HarperCollins Children's Books Launches Educational Apps for Kids

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- HarperCollins Children's Books today announced the launch of its ABC Song App and 123: Ants Go Marching App on the App Store. These apps for iPhone and iPod touch are published by Curious Puppy (http://www.curiouspuppy.com), a program of online educational games and apps for children from HarperCollins Children's Books.

By featuring interactive and fun content, these apps help young children and toddlers get ready for school, and preschool, with entertaining experiences. Each app includes learning games that reinforce color and shape recognition, word association, memorization and a host of other fundamental skills.

"Children interact with technology at increasingly younger ages, and our apps are an easy way for parents to offer kids an interactive and educational experience," said Susan Katz, President and Publisher, HarperCollins Children's Books. "With the launch of these educational apps for kids, we are also launching Curious Puppy, our first e-imprint. Together they show that learning can be fun year-round and mobile applications are a convenient option to keep a child engaged on the go."

The ABC Song App turns learning the ABCs into an alphabet game that will appeal to all ages, with catchy music and irresistible graphics that bring letters to life. Young learners can connect with the alphabet as the app models each letter and the sounds they make in speech and song. The 123: Ants Go Marching App introduces basic math and language skills through a new take on the classic song and popular children's rhyme. As the ants go marching and numbers come to life through bright and colorful animations, children can join in by playing various games that teach numbers and early math.

The ABC Song App and 123: Ants Go Marching App are available for $0.99 each from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

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HarperCollins Children's Books is one of the leading publishers of children's books. Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality, award-winning books for young readers, HarperCollins is home to many timeless treasures — Charlotte's Web, The Chronicles of Narnia, Goodnight Moon, Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Ramona series, Where the Wild Things Are; and popular new classics — The Graveyard Book, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Warriors, and Fancy Nancy. HarperCollins Children's Books has published some of the world's foremost authors and illustrators and has won numerous awards including the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal, the Printz Award and the Geisel Award. HarperCollins Children's Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, one of the leading English-language publishers in the world and a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP). Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand and generate additional business opportunities. Headquartered in New York, HarperCollins has publishing groups in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, and India. You can visit HarperCollins Children's Books at www.harpercollinschildrens.com and HarperCollins Publishers at www.harpercollins.com.

SOURCE Harper Collins Children's Books