Interactive storybook

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An interactive storybook (or CD-ROM storybook) is a children's story packaged with animated graphics, sound or other interactive elements (eg, word pronunciation). Such stories are usually published as software on CD-ROMs.

This software is targeted at young readers (usually kindergarten to second grade) for educational purposes.

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[edit] Pitfalls

There are studies indicating that some students will simply "cruise through" a story, either just playing with the graphics or not trying to read it themselves.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lefever-Davis, Shirley, and Cathy Pearman. "Early readers and electronic texts: CD-ROM storybook features that influence reading behaviors." The Reading Teacher 58.5 (Feb 2005): 446-9.
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