The Flying Squid | Book 1
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About The Flying Squid | Book 1
Inspiring Picture Book where you can be the heroine or hero of the story. You can record your own narration or listen to a read-along audio. It fosters good reading habits and have additional educational content on each page. It is bilingual: Spanish, English. Recommended ages 2-8
CUSTOMIZE
Every child wants to be the hero or heroine of the story. With our storybook apps, now they can. Children can personalize their character’s gender, hairstyle, eye color, skin, clothes, accessories, inserting themselves into the story.
SYNOPSIS: Turtle Island
Every great adventure has a beginning. Find out how You met your friend Chopito, The Flying Squid, and embarked on your adventures on the seas. Values: togetherness, friendship, care for the environment.
WHO IS THE FLYING SQUID?
The Flying Squid is Chopito! Literally a squid-out-of-water, learning everything about life from scratch. But Chopito is lucky, because he has your child to help him make sense of the world. Chopito - the Flying Squid - is comical, innocent, imaginative, with a whale-sized heart inside of him. He is any child’s perfectly imperfect friend. He flies like a kite and inspires like a star. He is the squid-child in you.
RECORD YOUR OWN NARRATION
Even if you go on a business trip, your children can still hear your voice through your recorded narration. Also, children can practice their reading skills by recording their voices, which you parents can enjoy when you’re away in a distant, lonely hotel room. (It works both ways!) And use iCloud to back up your narrations.
USE OUR STORYBOOK APPS IN TWO WAYS
* As a great tool to engage with your child. You will get many laugh-out-loud moments for your family to cherish, while fostering togetherness, compassion, equality, friendship, and ecology– just some of themes central to our stories.
* As an enjoyable adventure your child can enjoy on her or his own, while you take a well-deserved break.
PARENTS HOMEWORK!
Yes, you heard right. Activities and questions on each page stimulate further inquiry, and further dialogue between parents and children.
READ-ALONG
All of our stories are packed with read-along audio by professional actors (English/Spanish). With an original musical score by Dutch composer Martijn de Man.
THE STORIES FIRST!
We challenge children with stories that treat them like real people. And parents will learn a thing or two as well.
ARTISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS
Each page is a vibrant, detailed, hand-drawn illustration. You’ll want to look again and again.
FOLLOW US
http://www.theflyingsquid.com
https://www.facebook.com/theflyingsquid
https://www.instagram.com/theflyingsquidkids/
https://www.youtube.com/c/Theflyingsquidkids
Our apps are created by award-winning artist and father of two, Iván Cortázar. He collaborated with his mother, a fine artist, to craft this memorable and inspiring adventure for children of all ages to enjoy.
CUSTOMIZE
Every child wants to be the hero or heroine of the story. With our storybook apps, now they can. Children can personalize their character’s gender, hairstyle, eye color, skin, clothes, accessories, inserting themselves into the story.
SYNOPSIS: Turtle Island
Every great adventure has a beginning. Find out how You met your friend Chopito, The Flying Squid, and embarked on your adventures on the seas. Values: togetherness, friendship, care for the environment.
WHO IS THE FLYING SQUID?
The Flying Squid is Chopito! Literally a squid-out-of-water, learning everything about life from scratch. But Chopito is lucky, because he has your child to help him make sense of the world. Chopito - the Flying Squid - is comical, innocent, imaginative, with a whale-sized heart inside of him. He is any child’s perfectly imperfect friend. He flies like a kite and inspires like a star. He is the squid-child in you.
RECORD YOUR OWN NARRATION
Even if you go on a business trip, your children can still hear your voice through your recorded narration. Also, children can practice their reading skills by recording their voices, which you parents can enjoy when you’re away in a distant, lonely hotel room. (It works both ways!) And use iCloud to back up your narrations.
USE OUR STORYBOOK APPS IN TWO WAYS
* As a great tool to engage with your child. You will get many laugh-out-loud moments for your family to cherish, while fostering togetherness, compassion, equality, friendship, and ecology– just some of themes central to our stories.
* As an enjoyable adventure your child can enjoy on her or his own, while you take a well-deserved break.
PARENTS HOMEWORK!
Yes, you heard right. Activities and questions on each page stimulate further inquiry, and further dialogue between parents and children.
READ-ALONG
All of our stories are packed with read-along audio by professional actors (English/Spanish). With an original musical score by Dutch composer Martijn de Man.
THE STORIES FIRST!
We challenge children with stories that treat them like real people. And parents will learn a thing or two as well.
ARTISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS
Each page is a vibrant, detailed, hand-drawn illustration. You’ll want to look again and again.
