The present invention is directed to a book device corresponding to at
least one narrative story, including a spine, at least three pages
pivotably connected to the spine, a sound producing apparatus, and a
plurality of switch elements which activate the sound producing apparatus
to play desired audio segments corresponding to a particular story
element. Each of the pages contains illustrative material, such as text
and/or pictures, and at least one of the pages is partially transparent,
so that illustrative material on subsequent pages is visible to the reader
through the transparent portion of the page. In another embodiment, the
illustrative material is not affixed to the pages themselves, but takes
the form of inserts which may be removed and interchanged, with the book
device able to determine which story corresponds to the particular inserts
being used and play the desired audio segments corresponding to that
story.
