Should there be an interactive version of this book?

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An interactive version of this book would have made it more interesting and educative especially for children.All the same,I don't think the author's style is that bad.Commenable observation.
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If it's possible, an interactive version of the book will be great. It'll make kids relate more to the story.
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joycechitwa wrote: 27 Jul 2018, 02:45 Toni The Superhero is targeted to children who are just learning how to read - probably in the range of 2 - 3 years old. There is a trend for books targeting this age group to be interactive so as to retain the interest and concentration of the children.

So for instance when Toni is doing dishes or rescuing that cat from a tree, there could be an extra fold on the page or sort of mini-windows that the child can open and close. These extra additions can have a "before" portion where dishes are undone, or the cat is on the tree, then an "after" portion with a clean sink or the cat safe. The "after" portion should be revealed after the child has interacted in some way with the page.

Wouldn't that draw the child in more?
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I think that's a great idea! I have kids ranging in age from 18 months to 5 years, and they always loved the books with flaps, sliding doors, or pop-ups that contributed to their experience. The only issue I had is, if left alone with those books, the flaps and pop-ups usually got destroyed.
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Children love to interact and play with what they like, especially superhero figures. An interactive version of the book will take a child's experience to a whole new level.
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I don't know. I kind of like the idea, but I also think that it might keep kids from concentrating. I learned to love books just by reading them, but I have to acknowledge that kids today are wired for an interactive experience. Many of the interactive books my kids have had were also available with the basic book. I think it would be best, if this was done, to also have the original available, since different kids learn in different ways. What distracts one child may just be what arouses another child's interest.
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I like how it is a children's book, but adults can still enjoy it. You care about the characters.
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Yes there ahould because children learn better thru interactive sessions
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I understand your thinking process; anything to grasp the childs attention for a longer time span; but this books sole purpose is to teach children the fundamentals of reading by using repetitive language, small words, etc. and the pictures are already colorfully detailed. I think by adding extra "flaps", it would take away from the books main objective of helping children start to identify the corolation of spoken and
written words.
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It couldn't hurt. My toddlers like books like that. I think either way children can learn from this book.
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Yes, there should be interactive version of the book.It will make the book more intresting to the kids.
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It is good idea but given the audience kids who will read this book won't be able to use interaction much.
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Post by Mr Benji »

The idea of adding extra page or a tab of mini window will only work if the child is assisted by an adult.

Since a child of 2 to 3 years old can be tear these extra add-ons easily. Remember that at these stage of life, their hands are one of the ways of communication. As they don't mind ripping off pages of any book, even such beatiful picture book like this one.

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