Dora the Explorer - Choo Choo (Play-a-Sound) [Board book]

Samantha Berger (Author), Barbara Egel (Author), Susan Hall (Illustrator), Zina Saunders (Illustrator)

Book Description

The Dora the Explorer Choo Choo Sound Book comes with an attached seven-button audio module that enables children to add voices and sounds to a story about Dora the Explorer and Boots riding on the little blue train Azul on a raceto the Big Yellow Station. The book is designed for children ages 3 and older.

Kids match illustrated icons on each page of the book to the buttons on the sound module. When pressed, the buttons activate one of these seven voices or sounds:
Come on! ¡Vámonos! (Dora s voice)
Chugga chugga, chugga chugga, chugga chugga! (Azul s voice)
Train chugging sound effects
Azul! Azul! Azul! (Dora and Boots voices)
Cheering crowd
Choo-choo! Choo-choo! (Azul s voice)
We did it! (Dora s voice)

The book s coated board pages stand up to repeated use. The Dora the Explorer Choo Choo Sound Book conforms to the specifications for toy safety of ASTM F963-08. Three replaceable long-life AG-13 button cell batteries that power the sound module are included.

Product Details

• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Publications International, LTD; 2nd edition (January 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078538278X
• ISBN-13: 978-0785382782
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,066,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Samantha Berger is not an otter, a Princess, nor a little monster (well, sometimes) but she IS a writer and artist who loves to make up stories about all three!

From the time she was very little, Samantha has always loved children's books, cartoons, comics, costumes, and Kermit the Frog.

Samantha grew up to become the Vice President of Animated Shorts at Nickelodeon, and to write over seventy books for young readers, most recently, "Martha Doesn't Say Sorry!" and "Martha Doesn't Share!"

Before Nickelodeon, Samantha was an Editor at Scholastic, before that a Preschool Teacher, before that, worked at Rhino Records, and before THAT skipped merrily 'round the streets of Brooklyn and Philly.

Samantha recently learned how to drive and moved to sunny California after 15 years on Manhattan Isle. She shares her home with two terrific rescue dogs, 'Rora Mae and Polly Pocket, also know as The Senior and The Puppy.

Samantha loves to travel all over the world, and do as much good as she can along the way. She also loves to laugh loud and hard, as often as possible. Can you hear her? She's probably laughing right now.

You can visit her at www.SamanthaBerger.com