Book-and-record set
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Book-and-record sets are a form of entertainment for children, consisting of a picture storybook (often in
radio theater-style version of the story or a soundtrack
recording, and the book providing visuals and text to the story. Often a tone or other kind of cue in the recording will prompt the reader to turn pages.
Book-and-record sets are popular as teaching tools and aids to reading, and as a simple form of
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, characters and personalities. Occasionally popular children's or family movies are adapted for book and record; the stories may either be re-presented by a new cast of performers, members of the movie cast, or the audio taken directly from the film, with narration added.
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, after it went out of print. Newer sets may still be found among recordings for children.
