Electronic books are an integral part of reading programs in
many schools today. These books are often electronic versions of
popular illustrated children’s books. The electronic books have
the same words and illustrations as the printed books, but they
have additional features not available in the printed books. The
electronic books can read aloud individual words, phrases, and
stories, can pronounce individual syllables in a word, and can
provide animated cues to word meanings. The electronic books
can animate and label selected objects in the books’ illustrations.
For example, early Discis books such as Thomas’ Snow Suit