The image of this book is extremely hard to find. It is not on Amazon, not on Goodreads, and I could only find it on a Disney site. So here is the link so you can see the cover.

http://www.fao.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4107804

Product Description on back of book: Yikes! It’s only Tinker Bell’s second day at Pixie Hollow, and she’s already misplaced her tinker hammer! Follow along as she learns how to be the best tinker fairy she can be in the Welcome, Tinker Bell! Play-a-Sound book. Enjoy 4 magical lenticular pictures and 12 whimsical sound buttons while you read!

My thoughts: This book does do the job of entertaining my almost four year old, so I can’t rate it low. The purpose of a play a sound book is usually to hear the sounds. On the stimulation this book gets a five. The story however, it’s almost like they purposely decide to make it play a sound for a reason. Lots of sound effects (twelve total), but the story isn’t as well.

I enjoy reading stories to my daughter, and although fun, it’s much too distracting for that one on one time with her. It has these beautiful 3d motion images inside which are very beautiful, but it doesn’t do anything for the story itself. Tink is new and has lost her hammer. She takes a couple pages to do different things and then her teacher finds her hammer.

I find interactive books sometimes miss the most important thing: The story. I think the book has potential, but it’s all about the features and the story never reaches fruition. Take something simple like Critters Day at the Sea Park, and you’ll see what I mean. I feel like they could have done something a little nicer for the book. You don’t even get to open up the book, it’s all wrapped up in plastic, so you can’t look through the pages.

So for this book, rating is difficult. However, I would go this:

For Play a sound and 3d motion:

5. Very beautiful, and the sounds are gorgeous.

For the actual story, it doesn’t hold attention.

2. Take away the interactivity and enjoyment plummets.

For the final score, combining the age group who will read this along with the technology and hours of fun, I will give this a final three.

Recommended for:

Children and young children. This is a fun filled book, that is Innocent. Great for all ages, but should only be handled by 3 and up. There are small parts that could be dangerous for younger than three.