless message about fear and acceptance, the tale begins with a character who repeatedly meets up with an empty pair of pale-green pants. He is initially afraid of the pants, which are able to stand on their own despite the lack of a wearer. However, when he screams for help and the pants also start to cry, he realizes that “They were just as scared as I!” Eventually, the empty pants and the main character choose to no longer be in fear of one another and become good friends.

In The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin, where “the only good pumpkins are round pumpkins,” Spookley is shunned until a mighty storm threatens to destroy the entire patch. As the storm rages, Spookley realizes “it’s fine to be round while the weather is fair, but there are times it’s better to be a square.” Sometimes being different can save the day! Originally published in 2001, The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin has sold over a million copies to date, and has served as the basis for a Spookley the Square Pumpkin movie that has been shown every year since 2004 in movie theaters across the country and on national television networks, including both Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. “We are delighted with the new, interactive version of Spookley on the App Store,” said Joe Troiano, author of The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. “And we are impressed with the convenient read-aloud and vocabulary-learning features that Oceanhouse Media’s technology provides.”

Both eBooks combine the beautiful artwork from the original print books with innovative features that promote reading in kids, including highlighted picture / word associations, professional narration and custom background audio.

“In anticipation of Halloween, we are excited to bring both of these perennial holiday favorites to life as eBooks for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch,” said Michel Kripalani, President of Oceanhouse Media. “These apps provide both entertainment and educational value to children in the form of fun, interactive experiences for play and learning.”

Oceanhouse Media, creators of the award-winning Dr. Seuss and Hay House apps, have recently seen seven of their Dr. Seuss and Berenstain Bears eBooks reach the #1 rank for paid books in the App Store.
For more information on these products and direct links to the App store, please visit Oceanhouse Media.

Oceanhouse Media Inc. has released three new iPhone apps from the Dr. Seuss series. The three new apps are the “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” eBook ($3.99), the “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” ebook ($3.99) and the “Up with a Fish!” stacking game for only $0.99.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, a rhyming book for young readers first published in 1960, is now available in interactive format. Dr. Seuss has joined The Ocean Project to make a big splash for 2010’s World Ocean Day on June 8th.

To celebrate the book’s 50th anniversary these funny fish will help children “from there to here, from here to there” learn how everyday actions impact our ocean home. Through his rhymes and riddles, Dr. Seuss’s intention is clear: teach children to read in a way that is both entertaining and educational. Children will be so entranced and amused by this app that they may not even notice they are learning to read!

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As mentioned yesterday, Oceanhouse Media Inc. released three new Dr. Seuss iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps yesterday for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this coming April 22. While these new apps will surely be something useful to help educate kids go green, here are some special coupon codes to aid you in your purchase.

Coupon codes are as follows:

The Lorax : code “EHT6HPRYJA96”
Lorax Garden: code “XEYY94WLAYL7”
Dr. Seuss Senders: code “NPRWW34NFH9N”

The Lorax eBook is available in the App Store for $3.99 (one app specially designed for both the iPhone and iPad with no additional charge), Lorax Garden children’s game is $2.99 and Dr. Seuss Senders, greeting card sayings and quotes, is also $2.99.