November 2007 New Toys — Books

Jungle Beat by ACCORD PUBLISHING LTD.

One hop. Two hop. Three hop. Four . . . There's music rising up from the jungle floor. So readers shouldn’t be surprised to encounter slap-clapping rhythms and sort-a-snorty songs that cause their feet to start tapping to the Jungle Beat. When a reader inserts his hand into the puppet element on the back of this book, he’ll be placing it into the mouth of every jungle creature featured. Launch date: September 2007. 8/7/2007 (Price: $15.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Camp Wazoo by ACCORD PUBLISHING LTD.

Summer camp is that wonderful little adventure away from home for more than 10 million kids each year. “Camp Wazoo” brings the experience to 3-D life with its elastic string that transforms into arms, legs, pigtails and more. Best of all, readers will feel like they’ve just won a blue ribbon. Launch date: September 2007. 8/7/2007 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beaser the Bear's Rocky Mountain Christmas by ANIMALATIONS

Beaser the Bear's cubs learn to feel the joy of Christmas by giving their extra stuff to other cubs. While they grow their hearts by sharing, the cubs do something extra that surprises Beaser and fills their den with love on Christmas night. Grow your heart by sharing with others. 8/2/2007 (Price: $18.95)

Riley the Rhinoceros by ANIMALATIONS

Riley the Rhinoceros gives rides to baby animals but he can't give rides to all the animals, because that would be pre-pos-ter-ous. Children will giggle as they imagine Riley giving rides to a giraffe, a python, and other jungle animals. Musical CD sings the words in the text of book. 8/2/2007 (Price: $18.95)

Rickity and Snickity at the Balloon Fiesta by ANIMALATIONS

In this book written by Patricia Derrick and illustrated by J-P Loppo Martinez, two Rocky Mountain cubs sneak a ride in a hot air balloon and dream about taking another ride the next year. The book comes with a CD that follows the story, and it also includes a musical score, teacher-parent activities and science notes on bears. The product is designed to support the three R’s before reading: rhythm, rhyme and repetition. Launch date: February 2007. 8/2/2007 (Price: $18.95)

Mr. Walrus and the Old School Bus by ANIMALATIONS

Mr. Walrus drives friends around town in the old school bus. They make exciting stops, but, they must hurry and not be late for their 5 o' clock date. The musical CD sings the words in the text to an original "toe tapping" beat. 8/2/2007 (Price: $18.95)

Disney Fairies Tinker Bell Storybook and Kaleidoscope Viewer by READER'S DIGEST CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING

Children get double the pleasure as they read stories of their favorite Disney Fairies—Tinker Bell, Beck, and Lily—then remove the versatile viewer, pop in a picture disk, and take a glimpse of fairy images that correspond to the story. But there’s more. Look in the opposite side, insert one of three colorful disk, and children can view a plethora of fantastic designs in their kaleidoscope.

Includes a 36-page storybook with 4 fairy stories and a Kaleidoscope Viewer with 6 picture disks for a total of 24 fairy images and 3 kaleidoscope disks. 8/2/2007

Dora's Special Memories Storybook and Toy Camera by READER'S DIGEST CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING

Little girls can read the romantic stories of how Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, and Ariel fell in love, put on the adorable pink earbuds, and plug them into the music player.  Then, following numerical prompts in the book, they can play one of the 6 romantic songs for each princess (24 in all) that ties into the story.  After they’re done reading, girls will want to take this awesome music player everywhere.  If they’re not feeling particularly “pink,” there is an extra cover girls can use to personalize their music player. 8/2/2007

Dora's Special Memories Storybook and Toy Camera by READER'S DIGEST CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING

With the cool detachable play camera with carry-along strap and 20 picture cards, young fans can take several “photos” from the stories that are based on popular Dora the Explorer episodes.  The opposite side of the cards teaches Spanish words featured from each adventure.  Placing the pictures into the book in the correct order of the story will help children build critical sequencing skills.  Kids will love to join the escapades of Dora and friends, and parents will love all the early learning concepts that come with all the fun. 8/2/2007

Shrek the Third Storybook and Viewer by READER'S DIGEST CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING

Included is a very cool SHREK head that is a viewer with sound effects plus 10 picture disks to view images from the. As children read the storybook which follows the story from Shrek the Third, they can insert one of the picture disks into the viewer and peer through to see exciting scenes from the movie. The viewer also makes three surprising Shrek sounds, a laugh, a belch and a roar. 8/2/2007