iExplore Micro Monsters book

iExplore Micro Monsters book – review and giveaway

I’m all for books that provide something a little different and educate my son at the same time.  The new iExplore Micro Monsters book is one of two new books to the Carlton Books iExplore series.  Using augmented reality using the free app available on iTunes and Google Play, we’ve been going on a voyage of discovery.

iExplore Micro Monsters book

The latest iExplore books, Micro Monsters and Extinct Animals, were published on 7th September and we’ve had great fun looking through the 28 page hardback iExplore Micro Monsters book since it arrived.  It’s often hard for children to realise that there’s a whole world that can only be viewed under a microscope.

In this book, you get to learn about animals such as Fleas, Eyelash Mites, and Ticks, as well as Antarctic Krill, Pseudoscorpions and the dreaded Head Lice.

iExplore Micro Monsters book

The book is full of great graphics and photographs along with lots of facts for children to gain a better understanding of these tiny creatures.  Thankfully, our cat has never had fleas due to the monthly treatment he has, so my 7 year old has never seen one for real (long may that continue), so the iExplore Micro Monsters book has brought them to life for him in others way.  The book itself is engaging, through in the AR technology and he’s hooked.

iExplore Micro Monsters book

Once you’ve downloaded the app, open it on your device and hold it over the Micro Monsters Activation zone (there are ten in this book) and watch the micro monster come to life.

iExplore Micro Monsters book

You can make the animal leap up from the page by tapping the microscope icon and then make it move by rotating the toggle wheel.

Not only can you have lots of fun with the AR technology to make the creatures come alive, but you can also use the app to learn more about each animal too.  Move the slider on the top right corner of the screen to the left to bring up a number of different options.  There’s a quiz with multiple levels to complete, information to learn about things such as habitats and close up images of each animal.  It adds another level to the book and AR fun.

It’s also worth noting that iExplore Micro Monsters book and the AR technology work without Wi-Fi, so you can have fun on the go too.  Priced at £9.99, we both think these books are great fun as well as being educational.

To see the full range, pop over to the Carlton Books website, I’ve just noticed that they’ve got an AR How to Train Your Dragon book coming out soon, best I pop that on Monkey’s birthday list pronto!

disclosure:  we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review


I’ve teamed up with Carlton Books to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a copy of one of the iExplore books of their choice worth £9.99 from Micro Monsters, Predators, Into Deep Space, Ocean Monsters, Extinct Animals, The Brain or Bugs.  Complete the Gleam form below for your chance to win.  Good luck!

Terms and conditions:

(Please note that all entries will be checked against comments for validation).

Only the first step of this form is mandatory, all other steps are optional. Only one entry per person is allowed.

This giveaway is for UK residents only.

Once a winner is randomly picked, I will check if the winner has done what was requested and I will contact them, if they do not reply within one week, the prize will be allocated to another person.

The giveaway will close on 1st November 2017 at midnight.

Don’t forget to visit my Giveaways page for more great prizes on offer!

Book from the Carlton Books iExplore series worth £9.99

103 thoughts on “iExplore Micro Monsters book – review and giveaway

  1. I would choose Ocean Monsters…it amazes me how little we know about ocean creatures as theres so much more to explore the deeper we go

  2. I would choose Into Deep Space because my nephew would like that,he’s very interested in space.

  3. I would go for Into deep space – it sounds like something my son would love to learn about.

  4. Micro Monsters my grandson is bug mad, and loves looking at things with his microscope, which is great as I used to love butterflies and caterpillars when I was his age

  5. Micro monsters or Bugs – I think these would be my sons’ favourites! They all look really good though!

  6. Extinct Animals would be my choice. Even the thought of little creepy crawlies makes me itch. I would rather come face to face with a man eating dinosaur!

  7. I would love the my little pony one for my daughter as my son has the jurassic world one, or i would love to get the solar system one for them both.

  8. I’d choose BUGS – it just might get me over my phobia of them if I understood them a little better? Then again it may make it 10 times worse? 😉

  9. I will choose I explore the brain. My son will love it as he is fascinated by the way we think. I am sure that will be his choice.

  10. I think my son would enjoy the Extinct Animals as he collects fossils and is interested in learning about animals that roamed the earth long ago such as the woolly mammoth.

  11. I think my kids would love the Into Deep Space, my eldest 3 are home educated and this would be perfect for that, especially as they show a real interest in space!

  12. Which iExplore title would you choose if you won and why? . . . . bugs as they are so fascinating

  13. Into Deep Space because the twins are heavily into space travel games at the moment. I would like to read the brain one myself though

  14. I would choose Ocean Monsters as my son is always researching sea creatures – the stranger looking the better!

  15. My little boy is a huge fan of the transformers so it would have to be the Transformers: Crown City. I love the idea of the augmented reality books.

  16. They all sounds good, but ocean monsters so we know what to look out for when we snorkle!

  17. Love the deep space one. We are at the space and stars stage so would be great for when we look at the night sky.

  18. I would love the Extinct Animals book for my daughter. She wants to be a zoologist when she grows up so this would be fabulous for her.

  19. We would love the INTO DEEP SPACE book, we have the brain one and it is fascinating and both of y kids love space!

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