Cyrano The Crow - a classic story for kids about a crow who is a master at bird imitations, by the author of Corduroy, Don Freeman. A perfect bedtime tale. (iPad Lite version, by Auryn Apps)

Cyrano is a master of bird imitations. When a talent show recruits him, he performs with professional flair, but is unable to fill the last requirement of his engagement: Cyrano cannot make a crow call. Or so he thinks as he goes squawking out of the television studio. Don Freeman acknowledges the role television plays in the childs life and uses it as a device from which to spring his whimsical fantasy.

Cyrano The Crow is a part of the Auracle line from Auryn Inc. The app is based on Don Freeman’s book by the same name.

▶ KEY EDUCATIONAL THEMES:
-Learn about various birds and their respective bird calls
-Learn the values from the story: “Being self is important”

▶ EXTEND THE LEARNING! ASK YOUR CHILD:
- How does a crow or a hen call (sound)?
- Which is your favorite TV show and why?
- What did you learn from your favorite TV show?

▶ ENHANCE CREATIVITY BY PERSONALIZING THE STORY:
- You can write your own version of the text for the book
- Personalize the narration: kids or parents can re-record the narration to make it their own!

▶ DEVELOP READING SKILLS WITH THESE LITERACY TOOLS:
- Image and word association vocabulary builder - when an image on the screen is touched, the associated word is spoken and the written word is displayed.
- Karaoke effect - when a word is spoken during narration then the word is highlighted.
- Touch a word to hear it being spoken in “Read Myself” mode (almost like “training wheels” for new readers)

▶ THREE WAYS TO READ THE BOOK:
1) "Read to me" - Listen to the narrated story while the text is displayed Karaoke style. After the narration finishes on a page the child can interact with objects until they are ready to move to the next page.
2) "Auto Play" - same as "Read to Me" except the page advances automatically once the narration is finished. Useful for those long car rides when you want the child to have a complete book experience.
3) "Read myself" - There is no narration but the child can touch a word to hear it being spoken aloud.

The lite version contains the first six pages of the original app with all the functionalities. The user also gets an overview of rest of the pages in thumbnail format.

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