Croatian Tales of Long Ago, Volume 1 (Croatian and German Edition) [BOX SET] (CD-ROM)

by Ivana Brlic Mazuranic (Author), Helena Bulaja (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"By far one of the best collections of Flash-animated interactive stories to date." -- Nicholas Da Silva, Zoolook; FlashTV!;, Jury member, FlashForward2002, San Francisco

"The best thing to have happened during my time promoting Croatian animation as the comissioner of the Ministry of Culture." -- Josko Marusic, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia

"This collection of funny, touching, and cool films is the Croatian cultural trump card of the decade" -- Jurica Pavicic, Jutarnji list, leading Croatian newspapers

Here are just some of the international awards and recognitions for "Croatian Tales of Long Ago": - FlashForward2002 San Francisco - Winner, "Story" category - Net Festival 2002 Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Winner, "Story" category - Flash in the Can 2003, Canada - Finalist, "Story" category - SXSW Interactive 2003, Austin, Texas - Finalist, "Animation/Cartoon" category for Web Awards - Ottawa 2002 Int. Festival of Animated Film - "Quest" was a finalist in the "Cartoon" category - New Media Festival 2002, Georgetown, Canada - Honorable mention - Flash in the Can 2002, Canada - "Quest" was a finalist in the "Cartoon" category - Hamburg Film Festival 2002 - Flash award competition finalist --various

Product Description
This international multimedia fairytale adventure was inspired by the book with the same title by Ivana Brlic Mazuranic, one of the best Croatian authors. The book was first published in 1916, and later reprinted in numerous editions and translated into many foreign languages. "Croatian Tales of Long Ago - Part I" (CD-ROM) by Helena Bulaja contains animated interactive stories, cartoons, and games based on four fairytales from the book: "How Quest Sought the Truth", "Stribor's Forest", "Brother Jaglenac and Sister Rutvica", and "Toporko and His Nine Brothers". Each story was adapted for multimedia by a different international artist. Together with the interactive fairytales, the CD-ROM includes a biography of the author, original texts of the stories, an introduction to Slavic mythology, and may more things to explore!

System Requirements: PC only; Pentium 1 GHz/63 (128) MB RAM; Windows 98, 2000, ME, or XP; CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• CD-ROM: 300 pages
• Publisher: Organa/Harbor Electronic Publishing/Bulaja Naklada; Part One [Box Set] (CD-ROM) edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English, Croatian, German
• ISBN-10: 953673706X
• ISBN-13: 978-9536737062
• Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.8 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,377,389 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids @n the Net, UK, December 31, 2003

By A Customer

"Based on Croatian Fairy Tales of Long Ago, this series of storybooks brought to life is beautiful, simple to navigate, and captivating. A must see both to read, and be inspired!"
Kids @n the Net, UK

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Children's Hyperliterature Grows Up, December 31, 2003

By	Edward Picot (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

Hyperliterature is literature which cannot be fully reproduced in print, because in one way or another it takes advantage of the computerised medium - via sound-effects, animation, nonlinear structure etc. One of the most obvious commercial applications for this is in children's literature. Imagine a pop-up book where the pop-ups worked over and over again without ever getting creased or tearing! Up until now, however, the possibilities of children's hyperliterature have hardly been explored.

Croatian Tales of Long Ago (Part One) changes all that, although it can be expected to appeal to adults just as much as children. It is a really exciting piece of hyperliterature: unpretentious, with genuine popular appeal, but not in the least shallow, sentimental or patronising to its audience. It has rightly won a hatful of international awards. If this CD and its companion volume meet with the commercial success they deserve, we can expect to see a lot more work of this type appearing in the next few years. Let's hope it's all up to the same high standard.