Franklin just introduced the Anybook DRP-4000, a children’s reader that reads allowed to your youngin’. The Anybook DRP-4000 looks like a rather large pen and doesn’t need a computer or an Internet connection. A parent records themselves reading the pages out loud, and marks the pages with special removable stickers. When a child wants to read the book, he taps the stickers with the Anybook Reader and the device will play the corresponding page.
The DRP-4000 only has three buttons,1 and it comes with a variety of stickers that will entice your kid to go out and tag various books, only to later come back and find out what they contain. The Anybook lets parents use the books they already own, and helps children get used to reading as a real-world activity with real books. It also allows their child to hear those books in a familiar voice. Two versions are available, the DRP-3000, which runs $39.99 and has 15-hours of storage, and the DRP-4000, which stores 60-hours for $59.99.
