So, late last fall I got a phone call from Gibbs-Smith the publishers of my children's book Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed. A company called Snacklogic decided to turn children's books into interactive iPhone applications and chose mine to kick things off.
They bustled me into a recording studio to narrate and voice some characters and next thing you know - BAM! - it was done and up on iTunes where it's getting rave reviews.
It's incredibly cool - each page is narrated and has targets points to click that make it come to life. Kids can create their own scenes and play with characters and objects from the book and then email them to friends. And, at one point, they included me singing in goofy voices from Pirates of Penzance - which I only did in the studio as a joke but is now forever on the list of embarrassing things I have done publicly. (Not nearly as bad as the How To Lambada Home Video but, nothing is that bad!) Speaking of which, we need to play 100 questions again - that was fun. But I digress...
Ordinary Mary is now an interactive iPhone application! Totally cool. And we have overhauled the Official Website. And there is now a Blog not only for parents and educators but a place where I can leave my smart ass self where she belongs - in the tub with her pie - and give voice to the part of me that loves stories of human kindness, good and selfless deeds, Mister Rogers and videos of heroic dogs and wild lions that make me weepy. A place where I can share things, not only about the book and school program it inspired, but report on people and their creatures that are making the world better than they found it.
So, there you have it. Ordinary Mary. Wow, that little chick is really getting around. If she makes out with Gerard Butler before I do I will kill her. * * *
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