Best Selling Book Goes App For Charity

Best Selling Book Goes App For Charity

(App Store search word: NZ Adventure)

"This book, with its simple but colourful illustrations, is definitely a book to be shared.to be talked through as well as read"

Margaret Mahy (Author "Lion in the Meadow"); winner of the Carnegie Medal and Hans Christian Andersen Award (and Cantabrian)

The accredited "Premier Best Seller" book ( print title: "Nana and Grandad's New Zealand Adventure") originally achieved its best selling status through a following of Australian, US and UK holidaymakers, who have visited New Zealand and took the book home to share their experiences with their grandchildren. This award winning book has now been made available on the App Store, with all proceeds going back to the earthquake devastated city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

After all, Christchurch was their company's top selling city for the "Premier NZ Bestselling" book. Indeed the Christchurch Cathedral was their no.1 selling store in all of New Zealand. Kangoo asked of themselves "How could we give back to a city which has already given us so much?" A Facebook suggestion sparked the idea and now "NZ Adventure" is available for download worldwide on the App Store for the iPhone & iPad.

"This is a "Charity App" with 100% of the income generated through the App Store being donated to help people rebuild their lives", says Shona Grundy, author of the no. 1 selling book. "We wanted to create an easy channel, for people all over the world, to donate to such a worthy cause. In return they not only learn something about New Zealand, but are entertained while engaging with the New Zealand culture".

2 days in to the release and so far sales have been recorded in New Zealand, UK, USA, Brazil, South Africa, China, Hong Kong, Spain and Australia.

About the Book App

"NZ Adventure" for the iPhone & iPad .

Grandma and Grandpa (as they have been renamed) are the most adventurous grandparents on the planet! This year they went to a country called New Zealand. Learn all about the culture, nature, fun and excitement that New Zealand has to offer as Grandma and Grandpa take you on their action packed adventure. Bright bold illustrations will capture the imagination of even the youngest reader while Fact Boxes will intrigue and delight the older ones. This App offers the reader the option for 'Autoplay' where the story is automatically read aloud and pages are automatically turned; "Read to me" where the story is automatically read aloud, the reader decides when to turn the page, and the option to select the Fact box read by the Author; and "Let me read" where the reader reads the story themselves, decides when to turn the page and can select and read the Fact box themselves. For added New Zealand "flavour", choose between two professionally recorded narrations: a New Zealand boy or girl, with Fact boxes narrated by the Author.

The production of this special "Christchurch Earthquake Appeal" App edition was made possible by the generous donation of time and skills by: Will Baker (App Developer), Steve Finnigan (Sound Engineer) @ Images and Sound, Sophie Ashworth (10 yr old girl narration), Harry Finnigan (9 yr old boy narration), Maya Grundy (6 yr old opening title narration), Shona Grundy (Author/Producer/narrator) @ Kangoo, Cathy Butler (Technical Director) @ Kangoo, Karl Butler (Creative Director) @ Kangoo

About the 'Grandma and Grandpa's Adventure' Series

The printed edition of "Nana and Grandad's New Zealand Adventure" received a "Bronze Medallion" status as a "Premier New Zealand Best Seller", by the Booksellers Association of New Zealand 2009. Other printed editions to this series, in printed publication, include "Nana and Grandad's Australian Adventure", "Nana and Grandad's Dubai Adventure" and "Grandma and Grandpa's New York City Adventure". Look out for Grandma and Grandpa's Australian Adventure App soon to be released on the App store.

"I think your books are a brilliant idea" M Cathrew, UK

"Love your books.." R Lindhagen, Rochester Hills, Michigan

"Thank you, my grandkids love the book". M Sachtjen, USA

"Your book is adorable; I can't wait to give it to my grand-daughter!" Margo Button, Toronto, Canada (1996 BC Book Prize for Poetry and the 1996 Dorothy Livesay Award)

Published by Kangoo Books www.kangoobooks.com

Copyright: 2011 Kangoo Animation Ltd (producers of the world famous 'Gingerbread Haka')

Author: Shona Grundy

Illustrations by: Natalie Coulam & Nanda Ormond

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/CharityApp

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