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Living Books Tortoise and the Hare


Living Books Tortoise and the HareFormat: CD-ROM
List Price: $29.95
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Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Features: Aesop's Classic Fable Becomes a Living Book (Ages 3 - 8)
Includes dozens of hilarious new twists. Meet a score of delightfully animated characters
Characters talk and move, sing and dance
Reading skills grow through word recognition
Change from English to Spanish and back again with just a click. (Windows 95/98/Me/XP, Mac)


Editorial Reviews:

Aesop's Classic Fable Becomes a Living Book. The race between the slow-and-steady tortoise and the hurry-up hare has entertained children for countless generations.  Ages: 3 to 8. From start to finish, this Living Book version includes dozens of hilarious new twists. Along the way, you'll meet a score of delightfully animated characters - including Simon, the story-telling bird. So the familiar tale is fresh, enchanting and full of surprises. Living Books are touched by magic. Characters talk and move, sing and dance. Sound effects, music, humor and lots of animations, create a whole new learning experience. Children just point and click. So they can repeat a favorite part, go back or skip ahead, all at their own pace. Reading skills grow through word recognition. As the computer reads them aloud, individual words, phrases and lines are highlighted. In English and Spanish. Change from English to Spanish and back again with just a click.

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Too old for new computers!
Comment: If you are thinking of buying this product be sure to check to see if your computer is compatible. We have a Mac OS X and the Tortoise and the Hare is too old a program for it. As far as we can tell it runs only on version 7. Don't be mislead by the fact that is says for Mac versions 7 or higher on the case, it is not true and I suspect it will be a similar situation for computers running Windows.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: The Tortois and the Hare
Comment: When my daughter was 2 years old, she loved the listening option where the book is read to her on the computer, and she didn't have to do anything to "turn" the pages. Now that she's 3 years old, she loves the interactive option where she can click on the pages and see the animations move and make sounds.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Autistic Kid Loves It
Comment: My 7-year old autistic daughter loves this game.

We stumbled onto it originally in a "preview", included in some Arthur CD-ROM's, and I went and bought a used copy of the real thing.

She will play for hours, clicking on things and making them interact all over the place. She laughs hysterically sometimes, making the hare stumble through mud etc.

Technical Details

Manufacturer Maximum Age: 1
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Broderbund
EAN: 0798936820129
Feature: Aesop's Classic Fable Becomes a Living Book (Ages 3 - 8)
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: The Learning Company
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: The Learning Company
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 3
Platform: Macintosh
Publisher: The Learning Company
Studio: The Learning Company


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