Read-Along Books And Tapes

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I used to have quite a number of these sets when they were all the selling rage back then

[Mrspresh]

"When you hear the chime *bing* turn the page"

Still got a few of mine knocking around. Most of mine were during the 80's. I had all the Disney film ones, also included Puddle Lane, Thomas the Tank Engine, Care Bears, Winnie the Pooh, My Little Pony, as well as Christmas tapes with about a dozen stories on them which I played all year round.

Then I had in the older reading section, Treasure Island, Secret Garden and Black Beauty.

Had to be along the regular books on tapes, which didn't always follow the books fully like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

I then borrowed a couple Point Horror cassettes from the library and copied them, and those were Funhouse and The Witness.

Very last book on tape was a Buffy the Vampire Slayer book, Immortal, read by Charisma Carpenter

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I used to listen non-stop to the audio book cassette version of Roald Dahl's Matilda on long car journeys

[Mrspresh]

Think I just drove my parents crazy no matter what I listened to lol

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I used to have many of the Disney read-along storybooks and tapes unsurprisingly enough

[Mrspresh]

Think there was about 15 from the 80's set. Can vaguely remember the collection listing on the back of the books. My favourites from them were Robin Hood and Jungle Book. The Wizard of Oz (always felt out of place) was not a favourite of mine.

Used to like the end of the tapes where they had the songs from the films, though sometimes it was a rerecording of a choir. Remember that being the case with Aristocats and 101 Dalmations.

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I remember The Aristocats version of that like it was only yesterday when I last listened to it, and the song from The Rescuers version too

[Mrspresh]

The Aristocats is the only one I still have, unless there is more hidden elsewhere. Read it to little man the last time we stayed at my Mum's.

So many of the tapes I used to be able to recite off by heart.

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Same here, especially the more often you listened to them, it soon became a piece of cake

[Mrspresh]

Think I did that with near enough all my books, until they started going beyond 30 pages

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I used to really love all of the illustrations used in the read-along books

[Mrspresh]

Same with most kiddie books really

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Books without illustrations or pictures (especially these kinda ones) just aren't the same

[Mrspresh]

Whatever today's equivalent is just can't match up to stuff from back then

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Totally! Well, I say totally, but I really mean, ALMOST totally as there is such an awesome thing as manga and graphic novels nowadays of which I constantly read no end of!