The Alutiiq Museum and Native Village of Afognak have released an app version of the children’s book “Naken taitaartat alagnat?”. Written by Gayla Pedersen, narrated by Sophie Takuka'aq Shepherd and illustrated by Gloria Selby, this is a story about a girl and her mother learning about the life cycle of a berry.

Original book produced by the Native Village of Afognak through a grant from the Administration for Native Americans (#90NL0530-01-00). App version produced through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS Enhancement NG-03-15-008-15).

You will be amazed at how these wonderful children's stories come to life with KIWA™Book. Children love being able to run their fingers over the text to hear the story and touch any word to hear it said or spelt. They will happily spend hours coloring in the book and they can record themselves as well. It's great fun for kids of all ages and it helps with early learning and literacy development.

This book is told in the Alutiiq language as spoken on Afognak and Kodiak Islands, Alaska.

Features:

• Swipe-to-Read™ the words to hear and playback the story at your own pace.
• Touch-to-Hear™ individual words spoken.
• Touch-to-Spell™ to hear the letters that spell each and every word.
• Auto Play to enjoy the narration.
• Use the My Narration function to read and record the story yourself and customize your book.
• Touch pictures to hear sounds from the environment.
• See special animation effects bringing the picture to life.
• Use the Color Palette to paint each page and save to customize your book even more,

Requirements:

Compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
Requires iOS 8.0+

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