10 animals come alive
A picture book by Katia Sunn
Farm Animals
Augmented Reality Book
Nine riddles in rhyme. Guess who is talking, then turn the page.
- A rhyme to guess each animal
- Nine farm friends
- Each one stands on your floor
- Ages
- 3 to 6
- Pages
- 46
- Format
- Paperback · 8.5 × 8.5 in
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The story
Who is fluffy and white and comes to you at night?
Every animal on this farm speaks first and shows itself second. Two lines of rhyme, a small clue, and a question hanging in the air: who am I? Turn the page and there they are, the sheep, the rooster, the pig, the horse, the goat, the hen, the cow, the cat and the dog.
The rooster brags about his melody and the pig loves rolling in dirt. In chess, the horse says, they call him knight. As for the cat, she is an aristocrat who makes a mess when you are out. Small children learn the rhythm after one reading and start shouting the answers before you finish the clue.
Katia wrote it for the age when every animal sound is a joy and every guess is a win. It is short on purpose, which is why you will end up reading it four times in a row.
What stays with them
- Guessing, and the pride of being right
- Animal names and sounds, with a rhythm to them
- Where milk, eggs and wool come from
Who you'll meet
Sheep
Like a cloud, fluffy and white.
Rooster
Wakes you at six. He rocks.
Pig
Chubby, pink, and in love with dirt.
Horse
In chess they call him knight.
Goat
Hops around and never hits the ground.
Hen
Her chicks follow on tiny feet.
Cow
Milk, yogurt and cheese come from her.
Cat
A lady. An aristocrat.
Dog
Loyal, and needs to be fed.
Drag to spin. On a phone or tablet this opens AR.
And then the magic
Meet the Rooster.
The rooster, from page 13. Close to the dawn, around six o'clock, his melody wakes you up.
Every animal in the story is also a real 3D model. Scan the code on its page and it stands in your room. The other 8 are waiting inside the book.
Look inside
Turn the pages. Tap the codes.
Real pages from the book. Where a code is printed you'll find a sticker: tap it and that page's animal comes up in 3D.
The rest lives in the book.
46 pages, every animal ready to step out.
Coming to Amazon · $14.99
Cover
Swipe the page or use the arrows.Drag a corner or use the arrows. The tap me stickers sit where the codes are printed.
From the back cover
Nine animals live on this farm, and each one has a little rhyme to help you guess who it is. The sheep is soft as a cloud. The rooster wakes the farm at six. And the pig, the goat, the hen, the cow, the horse, the cat and the dog each have a rhyme of their own.
But there's a little surprise on every page. Scan the QR code with a phone or tablet, and the animal comes to life right in your room, standing on your floor in augmented reality. Walk around it, make it bigger or smaller, and film your little ones as they meet their new farmyard friends.
No app to install. Just scan, play and explore.
Katia Sunn
Questions parents ask
Before you buy
- Do I need an app?
- No. Point the phone's or tablet's normal camera at the code on the page and tap the link. The animal opens in the browser and, on a phone or tablet, can be placed on your floor.
- Which devices work?
- iPhone and iPad (iOS 12 or newer) and Android phones and tablets with ARCore, which is most devices since 2018. Amazon Fire tablets show the 3D animal but cannot place it in the room.
- What age is it for?
- We wrote it for ages 3 to 6. Younger kids love watching, older ones read the story themselves and take the videos.
- Is it safe? What about the camera?
- The camera view stays on your device. We don't collect photos, video or location, there is no account and no login. The page uses a cookieless visit counter and nothing else.
- Isn't this more screen time?
- About a minute per animal, standing in the room, usually with a grown-up. It ends with the tablet going down and the book staying open. The book works fine without a phone or tablet too.
The other two
10 animals come alive
9 animals come aliveAlready have the book? The secret animals are at madeofyou.com/farm.