Abstract

In a relatively short time, apps have become highly popular as a platform for children’s fiction. The majority of media attention to these apps has focused on their technical features. There has been less focus on their aesthetic aspects, such as how interactive elements, visual-verbal arrangements and narration are interrelated. This article investigates how a reading of a «picturebook app» may differ from readings of the narratives found in printed books and movies. The discussion will be anchored in an analysis of the iPad app The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore . This app, which is an adaptation of an animated short film, relates the story of a book lover who becomes the proprietor of a magical library. Keywords: children apps; adaptation; remediation; aesthetic; affordance; interactive fiction; iPad; augmented reality (Published: 12 March 2014) Citation: Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics, Vol. 5 , 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/blft.v5.24169

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