101 Dalmatians Animated Storybook

by Disney

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000031VUW
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,764 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #42 in Software > Children's Software > Interactive Books
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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The magic of Disney comes to life on the computer screen in this CD-ROM rendition of the classic tale about 101 adorable Dalmatians and the nasty Cruella De Vil. We were really enchanted with this interactive storybook and found it to be well designed and innovative. As in typical e-book format, the story text is highlighted as it is read aloud, but differs from the norm by including on each page a clever "interactive thesaurus" that introduces kids to word synonyms. The program's interface is also unique in that instead of turning pages, children participate in the action to move the story along. They click on doors, follow footprints, and scroll through panoramas to move from one screen to the next, and along the way they find activities, including four multilevel learning games. Kids must match dogs to their owners by seeking out their similarities, and use auditory memory to break secret codes. In other games, they follow clues to find puppies and navigate mazes by picking up objects beginning with certain letters. The games all emphasize early reading and build visual and auditory discrimination, letter-sound recognition and vocabulary skills. In addition to these embedded activities, children will also come across sing-alongs. Testers, aged three to six, all liked the program. One family reported enjoying the CD, but said they wouldn't purchase it because they feel animated storybooks don't have enough staying power. Another family raved about the title and said "The best Disney program that we've tried so far. It's a delight!" This family also commented on the program's high educational value. They especially liked the clue game in which at upper levels kids must figure out riddles. "Terrific for critical thinking."
Teaches: reading, letter-sound recognition, vocabulary
Age Range: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Manufacturer Description

The story and characters are the same--the wicked Cruella DeVille is still conniving to get the puppies to make a coat. The player can choose to have the story read to the end or pick Read and Play. In this choice, the player hears the story and may play games plus enjoy interactive elements on each page. An interesting twist on interactivity is a technique of highlighting a word (chosen by the player) in the text. When the player clicks on the word, a synonym or similar phrase replaces it.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Disney fun, December 17, 2000

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"jaclynns-mom" (Warrenton, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Dalmatians Animated Storybook (CD-ROM)

I bought this for my 3 year old and she loves it. She'd never seen the movie but loves dogs so it was a hit. She loves the conrol she has over the game. It will read to her on demand, select any page in any order she requests and it will even let her change some of the key words to various synonyms. The games are delightful, too and the difficulty levels can be set to meet the challenge as they grow. The software will also give them definitions of key words if they want it to. This may not teach them a great deal but they will have a good time with it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "101 Dalmatians Animated Storybook", December 5, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: 101 Dalmatians Animated Storybook (CD-ROM)

Even for those who haven't seen either of the movies, both the young and old will delight in this fun software. It's able to help improve reading skills by reading over the words, and players are allowed to replace a certain word in it with a synomyn, as well as read definitions of the synomyns and the actual words in the storybook. The characters who narrate, especially Lucky, are quirky and fun to listen to, also. Plus, fun stuff is hidden in the game - for example, in the first "page", if you click on Pongo's food can, he'll fill up the bowl until it overflows!

Songs are in the game too - for example, when Pongo and Perdy are howling to try and get the attention of the other dogs, you can hear a song, as well as in the last scene. Also, mini games are in the game too - try the game where you match dogs to their apartment on the first page, as well as the one based on the movie in the last scene. And, when words are read, funny animations are shown, and you can get a response or animation by clicking on almost anything. On the second page, try the part where you click on Cruella's picture.

So, whether you've seen the movie or you haven't, this game is recommended for all who like games, songs, a good, unique story, as well as a fun computer game - try this right now!!! Thanks for reading my review.

Mandy R.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product, March 17, 2006

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Michael J. Hintz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Dalmatians Animated Storybook (CD-ROM)

Great job on having a product that was hard-to-find. My daughters had had a copy in the past but one had decided to scratch her initials into the CD. We found it recently and she wanted to play it but couldn't. She asked if I could find one for her. That let me to you. Great job. Excellent price and handling. Keep up the good work.