Dr. Duncan Dog on Duty : learn how a pediatric hospital volunteer dog cheers up children patients in this kid's book by Lisa Dunn-Dern, with illustrations by Andrea Yotomb (iPhone version, by Auryn Apps)

"Everyone can be of service and everyone has something to share." --Yolanda King,daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King
"Charming yet real, Lisa Dunn-Derns book manages to capture day-to-day life in a hospital." --Carol Bennet, MD
""At Childrens Hospital, the children are happiest when dogs come to visit." - Mary Hart

Dr. Duncan Dog on Duty is a part of the Auracle line from Auryn. The app is based on Lisa Dunn-Dern’s book by the same name, illustrated by Andrea Nicole Yomtob.

Dr Duncan Dog on Duty is a beautifully illustrated picture book which is a heartwarming expression of bond between human companions and children. "My job is to go to school, ask questions, try my best, and have a good time," says the little girl who tells this story. Everyone in the family has a job, and their dog Duncans job is to be a therapy dog at the nearby childrens hospital. This is a childrens book that affirms the idea that everyone (even the family pet) can be of service and has something to share. Children will be introduced to the healing and comfort brought to people of all ages by therapy dogs.

Key features include

★Personalisation of voice and text:
★Kids can become their own narrator or listen to their parents narrate the book.
★Interactivity allows kids to personalize the sentence, create new action words and sharpen their vocabulary skills
★ Three ways to read the book.
★"Read to me" - Listen to the narrated story while the text is displayed Karaoke style. After the narration finishes on a page the child can interact with objects till they are ready to move to the next page.
★"Read myself" - There is no narration but the child can touch a word to hear it being spoken aloud.
★"Auto Play" - same as "Read to Me" except the page advances automatically once the narration is finished. Useful for those long car rides when you want the child to have a complete book experience.
All three ways of reading can be played in your own voice with personalized text in every sentence.

★ Features on each page

★Professional narration by a 10 year old boy
★Image and word association vocabulary builder - when an image is touched the associated word is spoken and the written word displayed.
★Karaoke effect - when a word is spoken during narration then the word is highlighted.
★Touch a word to hear it being spoken.