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Two Great Ways to Learn!

Double the fun and learning using the latest interactive technology and traditional storybook.The CD-ROM and the book contain the same two entertaining stories.Both stories include repeated and rhyming words plus illustrations with lots of picture clues to ensure reading success for beginners.

Minimum System Requirements

Windows- Microsoft Windows 98, or 95.
16 MB RAM 640x480x256 Color Video
8-Bit Sound Card
486-66 MHz or faster processor
40 MB free disk space
2x CD-ROM drive

Windows- Microsoft Windows 3.1.
8 MB RAM
640x480x256 Color Video
8-Bit Sound Card
486-33 MHz or faster processor
32 MB free disk space
2x CD-ROM drive

Mac OS- Mac OS System 7.1 or higher.
16 MB RAM
640x480x256 Color Video
8-Bit Sound Card
68040 or faster processor
32 MB free disk space
2x CD-ROM drive
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Literacy for the preschool child. This pack is bursting with good ideas to help young children start learning to read and write!

Literacy for the preschool child. This pack is bursting with good ideas to help young children start learning to read and write! Includes: chunky foam letters-perfect for little hands to hold, colorful word-picture cards for great games, press-out puppets for interactive learning, activity book to help children grasp early learning concepts, and detailed notes to guide parents every step of the way. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

What great ideas!
As a K-6 computer teacher, I am always looking for new ideas to share with my students. This book has great computer ideas for kids, especially those in K, 1st, & 2nd grades. Best of all the project instructions can apply to any wordprocessing & painting program! While the book claims to be a "Kid's Computer Idea Book," parental assistance would be necessary to read the instructions. ... Read more

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The fast, fun way to become a computer whiz!

Do you love drawing, writing, or just playing games? Now you can have an even better time doing them on your computer. With the amazing activities in this book, you can become a spy, a newspaper reporter, even a comic book illustrator. And you can do it on any computer.

With the click of a mouse and this fun-filled book, you will be able to draw pictures and create graphics, design books and a newspaper, exchange secret codes and write stories with your friends, and more—all without buying any special programs!

You can also learn how to:

• Publish your own newspaper—complete with pictures
• Print play money (don't try to spend it!)
• Create mazes, puzzles, and word games
• Invent all sorts of new computer projects of your own
• Draw maps for treasure hunts
• Chat with your friends through circular E-mail
• And more!

So what are you waiting for? Start having more fun with your computer today! ... Read more

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An Outstanding Resource for Teachers and Parents
Ms. Saltveit's book challenges its readers to think of new and creative ways to engage children and stimulate their learning throught the use of computers. She shows us that there are interactive activities that stretch children's imagination and creativity much further than a mere game could ever do.

a most practical and fun way to approach computers
Ms. Saltveit's work is the most practical and fun approach to computer education that I have discovered. Although not intended as a teacher's aid, I actually like it just as much as "Hit Enter", which was designed for teachers. Both books have been a big hit at our school (Marymount, Paris). The books erase any feeling that computers are too intimidating or complex. I'm looking forward to her next work. ... Read more

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The way things work: computers
I bought this book for my 12 year old to prepare for a computer literacy test he took to 'test out' of a required middle school course. While he uses computers a lot and I have for years, the illustrations helped both of us to better understand how computers work. I've suggested that our school purchase a set for the computer lab. ... Read more

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An ideal book for the independent reader or for school projects, this book keys into the world of the microchip, revealing the facts about cyberspace, digital technology and multimedia. ... Read more

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Numeracy for the preschool child

DK Publishing's best selling My First series continues to grow with the addition of two new innovative learning tools designed to help preschool children with early language development. My First Numbers & Shapes Pack features brightly colored, chunky foam play pieces perfect for bath time or anytime! Colorful images, simple text, and fun, tactile materials will have babies and toddlers eager to learn their numbers and shapes. Interactive, educational, and entertaining, these fantastic activity kits will give children a head start in developing a life-long love of reading. ... Read more

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The Funniest, the Wackiest, the Very Best
Genevieve Stamper's humor blew me beyond away. Dude, these jokes have been critical at the office! Being a seasoned punster, I know how to 'RAM it up' around business machines. Makes a great gift!!! You can't go 'ROM' with these gems!

Genevieve Stamper Rocks This Boat!
Genevieve Stamper is by far the funniest and most entertaining person I have had the pleasure to read. AT first, I bought this book for my little brother, but I started reading it and I couldn't stop! I COULD NOT STOP! I was reading until late late at night, like until 3:00 am in the morning. It was so easy to deliver these jokes to my little brother that I had him up all night too. Sometimes, now when I'm sitting at my desk at work, I think of these jokes and just start cracking up. When I'm sad, all I have to do is pull it off my shelf. Thank you Genevieve Stamper for your wonderful book, it has certainly lightened my life considerably and I recommend it with my whole heart to all those out there who love to laugh, need to laugh, or are just fascinted by today's technology. Wit, intellegence, and goofiness all in one!

Kids will LOVE this book!
Miss Stamper taps right into the heart (and funnybone) of her audience in this hilarious collection. Kids will latch right on to these jokes, and will tell them over and over again. This book will become an instant favorite of any young person growing up in this computerized age. ... Read more

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You’re a kid and you’ve just been assigned a research paper. A snap, right? Just jump on the Internet, snag a couple of sites, print out everything you find, copy some more stuff, organize a bit, add a title, print out your paper, and you’re finished or so many kids think.

