New Kid on the Block

With Living Books first interactive poetry book, children are encouraged to learn the meaning of words by exploring poems. They'll meet an ugly dog, a leaking baby and the exploding Bloders. They'll giggle at the antics of a chorus line of 40 dancing bananas and laugh as fearless
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Tillie eats her fiery chili. In this irresistible collection of 18 hilarious poems, Prelutsky displays and unerring instinct for subjects that appeal to children. A giant step beyond ordinary electronic books, Living Books are stories and poems touched by magic and brought to life with characters that talk and move and sing and dance. Wonderful worlds, begging to be explored, open up at each turn of the page. With sound effects, music, humor and lots of animations, it's a whole new learning experience. Simple to use means children just point and click. So they can repeat a favotrite part, go back or skip ahead, all at their own pace. Reading skills grow through word recognition. Words, phrases and lines can be highlighted individually; the computer then reads them aloud, and animations convey their meaning.

The Berenstain Bears in the Dark

This is based on the book of the same name, written by Jan and Stan Berenstain and published in 1982. Sister Bear enjoys nature books, while Brother Bear enjoys mysteries. But when Brother borrows a scary book from the library and reads part of it to Sister, she gets nightmares.
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This keeps the whole family up - and miserable - all night. It's up to Papa Bear to help Sister through her fears of the night and explain how everyone feels afraid of the sounds in the dark at some point, even adults. Also included in the game are two smaller games. In one, players must match animals by memory. In the other, players must reconstruct scenes by using the pieces of the puzzle. In addition, several music tracks are included on the CD-ROM that players can listen to on a CD player. The songs have titles such as "Sister Bear's Dance," "Yee Who!" and "Teddy Bear Boogie."

The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight

When Sister Bear and Brother Bear are at peace, the family is happy. But when they begin to argue, there is no peace at all! The level of spite and name calling keeps rising, until the house is filled with the sound of shouting.
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Even Papa Bear can't stop them. Finally, it is up to Mama Bear to put an end to the fight and make sure the house is quiet again. Can she make a peace pact between Sister Bear and Brother Bear. This also contains a separate program called "Meet the Authors" that shows how Jan and Stan Berenstain conceive, write, and draw the Berenstain Bears books.

Stellaluna

This popular story by Janell Cannon is beautifully adapted to the computer by Living Books and The Learning Company. Join Stellaluna in a journey where she learns that being different doesn't mean you can't be friends. Stellaluna is separated from her loving mother and lands in a birds nest. The birds take her in, but she must learn to adapt to their ways. It isn't easy for Stellaluna to eat bugs, stay up all day and always stand upright.
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Find out what happens when Stellaluna finds her mother and learns about being a bat. This CD also includes a special bat quiz with real pictures and questions about bats. Bat quiz has three levels of difficulty. Kids love the Living Books with great stories, beautiful graphics and tons of clickable hotspots. Text is highlighted as the story is read increasing reading comprehension and confidence. Kids can also click on individual words to hear them read. Choose to have the story read to you, play in the story, or go to a specific page. These graphics are unbelievable. Africa and many animals come alive in these magical illustrations. Kids will fall in love with Stellaluna and this is a story they will never forget.

Sheila Rae, the Brave

Shelia Rae the Brave is an Interactive storybook based on the book by Kevin Henkes. Venture with Shelia Rae in her town and she'll show you how brave she is and how she loves her family. Sheila Rae is Louise's older sister and she's not afraid of anything - not strange stray dogs or icky spiders or monsters in the closet or anything! Louise is afraid of the risks Sheila Rae takes and wishes she'd be more careful.
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No more tricks on the bike or stepping on every crack or comparing the cherries in fruit salad to dead bear eyes. How can Louise ever measure up to Sheila Rae? One day, Sheila Rae decides to take a new way home but gets a little lost on the way. Will she ever be able to find her way home? And will Louise ever find her way out of Sheila Rae's shadow? After the first part of the story is read, players can click all over the screen to find lots of hidden surprises. The game also includes a special Treasure Hunt game and a Sing Along section where players can listen to the characters songs that they sing in the story. There is even a demo section to take a short look at some other games by Living Books.