FOLLOW US
http://www.theflyingsquid.com
https://www.facebook.com/theflyingsquid
https://www.instagram.com/theflyingsquidkids/
https://www.youtube.com/c/Theflyingsquidkids
Our apps are created by award-winning artist and father of two, Iván Cortázar. He collaborated with his mother, a fine artist, to craft this memorable and inspiring adventure for children of all ages to enjoy.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.0
Last updated on Jan 27, 2022
Old Versions
• We discontinued the in-app purchase feature from our app.
• Other books are available to download from the App Store as separate apps.
• Other books are available to download from the App Store as separate apps.
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Version History
3.0
Jan 27, 2022
• We discontinued the in-app purchase feature from our app.
• Other books are available to download from the App Store as separate apps.
• Other books are available to download from the App Store as separate apps.
2.4
Mar 16, 2021
* Fixed In-app downloading error that occurred after updating to IOS 14.
2.3
Sep 16, 2020
* Improved section with educational questions for parents to ask children. Our goal: more engagement to promote learning.
* We improved a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Fixed Minor display bug in iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone X & iPhone XS
* We improved a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Fixed Minor display bug in iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone X & iPhone XS
2.2
Apr 21, 2020
* Improved section with educational questions for parents to ask children. Our goal: more engagement to promote learning.
* We added a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Improved support for new iPhones.
* Fixed Minor bug in iPhone XR & 11
* We added a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Improved support for new iPhones.
* Fixed Minor bug in iPhone XR & 11
2.0
Apr 8, 2020
* Improved section with educational questions for parents to ask children. Our goal: more engagement to promote learning.
* We added a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Improved support for new iPhones.
* We added a delete/restore button to better manage the books.
* Improved support for new iPhones.
1.8
Feb 14, 2019
* Improved support for iphone XR,XS & XS Max
* Improved section with educational questions for parents to ask children. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
* Improved section with educational questions for parents to ask children. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
1.7
Dec 20, 2018
* Added support for iphone XR,XS & XS Max
* Created a section with questions for parents to ask children, unlocking hidden educational content within the app. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
* Created a section with questions for parents to ask children, unlocking hidden educational content within the app. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
1.6
Jun 29, 2018
* Three new stories.
* Created a section with questions for parents to ask children, unlocking hidden educational content within the app. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
* Complete redesigned app.
* New audio narrations.
* Improved lock (in book index) to prevent recording overwrites. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
* Improved navigational design for children.
* Created a section with questions for parents to ask children, unlocking hidden educational content within the app. Our goal, more engagement to promote learning.
* Complete redesigned app.
* New audio narrations.
* Improved lock (in book index) to prevent recording overwrites. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
* Improved navigational design for children.
1.5
May 9, 2017
•With just one finger tap, easily switch from your customized voice narrations to our English/Spanish standard narrations. This is very useful for learning languages or improving reading skills; now you can listen to the standard narrations of American and Spanish actors and quickly compare them to your own narrations.
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
•Bug fix for iPhone 6 Plus
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
•Bug fix for iPhone 6 Plus
1.4
Apr 25, 2017
•With just one finger tap, easily switch from your customized voice narrations to our English/Spanish standard narrations. This is very useful for learning languages or improving reading skills; now you can listen to the standard narrations of American and Spanish actors and quickly compare them to your own narrations.
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
•Minor bug fixes.
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
•Minor bug fixes.
1.3
Mar 8, 2017
•With just one finger tap, easily switch from your customized voice narrations to our English/Spanish standard narrations. This is very useful for learning languages or improving reading skills; now you can listen to the standard narrations of American and Spanish actors and quickly compare them to your own narrations.
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
•Added iCloud backups for your voice recordings.
•Added a lock (in settings) to prevent recording overwrites. This is very useful if a parent records a narration before going on a business trip. This lock will prevent children from deleting the recordings.
•Increased recording time to 90 seconds to allow more time to children with slower-paced reading skills.
•Improved design so children will be able to easily create their voice recordings.
1.2
Jan 12, 2016
* Improved security to prevent children from accessing the parental guide.
* Improved sound design.
* Improved sound design.
1.1
Nov 23, 2015
* Longer recording time: children of all reading levels now have more time to record the original narration, or improvised versions inspired by our illustrations!
* Improved experience for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Display Zoom modes.
* Improved experience for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Display Zoom modes.
1.0
Oct 22, 2015
The Flying Squid | Book 1 FAQ
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iPhone
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
The Flying Squid | Book 1 supports English, Spanish
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