Miss Spider apps
Encyclopedia
Miss Spider Apps are children's apps for the iPad
, iPhone
, and iPod Touch
published by Callaway Digital Arts. They can be purchased in Apple's App Store and feature the beloved character Miss Spider
, who also appears in the bestselling books by David Kirk
and the Nick Jr.
program Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
.
The apps contain a storybook with spoken narration and animations when certain images are pressed; a CGI
-animated movie of the story; a memory
game; several jigsaw puzzle
s; and a painting game.
. Words along the bottom are highlighted as they are spoken. In Miss Spider's Tea Party, the storybook version is followed exactly, whereas in Miss Spider's Bedtime Story, some additional elements are added.
game. Users click on overturned "cards" to see if they match. Miss Spider's Tea Party featured 30 cards, while in Miss Spider's Bedtime Story, users can choose between 16 and 30 cards.
's Camera Roll. To "clear" the image, users shake the iPad
.
s. Users move the pieces into place with their fingers. An animation displays upon completion.
program Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
, Miss Spider's Bedtime Story tells the story of Miss Spider and her husband, Holley, trying to get their children to go to bed on time. After spinning a web to help their children children plot their goal of going to bed on time for an entire week, Miss Spider and Holley meet success. But they still can't seem to get to bed on time themselves!
, April 3, 2010. It was one of the first children's apps developed especially for the iPad.
USA Today
's Jinny Gudmundson gave the app 4 out of 4 stars and said, "David Kirk's popular children's book really shines on the iPad, particularly while watching it as an animated movie with words highlighted as it is read aloud."
Gizmodo
named the app one of the "Best Apps for Babies, Toddlers, and Sanity-Loving Parents" and said, "These folks are genius, and when you take that and layer in impressive animation, music and narration, it's just got to cost some money. This is apparently the first of many Miss Spider iPad apps, which is good for my kid, bad for my credit card."
Macgasm.com said "This is one app that I have been recommending to our friends that have children. As I mentioned earlier, I couldn’t get my iPad back from my son because he was so taken by this wonderful application. We recently went to dinner, and I brought the iPad with us. The first thing my son went to use was Miss Spider’s Tea Party. Shortly after he started to use it, we had a small crowd of employees form near our table. Everyone thought it was great, and our waitress even said that she could see her daughter using this application. When an application such as this brings parents and children together you know you have transcended."
Miss Spider's Bedtime Story was released on September 22, 2010. Padgadget.com said, "Miss Spider’s Bedtime Story for iPad includes the same great features and quality we love from Callaway. Kids and parents will enjoy reading, watching and playing with Miss Spider and her family of bugs in this brightly colored story and game app."
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
, and iPod Touch
IPod Touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
published by Callaway Digital Arts. They can be purchased in Apple's App Store and feature the beloved character Miss Spider
Miss Spider
Miss Flora Spider is the name of a loving spider in the bestselling Miss Spider children's books by David Kirk. She originally appeared in cartoon format in the movie Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids , which spun off the Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends series , and Miss...
, who also appears in the bestselling books by David Kirk
David Kirk
David Edward Kirk, MBE, , is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He is best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987....
and the Nick Jr.
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. was a programming block on the Nickelodeon television channel, seen on Nickelodeon weekday mornings. It was aimed at a preschool-age audience ages 6 and under. On September 28, 2009, Nick Jr. became its own official channel, replacing Noggin...
program Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil...
.
The apps contain a storybook with spoken narration and animations when certain images are pressed; a CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
-animated movie of the story; a memory
Concentration (game)
Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...
game; several jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
s; and a painting game.
Apps in Series
- Miss Spider's Tea Party: Available for iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
in American EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
, British EnglishBritish EnglishBritish English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere...
, FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, and JapaneseJapanese languageis a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
; and for the iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and iPod TouchIPod TouchThe iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
in American EnglishAmerican EnglishAmerican English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....
. - Miss Spider's Bedtime Story: Currently available for iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
only.
Read
In "Read" mode, the Miss Spider apps function mostly like a book, with words displayed under pictures. Users can click on the bottom of the screen to "turn the page," and when they touch the picture, faint white circles appear that animate characters or other aspects of the picture when touched. There is also an optional narration mode, where the book is read aloud.Watch
In "Watch" mode, the story is turned into a movie, animated with CGIComputer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
. Words along the bottom are highlighted as they are spoken. In Miss Spider's Tea Party, the storybook version is followed exactly, whereas in Miss Spider's Bedtime Story, some additional elements are added.
