Midnight Feast at Mac App Store analyse

• “Beautiful, haunting and completely original” - Kirkus starred review • “Don’t miss this haunting, meaningful story” - School Library Journal • “Gorgeous illustrations and beautifully paced interactive dialog” - Digital Storytime • “a marvellous sense of craft, attention to detail, and genuine depth” - Apps Playground • “a “must have” for teachers and homeschoolers” - The Appy Ladies • Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award 2014 mention (Top 3 Fiction category). From the creators of The Artifacts, Midnight Feast is a brand new, original picturebook of 44 pages created especially for the iPad. This is a story for a wide variety of ages, about a girl called Roya who is excited to stay up late for a midnight feast. For younger readers, the scariest features can be turned off in the options page. This story stands up well to close-reading, with notes and activities freely available online. Themes include: drought, its impact on food security, imagination and escapism. __________________________________________ READ *MIDNIGHT FEAST* AND EXPLORE ROYA’S WORLD: Any interactivity in Midnight Feast either moves the story forward, or it exists to create atmosphere or humour. • Tap the screen to activate character dialogue • Lots of rub-to-reveal scenes, to expose Roya’s imaginary alternative life • Randomly generate strange recipes in “Dad’s Kitchen”, or movie titles in Roya’s home theatre • Manipulate light effects __________________________________________ OTHER FEATURES: • hand-drawn artwork • professional narration by American Matthias Bossi • beautiful music score, composed by New Zealand musician Chris Hurn especially for this story • narration plays automatically on each page • narration can be turned off We believe young readers deserve immersive, non-commercialised reading experiences even in the digital age, so we will never advertise new products from our main menu or from within the story. A web link to our other storybook app is accessible only from the options page. Links to teaching resources (on Slap Happy Larry’s website) appear on a separate page after the conclusion of the story. Midnight Feast does not glorify or promote highly processed junk food.