There Once Was a Stone

This beautiful, modern, yet touching original story is about a stone named Simon. The book’s amazing interactivity develops children’s imagination and in a playful way introduces them to the art technique of stone painting.

The book is interactive, fully animated with original illustrations, original music and background audio. The multimedia menu offers the choice of the English, German, Slovak, and French languages.

All illustrations are HD quality.

Discover the interesting original story of the stone named Simon and his friend Lobster. Find out how a “living” stone sees our world and think about the message Simon wants to share.

The book There Once Was a Stone offers a completely new way of looking at e-books. While reading our book, readers become story’s direct participants. The movement of their fingers determines the storyline as well as what is happening on the screen of their iPad or iPhone. Every page then becomes a new adventure and a different experience each time. The objects in the book move either according to the previously-programmed commands or as a result of the interaction with the reader. All this creates a completely new artistic experience. Readers will looks forward to reading the book again and again.

The book There Once Was a Stone is published in four languages: English, Slovak, German, and French. The app is available for both your iPhone and iPad. The story was written by Peter Pavlik and illustrated by Denisa Stanislavova.

• Wonderfully illustrated by Denisa Stanislavova
• Original story written by Peter Pavlik
• Original music
• Original audio
• Interactive