Otto's Orange Day by Jay Lynch & Frank Cammuso, 40 pp, RL 1

The illustrations and story in Otto's Orange Day are exuberant and exciting, even when the world is all orange. The story, which is a great way to introduce your kids to the story of King Midas, adds some creative new wrinkles to the tale also. But, beyond the great story and illustrations, TOON Books provides some really great enhancements for this book as well as many other of their fantastic books at TOON Books.com along with some incredible resources for parents and teachers. The CarTOON Makers program, developed in cooperation with Professor Garfield, a non-profit educational collaboration between Garfield the Cat and Ball State University, that lets kids create their own one panel comics - from background, characters and dialogue! Even better, though, is the TOON Readers, a free resource that lets children read select TOON books online and in multiple languages! Kids can hear the books read in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese! And, there are even select Read Along Videos with visual cues that help kids follow along in the adventures of their favorite characters.
Source: Review Copy
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