
Because
children are multi-sensory learners, we've
provided additional components available
with every story. The ex pressive
narration on audiocassette by Emmy and Peabody
winning musician, Tom Chapin, enhanced with
his original music and authentic animal
sound effects, plunges a child into the
world of each animal. Younger children can
follow along in their books, listening to
the narration, and have the same warm, parental
experience of being read to that is missing
in so many homes in these busy, busy times.
The
lifelike plush toy goes a step further to
bring each story 'to life' for a child.
It has the additional dimension
of engaging a child's heart: it softens
the experience, and makes that featured
animal real. (Didn't we all think our stuffed
toys came to life when we were children?)
Finally,
we've added even another dimension with
our videos. Along with nearly 100 additional
illustrations, to animate the adaptation
of the book for video, we have between ten
and fifteen minutes of live footage of the
actual animals featured in the stories.
Children are invariably stunned and fascinated
when they discover each story really is
true - that animal really does exist. Watching
the wolf pups receive their first vaccinations
in Yellowstone National Park, while the
black mother wolf paces in a holding pen,
can go a step farther to making the story
- and the entire history of how gray wolves
became endangered in Yellowstone - come
to life for a child.
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