Walking with Dinosaurs

The book-app I chose to review was the BBC-produced, "Walking With Dinosaurs."  I would describe this app as an interactive encyclopedia of dinosaurs.  This is an excellently produced ebook, that is visually appealing.  The app contains three easily navigable sections.
The first section of the app is the "Features Section."  This is essentially a chaptered-out history of the dinosaurs, that goes all the way up until modern times and our discovery of the dinosaurs.  I really liked how each chapter is fairly brief and features it's own individual set of animated graphics.  For example, there is a chapter on plants in the Jurassic period.  There are about six 3D rotating generations of the most common plants at the time.  Along with the section, is a rotating aerial view of earth showing the clear differences in Earth georgraphical and climactic layout in relation to Earth today.  Very cool.
The second section of the app is my favorite.  It is essentially an alphabetized profile list of the most common dinosaurs—the app probably displays around 300.  The dinosaurs are navigable via a scrolling horizontal carousel, and each dinosaur is displayed with a moving 3D animation showing it's probably movement pattern.  Upon selecting a particular dinosaur, the user is taken to a full-length spec-sheet/profile of the dinosaur.  Along with the spec sheet comes more 3D generations of the dinosaur along with generations of the dinosaurs prey or plant food of choice.   Almost all 3D generations are expandable in high definition, and have rotate capabilities.  I think this is a great way to quickly learn about various dinosaurs, and could even be used as a quick reference for anyone studying them in the field.
The third section of the app is titled, "Dinosaur Hunters."  This section highlights the most prominent paleontologists from past to present.  This list is in chronological order and each paleontologist is given a quick bio sheet of their most famous discoveries (with accompanying pictures) and about a four-paragraph write-up of their story.
Overall, I found this to be an excellent ebook/app that would appeal to all ages.  I found it to be highly informative and fun to interact with.   But I could also easily imagine a dinosaur-obsessed seven-year-old version of myself loving this app as well.  I would think being able to capture such a wide audience in one app is a pretty challenging thing to do, which I'm sure is the reason this was app received the recognition it did.  From stunning 3D imagery to informative byte-size readings, I would highly recommend this app for anyone with an interest in dinosaurs.