Friday, February 11, 2005

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com

Found this via Fark. Perhaps a library could do this as a promotional tool to get more people to come to story hour?
Timmy: Ring ring
Library: Hello you've reached storyhour hotline, to hear the first part of Dick and Jane take Spot to the Vet press 1
Timmy: Beep (1)
Library: Dick and Jane load Spot up in the every stylish SUV..... [5 minutes ellapse]... to hear the rest of the Spots adventures at the vet visit your local library on Saturday at 12:00.

What? Why are you looking that way? Too silly?

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "Dutch children can dial phone lines to listen to recordings of fairytales like Little Red Riding Hood, but busy parents must be willing to pay about $7 a call, enough to buy the printed version of the classic tales.
'Sprookiebel' -- 'dial-a-fairytale' in English -- says it is the first fairytale phone service in The Netherlands and has already had some 600 calls from children since its launch at the start of the month.
Callers can choose from a selection of four fairytales, which are changed regularly, and listen to them 24 hours a day for 0.55 euro ($0.70) per minute.
Though some of its offerings were penned 186 years ago, the moral messages the 10-minute tales contain continue to make them relevant today, says Sprookiebel. "

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