Top Christmas Books for Kids: iPad Apps

05 Dec 2011 | Books | Ali Gorelova on Google+

Which interesting books can you read to your child this Christmas? Let’s search the App Store for the top apps loved by kids from all over the world and select the most popular ones to add to your children’s book collection on the iPad.

Following this incredible book list, you can also check out the best Christmas iPad books from the last year and the new Charlie Brown Christmas of 2011.

1. PopOut! The Night Before Christmas is a $4.99 book for children that used to be an app of the week. This classic has been given “modern” style for your little ones.

By the way, it can easily please parents, and not only kids.

The Night Before Christmas is an interactive app perfect for the holidays. It’s cute and rich in imagination. You can drag and move objects around by touching them. There is read-to-me option with word highlighting and read-it-yourself mode.

The book consists of 50 pages with authentic drawings and text and requires iOS 3.2 or later to be launched. You’ll love to turn pages as you’ll feel as if you were reading an original hardcover book.

2. Christmas Tale HD is available for free on iTunes. It has become Number 1 ranked book application in 2011 as well as in 2010.

More than half million people have already read it. They liked to unfold Christmas events moving through the Christmas Tale pages. Children enjoyed meeting Santa and his family in the North Pole and helping him surprise all the kids of the world with amazing Christmas gifts and happy mood.

Toddlers can decorate the Christmas tree, and its screenshot can be turned into a holiday postcard. They are also offered to compose their wish list and email it to their parents and other relatives.

While the app is free to download, you need to have at least iOS 4.0 to run it.

3. Disney Princess: A Royal Christmas is sold for $4.99 on iTunes. It includes 3 holiday stories with Disney princesses beloved by toddlers. Every well-known character celebrates the holiday in her own way. For example, Ariel searches for treasure, Cinderella holds a party, and Tiana meets an unexpected visitor.

The illustrations are beautiful. The animation is fun and incredible. It lets kids explore the stories and read them via two modes – Read and Explore, and Follow Along.

Every page of the book has a surprise.

Disney Princess: A Royal Christmas is designed for iOS 4.0 or later.