5 Tales from Panchatantra

The Doves and the Hunter is a nice interactive storybook, with versions available for both iPad as well as iPhone. This is the second app from this developer based on a story from The Panchatantra, a famous series of short stories from India which dates back to the 3rd Century BC. Much like Aesop’s fables, these tales are told from the point-of-view of members of the animal kingdom and include important moral messages.

This specific story is about a flock of doves and how, with teamwork they outsmart a hunter looking to capture these doves. Although it is obvious that the hunter is out to do them harm, the level of intensity never becomes overwhelming – good to know as these types of fables can get rather dark for some children.
Interestingly, these apps are stories within a story, each beginning with children Ravi and Sheila interacting with their grandparents, who here read from The Panchatantra to them at a park. In many ways, this app is a continuation of the first ebook as there is less setup about the relationship of these characters,

5 Tales from Panchatantra