April 25, 2024

SLJ’s Top 10 Apps: 2012

App production has skyrocketed. But curiously, a number of children’s book publishers and app developers are now thinking twice about the format. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a slew of exceptional products this year, and you’ll find a number of them on School Library Journal’s list.

Best of Apps & Enhanced Books: April 2012

An enhanced version of an image-driven mystery and an app to help young people navigate the social scene are this month’s picks from SLJ’s Touch and Go app review blog.

SLJ Reviews: Chopsticks, the App

Everyone’s buzzing about the format-bending young adult novel, Chopsticks, by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral, released last week in print and as an app. Here’s our assessment.