“Another Monster at the End of This Book” iPad App

If there’s one thing we love it’s educational apps that are also fun. And just like the television show, Sesame Street apps combine learning and laughter very successfully. In fact, my kids enjoy all things Sesame Street that sometimes they don’t even realize they’re learning something in the process.

We recently had the opportunity to review Another Monster at the End of This Book from Callaway Digital Arts and the girls loved it! Even I had a lot of fun playing around with the interactive graphics. The layout is made to look just like a book complete with turnable pages and stars Elmo and Grover. Grover has heard that at the end of the book a scary monster awaits so he tries to do everything he can to avoid it. Elmo, on the other hand, can’t wait to find out who this creature is. Page by page they have a friendly debate on why they should and shouldn’t continue to the end. Of course, the monster at the end turns out to be Elmo and Grover.

It’s a really cute story but what makes this app so successful and popular is the interactive graphics. On each page my girls could touch the monsters to make them talk, drag and drop paperclips, build or knock down a tower of blocks, match colors to open a steel safe, & splash glue or wipe it away. What your child decides to do all depends on if they want to get to the end of the book or not.

This app is a great tool for promoting reading skills because as the story is being narrated, the words are being displalyed and highlighted at the same time. It’s also an effective way to build hand-eye coordination which is something that Kaila is currently working on. Dragging those paperclips up to the edge of the pages is not as easy as it seems! And of course it wouldn’t be Sesame Street if they didn’t touch on teamwork in which Grover and Elmo finally decide to face the scary monster together.

Another Monster at the End of This Book is one of my kids favorite apps and they play it every chance they get. I really don’t blame them. I find myself playing it occasionally myself. How can you not love Elmo?

This post was written for Callaway Digital Arts who provided the complimentary download code in exchange for my honest review.