Axel's Chain Reaction for Android

11 things about Axel's Chain Reaction

1. Children will love the variety of ways to engage with this story (...) Overall, this is a terrific and unique title (...) The story has great messages about learning to make the most out of our unique talents, sticking with a project and standing up to bullying.

2. If your family or students wish to learn more about the Kinetic artists featured in the app, adults must type the answers to math questions in order to activate weblinks.

3. It delightfully conveys a powerful and poignant message to the youth of today – don’t give up!(...). Teachers are going to love sharing this app time after time, and so will parents.(...) This app has more than character education going for it (...) buy this app to see and experience the magical ending.

4. Axel’s own traits means he’ll need a large dose of perseverance in order make a moving sculpture he’s proud of: a swinging, vibrating, tinkling work of art.

5. Inspired by the work of Kinetic artists, the third-grader decides to build a moving insect to show everyone at school what he’s capable of.

6. * ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF READER IMMERSION: Explore pages to discover extra dialogues, thoughts, or details of Axel’s creation process.

7. *2015 Golden Lamp Award Winner, Beyond the Clasroom resources (given by Association of American Publishers) ; 2015 Revere Award winner, 'Relate' category.

8. - BIOGRAPHIES of the 3 kinetic artists featured in the story.

9. *Digital Book World Award 2014 finalist, and recipient of their Quality Excellence Design seal.

10. Carisa Kluver, of Digital Storytime: ""This title is filled with polished animation and top-notch interactivity (...) nearly all of the enhancements add to or reinforce the storyline.

11. - HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES: Step-by-step instructions to make kinetic sculptures for different levels of ability.