You and the Flying Squid

Inspiring Picture Books where you can be the heroine or hero of the story. You can record your own narration or listen to a read-along audio. They foster reading habits and have additional educational content on each page. They are bilingual: Spanish, English. Recommended ages 2-8 WHO IS “YOU” IN YOU AND THE FLYING SQUID? Every child wants to be the hero or heroine of the story. With our storybook apps, now they can. Children can personalize their character’s gender, hairstyle, eye color, skin, clothes, accessories, inserting themselves into the story. WHO IS THE FLYING SQUID? The Flying Squid is Chopito! Literally a squid-out-of-water, learning everything about life from scratch. But Chopito is lucky, because he has your child to help him make sense of the world. Chopito the Flying Squid is comical, innocent, imaginative, with a whale-sized heart inside of him. He is any child’s perfectly imperfect friend. He flies like a kite and inspires like a star. He is the squid-child in you. RECORD YOUR OWN NARRATION Even if you go on a business trip, your children can still hear your voice through your recorded narration. Also, children can practice their reading skills by recording their voices, which you parents can enjoy when you’re away in a distant, lonely hotel room. (It works both ways!) And use iCloud to back up your narrations. USE OUR STORYBOOK APPS IN TWO WAYS * As a great tool to engage with your child. You will get many laugh-out-loud moments for your family to cherish, while fostering togetherness, compassion, equality, friendship, and ecology– just some of themes central to our stories. * As an enjoyable adventure your child can enjoy on her or his own, while you take a well-deserved break. PARENTS HOMEWORK! Yes, you heard right. Activities and questions on each page stimulate further inquiry, and further dialogue between parents and children. READ-ALONG All of our stories are packed with read-along audio by professional actors (English/Spanish). With an original musical score by Dutch composer Martijn de Man. THE STORIES FIRST! We challenge children with stories that treat them like real people. And parents will learn a thing or two as well. ARTISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS Each page is a vibrant, detailed, hand-drawn illustration. You’ll want to look again and again. OUR STORIES Episode 1: Turtle Island Every great adventure has a beginning. Find out how You met your friend Chopito, The Flying Squid, and embarked on your adventures on the seas. Values: togetherness, friendship, care for the environment. Episode 2: Mystery Island You and Chopito visit a mysterious island in which a tiger lost its stripes, a giraffe lost its spots, and a ladybug lost its dots. Will You and Chopito discover the mystery before You lose something yourself? Values: Sharing, respect, forgiveness. Episode 3: Drawing Island You and The Flying Squid visit a special island, full of pretty pictures that are difficult to decipher. The sliders look like snakes and the submarines look like sharks. It seems that the whole island is made of drawings! How fun! Values: Encourages imagination and creativity, as well as enriching the capacity for empathy and visual interpretation. Episode 4: Why Island You and The Flying Squid take a well-deserved rest on Why Island. Above Why Island, sit the most entertaining clouds of all the known seas. Do you want to find out Why? Values: Why Island encourages imagination and kinship in children. In this tale, parents with kids who want to know everything right away learn an important skill: P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E. FOLLOW US http://www.theflyingsquid.com https://www.facebook.com/theflyingsquid https://www.instagram.com/theflyingsquidkids/ https://www.youtube.com/c/Theflyingsquidkids Our apps are created by award-winning artist and father of two, Iván Cortázar. He collaborated with his mother, a fine artist, to craft this memorable and inspiring adventure for children of all ages to enjoy.