Just Grandma and Me

In the 1990s, I had a computer program version of this book that had animated interactions. Over 20 years ago. It’s pretty sad that this version for iPad is about as minimally interactive as it gets. I was expecting more, I wouldn’t have bought it so quickly if I’d known it wasn’t at least as good as that old version. Don’t buy it.

Bought this based on a cd bought back in the 1980s which was fully interactive. By pressing on the objects they all did some action. However this version just reads the book and tapping on an object only name appears in writing, not much to keep non readers interested.

I found an article which mentioned that the original Brøderbund titles had been re-imagined for various mobile devices including the iPad and had to try this one out. Spent ages with my granddaughters playing with those books on what was then sate of the art Apple kit (remember OS 9?). Sadly this is not the same product at all. Not the same voice, similar art, and nowhere near the rich interactive experience of the originals. It's rumoured that these books will also be coming to the Mac OS proper, I hope these implementations recapture the depth of the originals, each page was loaded with "secret" surprises if you touched them. For instance, the beach scene, touching the radio rewarded you with tuning sounds, crackle and a reporter giving you the weather report for little critters beach. Those versions of the Mercer Mayer books were a triumph, I'de never seen anything like them before or after. For the price I guess this offering is fair value, and all of the current target audience will never have seen, or enjoyed the riches in the original Brøderbund versions.

Poor low quality scans of the original. Story and voice still evocative, but a very thin joyless version of the original triumph. Please give us the brilliant, original version in full. Some people would pay good money for it :)

As a talking book it's fine but I remembered the original Broderbund software from when my kids were little and this is just a pale shadow of that. As the is no opportunity for interaction you would be better just watching some of the movies of the original on you tube.

Had this software for my pc when children were small and they loved it because it was interactive. You could explore the pictures and find hidden treasures. Appreciate this didn't cost much but was hoping to find the same and was disappointed :(

I bought this because I liked the original pc version with loads of animations you could play for hours. the description of this one says that the app does not contain animations on every page. well, it does not contain animations AT ALL, only the names of the objects come up when you touch something. there are lots of other interactive/touchy books with more animations available on ipad, some of them free.

Read me

Ever since upgrading to a new iPhone without a home button, there’s no easy way to exit the app. In fact, it will trap you in unless you restart your phone. The only reason I chose to write this review was it was a reason to leave the screen without having the hassle of restarting my phone 🤣 once they catch up with technology again, it will get 5 stars.

I’m a grandpa and a speech pathologist. My grandchildren 4 and 3 years of age love these stories. I do too!