Match
Match mode works just like a Miss Spider–themed memoryConcentration (game)
Concentration, also known as Memory, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and two cards are flipped face up over each turn. The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching cards...
game. Users click on overturned "cards" to see if they match. Miss Spider's Tea Party featured 30 cards, while in Miss Spider's Bedtime Story, users can choose between 16 and 30 cards.
Paint
Paint mode presents users with several different black-and-white images of Miss Spider and other characters in the book, and several different "brushes" and colors. Users select a color and a brush size, then "paint" the pictures using a finger. Users can save images to the iPadIPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
's Camera Roll. To "clear" the image, users shake the iPad
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
.
Puzzle
Puzzle mode features six different Miss Spider–themed jigsaw puzzleJigsaw puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of numerous small, often oddly shaped, interlocking and tessellating pieces.Each piece usually has a small part of a picture on it; when complete, a jigsaw puzzle produces a complete picture...
s. Users move the pieces into place with their fingers. An animation displays upon completion.
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Lonely Miss Spider has made tea for ten, but "nobuggy" will have tea with her! She approaches various bugs she hopes will be her friends, but they're scared away by her spidery reputation. Soon, however, they realize she's a friendly spider who only eats flowers, and Miss Spider finally gets her tea party.Miss Spider's Bedtime Story
Based on an episode from the Nick Jr.Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. was a programming block on the Nickelodeon television channel, seen on Nickelodeon weekday mornings. It was aimed at a preschool-age audience ages 6 and under. On September 28, 2009, Nick Jr. became its own official channel, replacing Noggin...
program Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil...
, Miss Spider's Bedtime Story tells the story of Miss Spider and her husband, Holley, trying to get their children to go to bed on time. After spinning a web to help their children children plot their goal of going to bed on time for an entire week, Miss Spider and Holley meet success. But they still can't seem to get to bed on time themselves!
Reception
Miss Spider's Tea Party was released on the same day as the iPadIPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, April 3, 2010. It was one of the first children's apps developed especially for the iPad.
USA Today
USA Today
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's Jinny Gudmundson gave the app 4 out of 4 stars and said, "David Kirk's popular children's book really shines on the iPad, particularly while watching it as an animated movie with words highlighted as it is read aloud."
Gizmodo
Gizmodo
Gizmodo is a technology weblog about consumer electronics. It is part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton and is known for its up-to-date coverage of the technology industry, along with topics as broad as design; architecture; space and science....
named the app one of the "Best Apps for Babies, Toddlers, and Sanity-Loving Parents" and said, "These folks are genius, and when you take that and layer in impressive animation, music and narration, it's just got to cost some money. This is apparently the first of many Miss Spider iPad apps, which is good for my kid, bad for my credit card."
Macgasm.com said "This is one app that I have been recommending to our friends that have children. As I mentioned earlier, I couldn’t get my iPad back from my son because he was so taken by this wonderful application. We recently went to dinner, and I brought the iPad with us. The first thing my son went to use was Miss Spider’s Tea Party. Shortly after he started to use it, we had a small crowd of employees form near our table. Everyone thought it was great, and our waitress even said that she could see her daughter using this application. When an application such as this brings parents and children together you know you have transcended."
Miss Spider's Bedtime Story was released on September 22, 2010. Padgadget.com said, "Miss Spider’s Bedtime Story for iPad includes the same great features and quality we love from Callaway. Kids and parents will enjoy reading, watching and playing with Miss Spider and her family of bugs in this brightly colored story and game app."
External links
- Miss Spider for iPad Official Miss Spider apps page on the Callaway.com site.
- My Kid Reviews Your iPad App: Miss Spider's Tea Party Video of child playing Miss Spider's Tea Party
- Miss Spider's Tea Party for iPad (American English) Link to purchase Miss Spider's Tea Party for iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
from the App Store - Miss Spider's Tea Party for iPhone Link to purchase Miss Spider's Tea Party for iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
or iPod TouchIPod TouchThe iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
from the App Store - Miss Spider's Bedtime Story for iPad Link to purchase Miss Spider's Bedtime Story for iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
from the App Store