Customer Reviews

Orly's Draw-A-Story

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Our daughter was about 5 when she first discovered Orly's Draw-A-Story. Five years later, it's still her hands-down favorite. Even though she's heard the stories over and over, she illustrates them differently each time. The software encouraged her to write and illustrate her own story, as well.

She doesn't like win/lose type games, so this software particularly appeals to her.

If you want truly creative software, this is the best out there. I've looked for similar software and I haven't found anything like it.

I've always loved art when it naturally came upon me at a young age, so when I first experienced Orly's Draw-A-Story, I didn't know what to do first! So I started off with the doodle pad where you can practice drawing. I especially like the stories, which are so imaginitive. My favorite is "The Strange Princess." I got to create my own submarine and an eye for it! There's the junkyard where you can watch your own movies come to life and if you click on the tire labeled "Learn to Draw," you are taken to the doodle pad where Orly will give you instructions on what to do. I really do miss it, since I've had fun with art with Orly and her frog, Lancelot.

-Sharilyn Mutulo, 14 1/2

I loved the product when my children used it years ago. When I saw they had it available on Amazon I purchased it for my local elementary school to use with the younger students who were learning about the Caribbean. However, we were not able to install the software because the technology was not compatible with the new computer systems.

I have 5 children that I home educate and Orly and her humorous frog keep my children engaged. You can draw whatever you like when prompted or use the predesigned pictures and they will come to life in any of the great stories your child chooses. So much to see and do funny little pop ups to make this cd so interesting, even the eraser argues with undo. TOO funny! Your kids will love this CD.

how fun!!! you can paint and draw when orly tells you to, then she puts it, fully animated with great stories, and good quality stuff!!! you can do and draw and paint stories whenever you want, and do whatever you want with the charcters. it's fun, and i recommend it to everyone!!!!

I came across Orly in the late 90's when my kids were still quite young, and I had never seen anything like it! The central characters are engaging, the stories are fun and clever, and the way that users can interact with the story, drawing and coloring pictures that are then (minimally) animated and integrated into the story is outstanding. Older children can write and illustrate their own stories from scratch, the doodle pad allows freehand drawing as well as the inclusion of a decent variety of line-drawn objects and characters, and the overall quality of the product is very high. My youngest are now 14 and 16, but when I recently acquired this copy of the program, they both cheered and dove right back in!

There is more to Orly than the currently popular crop of "interactive books", and it is much more than a toy or game. It takes some tweaking to get it to run on a newer computer, but you can find what you need online and it is worth it. This product is MAGIC! :-)

This was a gift for our daughter years ago. She loved it. All the kids in the neighborhood loved it. The pictures move. The drawings the kids made move. Orly talks with a Jamaican accent. It's really cute & fun. We did have to call customer service to set up a particular file, then it ran well.

This game sounded great, and I was excited for my son (5) to try it out, but it was too outdated to work on my Mac. I couldn't seen anything about the system requirements on Amazon- but it doesn't even work in Classic mode (Mac os 9). My only option is to pick up a first run emac. Too Bad!

I love this game and have loved it since age 5, it only works on one computer in my house though, :( but I love all the stories and things you can interact with, this is the only game I have ever seen that actually does all this, I haven't played it in awhile though, because I had lost the CD, but when I tried it on a 1-year-old computer, it kept looking for WINSPOOL.ddl whatever it is, my dad installed it into the right spot, but it still didn't work, so I have to always wait when the 5-year-old computer that it works on to be availible.

My two younger grandchildren normally fight over who wants to use Orly when they visit. With multiple computers, only one could use it at a time. With the purchase of another Orly software, there is now peace at my house when they visit. They like other software but eventually go back to Orly and I like that because they can be creative and their attention span seems to be longer with it. The price was excellent on this product and the delivery was speedy. Thank you, Amazon.com for helping solve a problem at a frustrated grandpa's house.