Just when you thought you'd seen it all out comes a new product! Some of us are still learning about the value and charm of PlayAways... the little books-on-tape cleverly disguised as an MP3 player. Well, the same company has just released the PlayAway View, a small handheld device looking very much like an iPod Touch which will hold 3 to 6 or so videos preselected by the company. I was surprised to delve further and discover that the videos seem to be selected by vendor so there is one with six videos from TumbleBooks, another with three from National Geographic in the Amazing Planet series, another with four American History videos from Schlessinger and yet another with nine videos on animal habitats from 100% Educational. So quality sources and topics that seem to be grouped by theme. The prices appear to range from $90 to $120 each. The group I was looking at were being marketed for libraries and appeared to be primarily for the elementary level. Let's keep an eye out for reviews and be thinking about if, how and where these might be useful for our patrons. Katie
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