Bear Abouts is a crossover in the fields of app creation, book publishing, and children’s education. Intended to recapture the magic of interacting with our hands that the proliferation of smartphones threatens to deaden, Bear Abouts is a digital/paper hybrid book that gives kids the power to create and influence stories.
Bear Abouts is a research project into storytelling and tangible media. It was originally funded through research and development funds from Arts Council England and Innovate UK.
The project is led by Becca Rose Glowacki, and been developed by a number of creative practitioners including:
Sarah Warden Mark Wonnacott Amy Rose Emma Powell Liv Bargman Blythe Pepino Nick Willshire Phill Tew Ben Gwalchmai
visit http://www.bearabouts.info/ to find out more