The Rockpool

Written by Brendan Dunne and Robin Newton

Recommended age: 11 to 12.

This wonderful application allows you to read the e-book or listen to while playing.

It has a game to find matching pairs, a picture dictionary and an activity that allows you to colour the pictures related to the reader. Finally have fun trying to catch butterflies.

Simon Kelly lives with his parents in the isolated lighthouse at Wahroonga Point in Victoria, Australia. Simon has school via the internet and loves the marine biology.

One day, following a violent storm, Simon goes down to his favourite rock pool to find that a great white shark has been blown in during the night. He contacts his friend who is a professor at the university and they mount a rescue operation to get the shark back into the sea.