Time Traveler Tours' 1st Interactive Book to Hit iBookstores Worldwide, 6 February 2013

On February 6, 2013, Time Traveler Tours brings to the iBookstore the same award-winning concept it pioneered in the App Store – history through story and games – under the imprint Time Traveler Tales.

A mash up of the American Girl series (but global) and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (but focused on history), Time Traveler Tales interactive books reveal the past through creative non-fiction storytelling and interactive games.

As with their mobile iTineraries, each story in the coming Time Traveler Tales collection is a 1st person account of history by a figure whose actions helped shape that time. Tales are rooted in historical fact and illustrated with full-color period artwork. They are peppered throughout with interactive images and maps, multiple-choice questions, and puzzles that extend and enhance reader understanding of the narrators’ place and époque.

Targeted to youth, ages 12 and up, Time Traveler Tales are perfect companions for history, social studies, and humanities classrooms the world over.

They also make great reading for history buffs and armchair travelers.

The first interactive book in the collection, Beware Madame La Guillotine, is a trip back in time to the French Revolution, narrated by 24-year-old school-girl-turned-murderess, Charlotte Corday. While in prison and awaiting execution by guillotine, Charlotte recounts her personal journey through Paris at the time of the French Revolution. Explaining how and why she stabbed radical propagandist Jean-Paul Marat, she leads the reader from the Palais Royal, where she bought her murder weapon, to her prison, the Conciergerie, the Revolution’s antechamber to the guillotine.

As Charlotte weaves her yarn, she demystifies in a way that is captivating, yet comprehensible, the complex, cataclysmic, paradigmatic social shift set off by the French Revolution that rocked not only her nation, but eventually the world. She leaves readers wondering if violence is ever justified.

Time Traveler Tours & Tales Founder and Creative Director, Sarah Towle, is a career educator, writer, and inveterate traveler who moved to Paris in 2004. Frustrated by a lack of engaging cultural opportunities for youth, she began writing story-based historical itineraries for her then-preteen daughter. She knew she’d found the perfect delivery mechanism for these Tours when she held an iPhone in her hand for the first time.

Time Traveler Tours first app, also recounting Charlotte's story, was a School Library Journal Top 10 2011 App, a Teachers With Apps Top 10 2011 Tried & True Classroom App, and a Top 10 2012 Educational Travel App by the World Youth & Student Educational Travel Confederation.

The unveiling of Apple’s iBooks Author in 2012 opened yet a new door for Sarah and the Time Traveler Tours concept, enabling her to republish her Tours as Tales for the benefit of students and educators.

Combining the traditional power of narrative with the latest in technology, Time Traveler Tours & Tales put the past in the palm of your hand and allow you to discover history with those who made it.

Beware Madame La Guillotine: The French Revolution with Charlotte Corday will be available in iBookstores worldwide from February 6, 2013, for the introductory price of USD 4.99.

To request an advance copy for review, and/or schedule an interview, please contact Sarah Towle: stowle@timetravelertours.com.