iTunes chooses local company’s Portable Storytime™ for children as a “Featured Video Podcast”

Maggie Tales™ lets kids watch picturebooks on iPods and other handheld  devices

BUCKINGHAM, PA (May 29, 2008) – Maggie Tales™, Portable Storytime™ for Kids, the brainchild of a Buckingham dad, Mark Smith, has just been listed as a featured podcast pick by iTunes.

iTunes says it features ”podcasts that are breaking new ground with this medium, have new or unusual content, or just capture our interest."

“Maggie Tales were designed by educators to create the classroom story time experience in an easy to use portable format for kids to enjoy anytime and anywhere,” said Mark Smith, founder of Maggie Tales.  “With over 125,000 podcasts currently available and more than 100 new podcasts added each day, according to Apple, this is quite an accomplishment for Maggie Tales.”

Instead of having to pack loads of books or gaming devices, Maggie Tales lets your children watch and listen to a story, based on popular picture books, on your iPhone, iPod Touch, Nano, or most any media device. So kids can enjoy story time when you have to do something else – such as driving, shopping, waiting for your food in a restaruant, standing on line or meeting with other adults.

You can subscribe to Maggie Tales podcasts at iTunes, download them free at www.MaggieTales.com or you can stream to an iPhone from www.MaggieTales.com/iphone.

Additional Maggie Tales are being added as children’s publishers sign-up.

About Maggie Tales

Idea Stream Productions, LLC, creates Maggie Tales™, Portable Storytime™ for Kids portable digital stories based on existing children’s picture books for kids ages two and up.  Maggie Tales’ Editorial Review Board™ considers in-print and out-of-print children’s picture books, and combines narration by elementary teachers, original music, page turn tones and page turn animations to create “Storytimes” for downloading or streaming to portable media devices. 

About iTunes

iTunes is an audio playback program developed by Apple Computer. You can use iTunes to import songs from CDs as well as other audio files from your hard drive. The program can also download songs (for a small fee) from the iTunes Music Store.