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TDmonthly Magazine Product Reviews for CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
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Below are some of the products from CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN TDmonthly has reviewed.
 Name: Mama’s Kiss
Company: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Age: 3-6
Price: $14.99
Category: Books
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 Name: The Super Duper Art & Craft Activity Book
Company: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Age: 4 and up
Price: $12.95
Category: Books
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 Name: The Knit-It Kit for Kids
Company: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Age: 4 and up
Price: $16.95
Category: Arts & Crafts
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 Name: You Build It Voice Changer
Company: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Age: 8 and up
Price: $15.95
Category: Electronics
What Is It?
Build a real voice changer! That’s right, a few wires, a resistor, capacitor and transistor, a circuit board, a couple of red plastic doohickeys that make up the case, some speakers, and voila: a voice changer that would do James Bond Jr. proud. You got your squeaky, helium-kinda voice, robotic voice, scary voice and booming, echo voice. Along the way, a fun (it’s got the SmartLab dog in it) illustrated book/manual talks about sound, sound waves, and all sorts of other things scientific-sorta things. It’s very cool looking in the box.
What We Thought
First, find an 8-year-old. That done (I used a nephew and his friend), we began to build it. I read the instructions, and the kids built. After a few false starts (no one really listens to the instructions until things go wrong, do they), we got the whole thing together. Unfortunately, batteries not included (or in this case, one 9-volt battery). We hunted around the house and came up with… a dead battery. We hit the store and came back with a live one. The rest is silly-voice history. It’s pretty loud, and definitely changes the voice, if in a kind of computer-y way: it sounds digitized (which, come to think of it, it is). The kids fought over it (should have gotten two), and eventually we taped them doing some silly stuff, and we got a kick out of playing their voices back to them. A good time was had by all.
Why They’ll Want It
It’s ingenious: scientific, but cool. Electronics kits are always fascinating, but the SmartLab line comes up with particularly intriguing stuff – and fun. Not only did we all get an education in the physics of sound and the electronics of sound manipulation, both analogue and digital, we had a blast. Perfect for the budding scientist or voice-over artist.
-- TDmonthly Staff, 8/29/05
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 Name: Sandman: King of Dreams
Company: CHRONICLE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Age: All Ages
Price: $35.00
Category: Books
What Is It?
These days, graphic novels are a hot category for retailers, and no name is better loved among fans than the Sandman by Chronicle Books for Children (ToyDirectory), the mystical deity who escorted readers through 75 issues of supernatural wonder and mayhem in the early- to mid-1990s. In Sandman: King of Dreams, author Alisa Kwitney chronicles the comic´s popularity via behind-the-scenes stories, new illustrations and interviews with Sandman creator Neil Gaiman.
What We Thought
The classy hardcover book is a boon for Sandman readers, offering a treasure trove of new illustrations and marginalia likely to delight the dedicated fan.
Why They’ll Want It
The book will make a great companion to the Sandman issues but will also intrigue those new to the series and its characters.
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