Alas, it’s not quite that easy. Learning how to search for and verify sources, as well as organize, analyze, and take electronic notes is just the beginning. Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism is a must. And thinking, writing, editing, and coming up with the best format for your project – which just might be in some other form besides printed on paper – -is more of an art today than it has ever been in the long (but perhaps not always illustrious) history of homework.

So how can kids learn these research techniques with a technology twist? The first step is taking apart the process of producing a paper (or perhaps even a "paperless paper") and discussing and analyzing what works when a computer is involved. There are lots of books and pamphlets on how to write a research paper, but until now none have truly focused on how a computer can become a helpmate at every stage in the process.

Introducing Writing A Paperless Paper: A Student Guide to Electronic Study Skills by James G. Lengel, a professor at the College ofCommunication at Boston University. This 24-page booklet introduces, outlines, and explains in clear and simple terms a ten-step process for creating a research project in which the computer helps students plan, organize, research, take electronic notes, keep track of citations, brainstorm, write, edit and ultimately "publish" a paper. It isn’t just a guide to good Internet sites for homework assignments or a research guide that fails to show how helpful the computer can really be (such as those that instruct kids to copy information off the computer onto note cards only to type it back in later). This timely how-to booklet urges students to take advantage of all the computer has to offer. ... Read more

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Creating a comic is more than just coming up with a powerful villain or gruesome alien: it requires a lot of thought and planning about the storyline, weapons, props, modes of transportation, and setting (city, outer space, underwater, etc). Pulling all of this together may sound challenging, but with 3D Comic Design everything from how to create the story, characters, and text balloons, to page layout /design, adding special effects, and integrating 3D environments is clearly explained. There's even information on how to market your comic for publication! So if you've ever wanted to learn how to create and design comics using your own computer, this is the resource for you.

Adobe Photoshop 5.5 or higher is needed to complete all of the tutorials in the book.

Key Features
- Teaches you how to create your own comics using Superheroes, Villains, Aliens, and more
- Thoroughly explains how to craft a story from plot ideas to naming your characters
- Details the design and creation of storyboards, page layouts, text balloon designs, font options, and more
- Provides a complete library of ready-to-use graphic elements and characters to use in creating a basic 3D comic without purchasing a lot of software
- Includes hands-on tutorials on how to use 2D image software (e.g. Photoshop) and plug-ins to create graphic effects with an emphasis on Layers, a critical comic design tool
- Explains how to organize and setup your own studio with minimal equipment and software needs and costs
- Includes Watchouts, Hints, Activities, Summaries, and an appendix detailing career possibilities in comic design

On the CD! - CuriousLabs Poser 4 (Win/Mac) (free, limited use version)

- AlienSkin Software Eye Candy 4000 (Win/Mac) Plug-in filters for Photoshop (demo version)
- Packed with all of the images necessary to complete the tutorials in the book, including:
- 50 rendered background images
- Paneled page layouts for use in your comics projects
- 29 "props" to help make your comics come to life: includes cars, planes, tanks and ships
- All of the 2D characters, backgrounds, animals, and props from within the book
- Color insert images from the book that show you what the projects should look like upon completion

- Adobe Photoshop 6 Free "Tryout" Version ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Another failed attempt at the subject by Mortier
Mortier already published one book on the subject. This time, he's given a bit more information on the creation of actual comics (rather than just creating figures) and how to add word balloons and such.

Sadly, he's still done very little that would help someone interested in using a computer to create comics. One peek at the cover should warn anyone off of the book: The art is amateurish in the extreme. The internal comics are of such poor quality that it's unbelievable that a publisher let them pass. And such a simple thing as leaving some white space between a word balloon outline and the letters within seems beyond Mortier (giving him away immediately as someone without any real experience or understanding of making good looking comics).

Again, I wonder why Mortier didn't team with a comics pro (or at least someone who had actually looked at comics with an artist's eye). Instead, he muddles through with his personal idea of what comics should be (thankfully, nothing published today matches this vision of comics... it would be laughed off the shelves).

I'm giving it one star since 1 and a half isn't possibly. It's definitely a step up from his earlier volume on comics, but a very small step. It's also cheaper, so you're not wasting as much money if you really want to give this book a look. ... Read more

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Very informative and easy to understand
This biography of Bill Gates had a lot of interesting facts about his entire life. It explained how he got started and how his company evolved. It also told about his family and his college years at Harvard. Many of his friends and associates are mentioned too. The book gave a little bit too much information at times but for the most part it was well-written. The author made Gates' work easy to understand even for someone who doesn't know much about computers. I believe this book would be great for a younger crowd to read but not for someone over 14 or 15. It is just on too low of a reading level. Since the book was written in 1997, it is somewhat outdated also. Other than that I liked the book a lot.

A great book
[...] but the book was great. It had a lot of interesting info.

A great book for young readers
I enjoyed this book, but would most likely not reccomend it to anyone over the age of ten or eleven. It was interesting but was published in 1997, therefore it is not 100% up to date.

bill gates
No, It's first time. ... Read more