Description:
Mercer Mayer's highly entertaining Just Grandma and Me CD-ROM will keep plenty of restless grandchildren occupied for hours. Choose to hear the story read aloud, or simply click on the play options and quickly start building sandcastles or collecting shells from the sandy beach. This fun, interactive story follows the adventures of a cheerful little critter setting off on a trip to the seaside with his grandmother. Big, bold text runs across the top of your screen for each section of the lively animated story, and every word is clearly highlighted while it's being read aloud. Accompanied by gentle music and realistic seaside sound effects, children can click on objects such as buckets and spades and be told what they are called, or they can simply listen to the characters while they talk and play together by the sea. Initially it can be a bit tricky to work out how to use your mouse button to stick flags in the sand or move crabs around the beach. But one of the key aims of this educational CD-ROM is to encourage children to explore the interactive story. There's even an opportunity to tickle granny's toes while she's buried in the sand! Such activities will keep plenty of young grandchildren and their grandmothers fully entertained. --Justin Hunt
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