The Crane Gamebased on the arcade machine where you manipulate a claw to grab a toy -incorporates color matching and counting. Visual clues are a little difficult to follow in Woody’s Scheme, where Woody asks kids to help develop a Rube Goldberg-esque sequence to eliminate Buzz from his life.

Not all of the modules are right on target, though. During the Maze Game, kids operate Woody and Buzz by remote control, avoiding Sid's dog, Scud, and trying to catch the moving van.

Scenes appear in the characters' “thought bubbles,” and kids can try out various challenging scenarios. In the Escape Plan, each toy imagines it's part of a scheme to break out into the world. Likewise, kids can redecorate Andy's room and watch as it morphs from a Woody theme to a Buzz theme while Woody complains. As players stretch Slinky Dog out and watch him snap back, the 3-D perspective is fantastic. Many of the interactive segments take ideas from the movie and make them even better. Incidental sounds throughout the story are outstanding, just like in the movie. Young children are familiar with these games, and spoken clues - read by the movie's stars - are reasonably precise. Kids put toys in their proper places by matching shadows, playing warmer-colder, or following Woody's spoken directions. The Put-Away Game is the best activity in the book. Children can have the book read to them in a linear fashion, or they can interact with the story and play its games. Geared to three- to nine-year-olds, Toy Story's format is similar to many kids’ computer books. But even in the face of such lofty expectations, Disney has done a great job, setting a high standard for interactive stories. And with the wizards at Pixar creating them, is it any wonder the graphics are advanced. Sure, the story is clever, but we expect no less from the folks at Disney. Our family didn't expect to be impressed by the Toy Story Animated StoryBook, the interactive version of the computer-generated movie.

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