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Pathetic
If you at all remember the original interactive CD you will want to throw this sad small brown stain of a book into the sea.
ALL the fun of the original has been stripped out in a pathetic on selling / buyout of the original material that has resulted in this very flimsy diluted & dumbed down version.
Why oh why the only other reviewer gave this 4 stars is beyond both grandma and me.Show lessJas Hunter
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I do not like this version of Just Grandma And Me at all!!! We bought the computer version many years ago for a child that was like a grandchild to us. We now have our own grandchildren and have been using the computer version with our granddaughter. I thought it would be nice to sit on the couch with her and let her touch the screen on my ipad and she could make the birds sing or the cow moo as many times as she wanted to!!! But not with this version! I'm not even going to let her know that I have it on my ipad! It's just like a story book.....all still pictures.....you can't interact with the story at all! I'm very much disappointed and would not have made the purchase if I had know! I don't guess we can get a refund????Show lessprettywoman1964
Just Grandma and me
Was very disappointed in this app. Having owned the original interactive version, and having watched my daughter enjoy it for so many years on the computer (finally wore it out) could not believe the "pale version" of the original that this app presents.
Although the original pictures and artwork remain, this version is nothing more than flipping through a series of still pictures in a book. None of the charm or delight of being able to touch the screen and play interactively with various creatures in the story now remains. The creativity that went into the orginal was just amazing, and was what made it such a delight and so appealing to kids.
This version has been gutted to nothing more than a series of still pictures. What a shame. The story is not even well read by the child narrator. Would not have bought it if I had sampled it first.
Hope they decide to fix this. This has been a classic and much loved computer story in our family for so many years.
Developers, please fix this so it can be a winner again and charm a new generation!Show lesszeanel
Very Disappointed
I wish I had read the review before I bought this. I too thought it was the interactive version and it is not. I felt that I was misled.Littlemaxjm
Disappointed
I love the broderbund interactive Living Books with Little Critter and was so excited to see them offer as an iPad app. NOPE! These are simply an ebook that will read you the story. No interaction what so ever.Ourkazoku
Disappointed
I was hoping for an equivalent of the original PC game which was a classic. A key element that made the original a classic was the animations/interaction and the endearing voice of critter. This app does not have them. I would happily pay more to see a full version with the animations.vsarathy
Entertaining for a read along
My daughter has enjoyed it, she likes stories being read to her so its fun for her, not to interactive but okjessiquoa
Don't waste your money,Pale imitation of the original CD version
All of the great animation in the original version have been stripped out and replaced with just the word for the item .
Turns it into a dull lifeless version.Avenelboy
A nice start but…
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.Show lessLurgy
Disappointing!
I too was so excited to see this app that I didn't read the reviews. I loved the computer version and assumed, wrongly, that it was similar. Calling it an interactive book is stretching it - it reads to you and that is it. Back to searching for a truly interactive book.Hagenbud
