Unfortunately, the story itself is not particularly well-written. The author consistently breaks the rules of good writing technique, mixing tenses and constructing awkward and unwieldy sentences. It is, however, compelling, and characters instantly take on unique identities. The activities, as well, are mediocre at best. For the most part they consist of memorization and matching drills.
Activities require kids to listen and focus their attention.
This accomplished, kids are then drilled on previously presented information. The educational value of this program could be greatly increased by adding a highlighting option to the story text. Kids could then read along with the narrator, thereby working on reading skills. In the same way, an option allowing the user to turn the narration off would improve the program s versatility and value as a teaching tool. The illustrations are stylistically interesting, but again overly basic for today s kids who take cartoon quality animation for granted.